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Send us Fan Mail How is quantum information connected with thermodynamics, and what can it tell us about the inner workings of quantum computers? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 12 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Jake Xuereb, a PhD student at the Technical University of Vienna, tells us all about his work in quantum thermodynamics and the deep links with quantum information and computi...

Send us Fan Mail How can we use quantum mechanics to generate unbreakable encryption? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 11 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Mina Doosti, a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, tells us all about her work in quantum cryptography, and what it will take to make the communications systems of the future quantum secure. Dr Doosti obtained her un...

Send us Fan Mail How could quantum mechanics revolutionalise our communications? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 10 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Sumeet Khatri, a postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, tells us all about the fast-paced research area of quantum communications, and explains to us how science-fiction-sounding concepts like teleportation actually arise i...

Send us Fan Mail What are the obstacles on the path towards finding practical uses for quantum computers?  Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 9 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Alex Moylett, a Senior Quantum Scientist at Riverlane, tells us all about their work in determining what current-generation quantum computers are good for, and which problems might see a computational advantage o...

Send us Fan Mail What can complexity theory tell us about the capabilities of near-future quantum devices? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 8 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Henry Yuen, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University tells us all about his work in complexity theory, how concepts from complexity theory can be modified to be applicable to quantum syst...

Send us Fan Mail What can quantum mechanics bring to machine learning? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 7 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Kosuke Mitarai (御手洗光祐) tells us about his experience at the cutting edge of quantum machine learning, the development of quantum circuit learning and being a co-founder of the startup QunaSys . Dr Kosuke Mitarai obtained his Bachelor’s degree...

Send us Fan Mail How can we create the community of talented people who will build, program, and use the next generation of quantum computers? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 6 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Junye Huang (黄俊晔) tells us about his journey from materials science to quantum computer – as well as his experience making quantum games – and how this all led up to his curren...

Send us Fan Mail Do superconducting qubits hold the solution to making quantum computing practical? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 5 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Yvonne Gao explains one of the key technologies behind the latest developments in quantum computing, and tells us why superconducting qubits have become a widely-used platform that has allowed for the recent rapid progr...

Send us Fan Mail What can quantum computers really do for us? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 4 of insideQuantum to find out! This week, Dr Oliver Brown takes us on a journey through the hype surrounding quantum computing and find out just what they can and can’t do - and why they’ll never entirely replace classical computers. Dr Brown obtained his PhD from Heriot-Watt University, and is now a...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to make the materials that next-generation quantum technologies will be made of? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 3 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we're featuring Dr Jennifer Fowlie, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University and the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science part of the SLAC Nat...

Send us Fan Mail How can a completely random process be used to test the accuracy of quantum computers? This week we're featuring Dr Ellen Derbyshire, a postdoctoral researcher at the Dahlem Centre for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin. Dr Derbyshire obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh before taking up her current postdoctoral position. Photo credit: Ezekial (Ezy...

Send us Fan Mail What are exactly solvable quantum systems, and why are they interesting? Take a listen to Season 2, Episode 1 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we're featuring Dr Pieter Claeys, a research group leader in the Dynamics of Quantum Information Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. Pieter obtained his PhD from the University of Ghe...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of insideQuantum, we look back on our first season and take another listen to highlights of the 12 episodes that made up Season 1. We've come a long way in such a short space of time - thank you so much to everyone who's listened and made our first series such a success. We hope you're looking forward to Season 2! Featuring: Dr Yihui Quek Dr...

Send us Fan Mail Many machine learning techniques have been developed to run in an efficient way on classical computers, but what could we gain from designing them around biological brains instead, and how might these methods tell us something new about quantum systems? Take a listen to Episode 12 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Stefanie Czischek, an Assistant Professor...

Send us Fan Mail How can quantum computers be combined with conventional supercomputing facilities, and where will the infrastructure come from to support the future quantum computing ecosystem? Take a listen to Episode 11 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Alba Cervera-Lierta, a Senior Researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) and coordinator of the Quant...

Send us Fan Mail How can industry learn how to speak the language of quantum physics, and where will businesses of the future find people to work in the rapidly growing number of quantum technology jobs? Take a listen to Episode 10 of insideQuantum to find out!  This week we're featuring Dr Araceli Venegas-Gomez, the founder of Quantum Resources and Careers (QURECA), a company focused on brid...

Send us Fan Mail How will quantum technologies revolutionise our communications, and what will the quantum internet look like? Take a listen to Episode 9 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Viviana Villafañe , a George Foster Research Fellow at the Walter Schottky Institute and part of the Munich Centre for Quantum Science and Technology . Dr Villafañe obtained her PhD from...

Send us Fan Mail How can cutting-edge quantum technologies designed for quantum simulation of materials be used to detect dark matter and gravitational waves? Take a listen to Episode 8 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we're featuring Dr Tiffany Harte, a Senior Research Associate in the Many-Body Quantum Dynamics group at the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, and also an...

Send us Fan Mail What will it take to make quantum computing practical, and how can we make the most of different types of hardware for solving different problems? Take a listen to Episode 7 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Ieva Čepaitė, a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde in the Quantum Optics and Quantum Many-Body Systems (QOQMS) group, working on algorithms for...

Send us Fan Mail What do black holes have in common with quantum error correction? Take a listen to Episode 6 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we're featuring Dr Monica Kang, a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology in the Particle Theory Group and Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics. Dr Kang obtained her Bachelor's degree from UC Be...

Send us Fan Mail What does game development have in common with quantum physics? Take a listen to Episode 5 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we're featuring Dr Elliot Bentine, who was at the time of recording a senior postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, an experimental researcher working with ultracold atomic gases, and in his spare time a video game developer. Dr Bent...

Send us Fan Mail How can quantum computers be used to solve real-world problems in the financial world? Take a listen to Episode 4 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Prof. Román Orús, an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián, Spain and Chief Scientific Officer of Multiverse Computing. Prof. Orús obtained his PhD from the Un...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to co-found a major new academic journal in quantum physics, while also being a leading researcher in the field? Take a listen to Episode 3 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Lídia del Rio, a a researcher in quantum information at ETH Zurich and co-founder of the academic journal Quantum. Dr del Rio did her undergraduate degree at the Univ...

Send us Fan Mail What is quantum error correction, and why is it so vital for future quantum computers? Take a listen to Episode 2 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Philippe Faist, a postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin. Dr Faist did his undergraduate degree and PhD at ETH Zurich, followed by a postdoctoral position at Caltech, and is currently in his second...

Send us Fan Mail How do we understand the process of learning, and what does it have to do with quantum computers? Take a listen to Episode 1 of insideQuantum to find out! This week we’re featuring Dr Yihui Quek, a postdoctoral researcher and Humboldt Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin. Dr Quek did her undergraduate degree at MIT, followed by postgraduate studies at Stanford, and is currently in h...