Associate Professor Ali Ebnenasir, Computer Science, will present a Department of Computer Science Colloquium lecture on Friday, November 3, 2023, at 3 pm in Rekhi 214 and via Zoom online meeting. The title of Ebnenasir’s talk is, “Quantum Computing Explained.”
Talk Title
Quantum Computing Explained
Talk Abstract
Quantum Computing (QC) is a new paradigm of performing computations using quantum mechanical systems. In this talk, I will first present a little bit of history on computability and the motivations behind QC. Then, I will provide an overview of the basics of QC and how quantum algorithms are designed and analyzed. I will present a few simple quantum algorithms in order to demonstrate how some classically hard problems can be solved with quantum machines efficiently. Finally, I will briefly discuss some of the applications of QC in other fields of Computer Science and in other areas of science.