I’ve been referring to Dr. James Wootton as “The Dungeon Master of Quantum Computing” for almost as long as he’s been writing these histories of quantum games. Almost. I played with the citizen science puzzle games he refers to anyway. This link does not seem to require a Medium account.
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In this edition:
- General Zod escaped from the Phantom Zone!
- Quantum gates are DeLoreans.
- Hippocratic Quantum
- IBM’s “Circuit Breaker”
- Bring an appetite.
- Computer Science courses with video lectures
- #81: I need a lawyer.
- Excuse me, it’s upside-down.
General Zod escaped from the Phantom Zone!
Congratulating Jack Woehr on his 6th year as an IBM Champion would normally be worthy of a private message, but a private message is insufficient if you’re going to invoke the Superman franchise. For the record, Terence Stamp is The Quantum Dragon’s General Zod. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Quantum gates are DeLoreans.
SaxonQ has a “Back to the Future” analogy for quantum gates. I personally would’ve used the original movie instead of one of the sequels, but I never thought up this analogy, so kudos to whoever did. Someone needs to convince them to get a booth at IQT Nordics and park a DeLorean there. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Hippocratic Quantum
Mauritz Kop wrote about the intersection of quantum technologies and biomedical ethics for Harvard Law School’s The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. The extension of the Hippocratic Oath to quantum technologies is impressive.
IBM’s “Circuit Breaker”
IBM Research could not have picked a more perplexing name for its LinkedIn newsletter. I personally migrated away from Qiskit due to its legendary #breakingchanges. This edition promotes “advantage trackers,” which is IBM disingenuously tracking its own claims. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Bring an appetite.
There’s one conference for which you want to bring more than your love of quantum. You also want to bring your love of food.
Computer Science courses with video lectures
This GitHub repository includes a long, long list of learning resources, and they’re supposedly all free. The few I clicked on were indeed free. Included in the list are over 2 dozen links classified as “quantum computing.” Familiar surnames include Preskill, Vazirani, Nielsen, and others.
#81: I need a lawyer.
I asked Mr. Stimers about the consequences of hype, how the government polices attempts to circumvent export controls and immigration restrictions, the potential for quantum navigation sensors to become mandatory, the current role of diversity in subcontracting, the convergences of quantum and AI and space, and the legalities of selling US quantum companies to overseas buyers.
This was a great test of the flexibility and extensibility of Juice.
Excuse me, it’s upside-down.
The Quantum Delta NL-funded Quper project now has a compact, fast-turnaround “mini-fridge” cryostat prototype from Leiden Cryogenics running OrangeQS Juice cryogenic control software, and it is intentionally inverted for ergonomic tabletop access. Shrunken components also eliminate the need for liquid nitrogen.