Frontiers in Computing - Matthew Steggles - QM Seminars

How can we use molecules in computing? And what do knots have to do with quantum computers? Computers in the regular sense are used by all of us every single day. Furthermore, the past 5 years has seen a huge growth in quantum computing, which is bursting out of research and on the verge of becoming a full on industry. A natural question to ask is: how do we make computers, both classical and quantum, better? What problems do we need to overcome? In this short talk, Matthew Steggles introduces two unconventional approaches being taken by researchers to get around some of these problems. Matthew is a DPhil student in Condensed Matter Physics at Oxford. He is interested in Quantum Nanoscience - chiefly the ways that quantum effects can have an influence on and be exploited in future technology, and on the flip side how we can use technology to tell us about these fascinating quantum effects. This talk was given as part of the QM Seminar series in July 2020. For more information about QM outreach, go to http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/qmoutreach For more information about Matthew's research, visit https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contact...