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Quantum Computing for Everyone

What the rapidly developing field means for the future

Quantum computing. It’s a commonly thrown-around buzz word in science fiction and popular media, along the likes of ‘quantum entanglement’ and ‘quantum teleportation’. But what really is it?

Quantum computing is very, very linear-algebra heavy — and hence, there’s not a lot of resources on it for the everyday tech enthusiast. This article will be very light on the math in providing a realistic approach to what quantum computing is, focus not only on the theory but also the hardware & real-world implementation, and what it means for the future — for everyone.

The Agenda:

• The Qubit and Superposition. The fundamental principles of qubits, an intuitive explanation on what superposition is, and challenges in implementing qubits in hardware.
• Multi-Qubit Systems and Entanglement. What multi-qubit systems are, an intuitive explanation of how entanglement works, and entanglement’s apparent contradictions with Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.
• Why are Qubits Superior? and the Future. Exponential speedup in computing time with qubits over bits, RSA encryption broken by quantum, and will quantum computers become the norm?
• Further Resources. Interested in…