BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jason Saied DTSTART:20200925T174000Z DTEND:20200925T184000Z DTSTAMP:20260423T021729Z UID:Pizza/3 DESCRIPTION:Title: In troduction to Quantum Computing\nby Jason Saied as part of Pizza Semin ar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe term "quantum computing" (and\, more generally\, any thing with the word "quantum" in it) is thrown around a lot by mathematici ans and scientists who want to sound smart. In order to understand what th ey were talking about\, I started reading a book about quantum computing. I decided to talk about it at pizza seminar so that you\, too\, could try to sound smart. I will attempt to explain the postulates of quantum mechan ics and basic notions in quantum computing. We will then discuss the specu lated strengths of quantum computers\, along with some of the inherent dif ficulties. I will try to address some concepts with fancy-sounding names t hat often generate misconceptions\, like quantum teleportation and the no- cloning theorem. Also\, please note that all of my knowledge is from the f irst few chapters of Nielsen and Chuang\, so if you already know about qua ntum computing\, you probably know more than I do.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Pizza/3/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR