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2018 Ford Distinguished Lecture in Physics | From Bits to Qubits: A Quantum Leap for Computers

Susan Coppersmith, Robert E. Fassnacht and Vilas Professor of Physics (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
4:00-5:00 PM
Robertson Auditorium (Formerly Blau Auditorium) 701 Tappan St. ZIP: 48109 Ross School of Business Map
The steady increase in computational power of information processors over the past half-century has led to smart phones and the internet, changing commerce and our social lives. Up to now, the primary way that computational power has increased is that the electronic components have been made smaller and smaller, but within the next decade it is expected to reach the fundamental limits imposed by the size of atoms. However, it is possible that further huge increases in computational power could be achieved by building quantum computers, which exploit in new ways of the laws of quantum mechanics that govern the physical world. This talk will discuss the challenges involved in building a large-scale quantum computer as well as progress that we have made in developing a quantum computer using silicon quantum dots.
Building: Ross School of Business
Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Free, Graduate, Lecture, Physics, Science, Talk, Undergraduate
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