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Title: Computing with quanta - extracting certainty from an uncertain world

Speaker: Mark Saffman, University of Wisconsin

Abstract: 

Quantum computing is a few decades old and is currently an area where there is great excitement, and rapid developments. A handful of distinct approaches have shown the capability of on demand generation of entanglement and basic quantum logic operations. Many researchers now believe that it will prove possible to build useful quantum computing machines and in the last few years development efforts have spread from University research labs to commercial R&D.

One of the daunting challenges in developing a large scale quantum computer is the need for a very large number of qubits. Neutral atoms are one of the most promising approaches for meeting this challenge. I will give a snapshot of the current status of experimental quantum computing, describe the physics underlying neutral atom qubits and quantum gates, and present ideas for the next few years.

Host: Garg

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Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, colloquium