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Building Quantum Computers: A Practical Introduction by Shayan Majidy, Christopher Wilson, and Raymond Laflamme has been published by Cambridge University Press and will be released in the US on ...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2024/09/28/now-published-building-quantum-computers/

On December 6, I gave a keynote address at the Q2B 2023 Conference in Silicon Valley. Here is a transcript of my remarks. Toward quantum value The theme of this year’s Q2B meeting is “The Roa...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2023/12/09/crossing-the-quantum-chasm-from-nisq-to-fault-tolerance/

Editor’s note: On 10 August 2023, Caltech celebrated the groundbreaking for the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement, which will open in 2025. At a lunch fo...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2023/08/10/caltechs-ginsburg-center/

Editor’s note: Since 2015, the Simons Foundation has supported the “It from Qubit” collaboration, a group of scientists drawing on ideas from quantum information theory to address deep issu...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2023/08/08/it-from-qubit-the-last-harrah/

Two things you should know about me are: (1) I have unbounded admiration for scientists who can actually finish writing a book, and (2) I’m a firm believer that exciting progress can be ignited...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2019/04/27/quantum-information-meets-quantum-matter-now-published/

Scientists who work on theoretical aspects of quantum computation and information look forward each year to the Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), an annual event since 1998. Thi...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2019/01/18/my-qip-2019-after-dinner-speech/

A few months ago I sat down with Craig Cannon of Y Combinator for a discussion about quantum technology and other things. A lightly edited version was published this week on the Y Combinator blog...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2018/05/20/a-quantum-podcast/

The Feynman legend, pundits say Began in Queens – Far Rockaway. It’s there a boy would stop and think To fix a radio on the blink. He grew up as a curious guy Who showed his sister the night ...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2018/05/11/to-feynman-on-his-100th-birthday/

Everyone is talking About Stephen Hawking. My good friend Explained how time can end. And clued us in On how time can begin. Always droll, He spoke about a hole: “Now, wait a minute, Jack, A bl...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2018/03/14/a-poem-for-stephen-hawking/

Two weeks ago I attended an exciting workshop at Stanford, organized by the It from Qubit collaboration, which I covered enthusiastically on Twitter. Many of the talks at the workshop provided fo...

https://quantumfrontiers.com/2017/04/03/heres-one-way-to-get-out-of-a-black-hole/