Entangled Things

In Episode 68, Patrick and Ciprian meet to revisit old topics with new insights. The team discusses superposition, and how our understanding of fundamental concepts have changed and grown over the years.

In Episode 67, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Román Orús, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Multiverse Computing. The team discusses industry applications of Quantum software, material science, Artificial Intelligence, and the future of Quantum disruptions. Prof. Román Orús is Ikerbasque research professor at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in San Sebastián, Spain, and co...

In Episode 66, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Michael Vitz, Manager at Deloitte leading Quantum training efforts. The team discusses Quantum Computing's relationship to AI and Machine Learning, the future of Adiabatic Quantum Annealers, and educating future Quantum Computing Scientists. Michael Vitz received two masters degrees, one in the Philosophy of Physics and the other in Quantum Physic...

In Episode 65, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Mike Dascal, Director of Quantum Product Management at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology. The team discuss the quantum development roadmap, quantum hype, and the movement of developments from quantum architecture back to hybrid approaches. Michael Dascal is Director of Quantum Product Management at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (F...

In Episode 64, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Mark Mattingley-Scott, Chief Revenue Officer at Quantum Brilliance. The team discuss room temperature quantum computers, education and preparation for the quantum market, and parallels to the semiconductor revolution. Mark Mattingley-Scott is a former 31-year IBM executive who joined quantum computing startup Quantum Brilliance in 2022. Based in German...

In Episode 63, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Ulf Mattson, Chief Security Strategist at Protegrity. The team discuss post quantum cryptography, the need to roadmap randomness, and homomorphic encryption. Ulf Mattsson is the co-founder and Chief Security Strategist (and former Chief Technology Officer) at Protegrity. Ulf has been in the cybersecurity industry for over 40 years, and for the last 20...

In Episode 62, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Georges-Olivier Reymond, CEO and founder of PASQAL. The team discuss neutral atom technology, room temperature quantum computers, education, and machine learning. Georges-Olivier Reymond is CEO and co-founder of PASQAL, the leading full-stack neutral atoms quantum computing company. He is pioneering the transformation of state-of-the-art prototypes fro...

In Episode 61, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Jason Soroko, SVP of product at Sectigo. The team discuss Shor's algorithm, cryptography, and the future of post quantum certificate technology. Jason Soroko is an experienced security technology innovator. The SVP of Product for Sectigo is responsible for facing customers, researching, innovating, educating, and contributing to strategy, national...

In Episode 60, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Philip Murphy, CEO of Cornelis Networks. The team discuss AI, large language models, optimization problems, and the connections to Quantum Computing. Philip Murphy:  As CEO of Cornelis Networks, Phil is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the company. Prior to co-founding Cornelis Networks, Phil served as a director at Int...

In Episode 59, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Garland Garris, lead for quantum security and post quantum cryptography at Accenture Federal Services. The team discuss timeline predictions to break RSA, methods of protecting current information in a post quantum world, and the potential threats of Y2Q. Garland Garris : As Accenture Federal Services Quantum Security Lead, Garland Garris, provides Ins...

In Episode 58, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Michael Biercuk, CEOand Founder of Q-CTRL. The team discuss quantum education, infrastructure software, error correction, and the quantum computing stack. Michael J. Biercuk is the CEO and Founder of Q-CTRL, a quantum technology company, and a Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology at the University of Sydney. In his academic position he l...

In Episode 57, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Jake Yocom-Piatt, Co-Founder and Project Lead for Decred and CEO of Company-0. The team discuss Cryptocurrency, Encryption Standards, and the threat of Quantum Computing to the blockchain. Jake Yocom-Piatt is a Co-Founder & Project Lead for Decred ( www.decred.org ). He is a cryptocurrency pioneer who has been using, funding and directing the creat...

In Episode 56, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Himadri Majumdar, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of SemiQon. The team discuss semiconductor based quantum technologies, error correction, improvement of operating temperature ranges, and the benefit of research centers such as VTT. Himadri Majumdar is the Co-founder and chief executive of SemiQon. SemiQon builds silicon-based quantum processors for the...

In Episode 55, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Dr. Vincent Berk, Chief Strategist at Quantum Xchange. The team discuss Quantum safe encryption, improvements to security with Quantum Computing, hybrid problem solving, and risk management. Dr. Vincent Berk is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Quantum Xchange. Recognized as a highly technical cybersecurity executive and industry thought leader,...

In Episode 54, Patrick and Ciprian take a retrospective look at the past two years of Entangled Things. The team discuss the perhaps unlikely success of the format, learning to trust the math, recent chipset releases, and the surprises of the past two years.

In Episode 53, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Dr. Johannes Oberreuter, Data Science Technical Lead at Machine Learning Reply. Among other topics, the team discuss classical neural networks, quantum networks, hybrid approaches, and the ongoing reduction of resource needs and improving accuracy of neural networks. Dr. Johannes Oberreuter works as a Data Science Technical Lead at Machine Learning Rep...

In Episode 52, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Todd Brun of the University of Southern California. Among other topics, the team discuss error correction, non-Markovian errors, the limitations of current quantum processors and the battle between numbers of Qubits and amounts of noise. Todd Brun is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science at th...

In Episode 51, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Shai Zacaraev, Dean in the Upper School at the Dwight-Englewood School. Among other topics, the team discuss teaching quantum to high school students, working past biases and restrictions of existing knowledge, and the speed of growth in technology. Dr. Shai Zacaraev is a Dean in the Upper School at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, NJ. He has...

In Episode 50, Patrick and Ciprian delve into the hype surrounding Quantum. The team discuss Sabine Hossenfelder's recent video regarding the Quantum Hype Bubble, and separating the understanding of real advancements from media bias.

In Episode 49, Patrick and Ciprian take a look at the Nobel Prize in Physics. The team discuss Entanglement, some of the other scientific achievements that set the stage, and the implications of bringing Quantum topics to the forefront of scientific discussion.

In Episode 48, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Bob Coecke, Chief Scientist at Quantinuum. Among other topics, the team discuss modern paths into Quantum, the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the possibility of a Quantum Winter. Bob Coecke is Chief Scientist at Cambridge Quantum / Quantinuum.   He also heads the Oxford-based Compositional Intelligence & Quantum NLP team and is Em...

In Episode 47, Patrick speaks with Dakshita Khurana of the University of Illinois. Among other topics, the team discuss theoretical cryptography, multiparty computation, and simulation in cryptography. Dakshita Khurana received a B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering (Power) from IIT Delhi in 2012 and a PhD in Computer Science from UCLA in 2018. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft from 201...

In Episode 46, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Diana Franklin of the University of Chicago. Among other topics, the team discuss K-12 education in Quantum, suspension of disbelief, and ways to communicate Quantum topics to broader audiences. Diana Franklin is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. When she received her Ph. D. at UC Davis, 2002, her research focus w...

In Episode 45, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Elisabetta Valiante of 1QBit. Among other topics, the team discuss the need to create a standard benchmark for quantum computers, and the varying approaches of private business and the public sector. Elisabetta Valiante has been a member of the Optimization Solutions Team at 1QBit since 2018. She is experienced in optimization problems...

In Episode 44, Patrick and Ciprian take a retrospective look at Entangled Things. The team discuss the journey so far, the excitement and challenges of podcasting, and the joy of gaining and sharing knowledge of guests from within the industry.