Quantum Information and Computing from the Engineers' Perspective

Date: Nov 7 Noon - 14:00 EST

Title: Quantum Information and Computing from the Engineers' Perspective

Abstract:

Our daily communications depend on radio waves, such as those used by Wi-Fi and cellular networks, while virtually all wired communications have turned to light waves. Waves are highly advantageous information carriers. At the same time, electronic devices have shifted from analog to digital, leveraging digital technology's core strength: robust error correction that keeps error rates from growing exponentially.

Combining these foundational principles gives quantum waves unprecedented computing power. The wave nature enables concurrent computing, processing vast amounts of information simultaneously. Meanwhile, the particle nature- more precisely, its quantum or discrete nature- restrains the growth of error rates. By synthesizing wave-based information processing with quantum discretization, quantum computing achieves both massive parallel execution and scalable, error-resi