According to Dr. Ghose, which companies were “full stack” (Hardware, Operating System and applications) Quantum Computing computing contributors in 2020 ( That was the year the video was made.)
Google, IBM and Bell Labs
Google QC team said the future applications for QC are:
Drug discovery, Fusion Energy , Fertilization Production , and Quantum Machine Learning
How much did Google offer in prize money for the winner of the X-prize for Quantum Computing Real World Impact?
$5 million
Google said Quantum Computers will replace your classical computer. True or False.
False; for most applications, your classical computers are the best choice.
According to all the videos, the biggest issue/challenge with Quantum computers is?
- Heated generated by the computer
- Computational errors
- Expense of building and maintaining the system
Quantum Computers are already better than Supercomputers. True or False.
False; quantum computers have very little application currently.
What was the number one use that Shohini mentioned for Quantum computing?
Security. Quantum “uncertainty” could create unbreakable security keys.
This refers to any quantum computation that provides reliable, accurate solutions to problems that are beyond the reach of brute force classical computing
Quantum Utility
This refers to a hypothetical quantum computer capable of outperforming all classical supercomputer methods for some problem, even approximate methods.
Quantum Advantage
These ________ are special systems that act like subatomic particles made of atoms, superconducting electric circuits or other systems that data in a set of amplitudes applied to both 0 and 1, rather than just two states (0 or 1).
Quibits
Who published one of the first practical real-world applications for a quantum machine. This algorithm for integer factorization demonstrated how a quantum mechanical computer could potentially break the most advanced cryptography systems of the time—some of which are still used today. The findings demonstrated a viable application for quantum systems, with dramatic implications for not just cybersecurity, but many other fields.
Peter Shor
These are individual light particles used to send quantum information across long distances through optical fiber cables and are currently being used in quantum communication and
quantum cryptography
What is cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting people, systems and data from cyberattacks by using various technologies, processes and policies.
What is quantum cryptography?
Quantum cryptography (also known as quantum encryption) refers to various cybersecurity methods for encrypting and transmitting secure data based on the naturally occurring and immutable laws of quantum mechanics.
__________________________ made from superconducting materials operating at extremely low temperatures, these qubits are favored for their speed in performing computations and fine-tuned control.
Superconducting qubits
These are small semiconductors that capture a single electron and use it as a qubit, offering promising potential for scalability and compatibility with existing semiconductor technology.
quantum dots
produce more and less likely probabilities.
This is an environment of entangled qubits placed into a state of collective superposition structures information in a way that looks like waves, with amplitudes associated with each outcome. These amplitudes become the probabilities of the outcomes of a measurement of the system. These waves can build on each other when many of them peak at a particular outcome, or cancel each other out when peaks and troughs interact. Amplifying a probability or canceling out others are both forms of this.
Interference
This is the state in which a quantum particle or system can represent not just one possibility, but a combination of multiple possibilities.
A qubit itself isn’t very useful. But it can place the quantum information it holds into a state of ____________, which represents a combination of all possible configurations of the qubit. Groups of qubits in _____________ can create complex, multidimensional computational spaces. Complex problems can be represented in new ways in these spaces.
This ___________ of qubits gives quantum computers their inherent parallelism, allowing them to process many inputs simultaneously.
Superposition
This is the process in which multiple quantum particles become correlated more strongly than regular probability allows.
_____________ is the ability of qubits to correlate their state with other qubits. ___________ systems are so intrinsically linked that when quantum processors measure a single ____________ qubit, they can immediately determine information about other qubits
in the ___________ system.
Entanglement; entangled
What use case(s) did Dr. Ghose mention in her presentation for Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics?
Security, drug development, and teleportation
How long has Quantum Mechanics been around?
Forever, it is how nature works
What example(s) did Erik give for quantum mechanics in our everyday life?
- How light interacts with matter
- How birds use the earth magnetic field to migrate
- How plants turn sunlight into food
- Fluorescence to photosynthesis
