Forwards & Backwards: A History of Quantum Computing
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
6 - Taking A Long Look Backwards (...and Forwards)
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we set out to produce this series, there was one name we heard more frequently than any other: Charlie Bennett. Charlie is one of the founding fa...
5 - Putting Today's Quantum Systems to Good Use
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real quantum computers are here, but they are small and noisy, and not fully mature. Be that as it may Professor Prineha Narang of Harvard is finding ...
4 - Very Cold Qubits for a Very Hot Community
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, you just want to experience a very large dilution refrigerator in action. And that’s exactly what this episode delivers! Join Sebastian, ...
3 - Who Works On this Stuff? And How Can We Expand The Field?
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve often referenced the cross-disciplinary nature of the quantum computing field. Nowhere is that clearer than in the stories of three of our gue...
2 - Quantum Computing Has A Purpose! (The Factoring Algorithm)
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the mid-90’s, there was no quantum computing field. There was excitement, sure, but nearly a decade and a half after the conference at MIT Endico...
1 - Dawn of a Quantum Era
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On May 6th, 1981, at the MIT Endicott House, a group of computer scientists gathered together with elite physicists to make the case that quantum phen...