Quantum Computing at the University of Tartu
Over the summer, the following two courses will take place every week (unless there’s a holiday). They are targeted at students of math, physics, computer science who specialize in quantum computing. If you want to come, get in touch! (To be on the mailing list for the the room #s.)
Advanced Quantum Algorithms Study Group
Quantum computing technology is progressing rapidly, but we are not quite there yet. There are several paths through which physicists hope to realize fully-fledged quantum computers. One of them is topological quantum computing which relies on exotic quasi-particles which live in 2 dimensions, so-called anyons.
All fundamental particles are either fermions (example: electrons) or bosons (example: photons).
On June 2 Michael Nitsenko defended his master’s thesis in Quantum Circuit Fusion in the Presence of Quantum Noise on NISQ Devices. In his thesis research, Michael studied a concept called “circuit fusion” which proposes to reduce stochastic noise in estimating expectation values of measurements at the end of quantum computations. But near-term quantum computing devices are also subject to quantum noise (such as decoherence etc),
Talk by Kaur Kristjuhan, master’s student at the Center for Quantum Devices in Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstract.
Topological quantum computing is an approach to building a quantum computer that attempts to cleverly bypass the main obstacles of quantum computers today –
There’s a new article on Wired about quantum computing.
“New” is relative: the article is still chewing the topics of ~4 months ago — a long time for a fast paced field (e.g., the excitement about Majorana zero modes on gold surfaces; background is here).
COOC = “Corona Open Online Course”
Coro will be with us for some time. Many courses don’t take place with the same intensity, many students are bored.
We decided to try to offer a non-credit quantum computing course. The hope is that with an exciting topic, motivating assignments, and regular online class meetings,
This post concerns the online class meetings for MTAT.05.118 Quantum Computing 1.
I will update the post with the details of how we are organizing them… as soon as we figure it out 😄 or when we change things that haven’t worked well.
How we are currently doing it:
Google adds quantum integration into TensorFlow, their state-of-the-art AI engine.
Read the brief summary from MIT Technology Review.
Submission for talks, posters, and sessions for the 2nd European Quantum Technologies Conference 2020, the conference of the EU Quantum Flagship, opens on March 2. The conference will take place in Dublin in November. Submission deadline for presentations is July 12.
Talk by Prof. Vladimir Hiznjakov
Tue, 24 Sep, 16:00 c.t.
University of Tartu Physicum, W. Ostwaldi 1, room A101
Abstract
The basic requirement that must be fulfilled to create ultrafast quantum computers (QC) operating at room temperature using entangled electronic excitations of a number of optical centers in crystals will be presented.