{"652177":{"#nid":"652177","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - Quantum Computing for Electrical and Computer Engineers: Cutting through the Hype and the Return of Magnificent Machines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;November 1, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E12:30pm-1:20pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlueJeans link:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.bluejeans.com\/274661574\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.bluejeans.com\/274661574\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(recommend joining at least 5 mins early, to take care of any technical problems)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Aaron Lanterman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Affiliation\u003C\/strong\u003E: Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EQuantum Computing for Electrical and Computer Engineers: Cutting through the Hype and the Return of Magnificent Machines\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EQuantum computing has generally been the domain of physicists and computer scientists. But the mathematical core of quantum computing -- complex numbers, linear algebra, probability, Fourier transforms -- is the bread and butter of electrical engineering, particularly those who specialize in signal processing. We will decipher some of the jargon, which seems almost deliberately designed to mislead electrical and computer engineers: \u0026ldquo;quantum circuits\u0026rdquo; are NOT circuits, \u0026ldquo;quantum gates\u0026rdquo; are NOT gates (at least the way ECEs think of \u0026ldquo;gates\u0026rdquo;), and qubits are NOT really \u0026ldquo;0 and 1 at the same time.\u0026rdquo; After addressing what quantum computers can, and more the point, can NOT do well, we will take a gander at some of the interesting work being done by companies such as D-Wave, Xanadu, and PsiQuantum. I will detail my dream of building quantum computers conceptually equivalent to hobbyist computers like the Altair 880 and or COSMAC ELF that spurred the personal computer revolution, or the PDP-8, which was the first \u0026ldquo;desktop\u0026rdquo; computer, in the sense that it could physically fit on a desk. I argue that quantum computers are spiritually retro, saving us from modern boring commonplace cookie-cutter computers, returning us to an age of awe-inspiring monoliths like the Cray-1 supercomputer of the late 1970s.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiosketch:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EAaron Lanterman has been teaching at Georgia Tech since August 2001. As an overly ambitious undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, he triple majored in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Music. For graduate school, he sensibly dropped down to one degree, choosing Electrical Engineering. He received the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1934 Outstanding Innovative Use of Education Technology Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2021, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2018, and the W\u003Cem\u003E. Marshall Leach Jr.\/.Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Senior Teacher Awar\u003C\/em\u003Ed in 2015 and 2020, although he is a bit unnerved about the label \u0026ldquo;senior.\u0026rdquo; He has historically worked in defense applications such as radar, infrared imaging, target tracking, and automatic target recognition, but would like to move into other areas, like quantum computing, for no other reason than quantum computers look amazing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Aaron Lanterman will deliver the November 1 ECE Student Seminar, which is entitled \u0026quot;Quantum Computing for Electrical and Computer Engineers: Cutting through the Hype and the Return of Magnificent Machines.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Aaron Lanterman will deliver the November 1 ECE Student Seminar, which is entitled \u0022Quantum Computing for Electrical and Computer Engineers: Cutting through the Hype and the Return of Magnificent Machines.\u0022"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2021-10-28 13:08:37","changed_gmt":"2021-10-28 13:08:37","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-11-01T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-11-01T14:20:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-11-01T14:20:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-11-01 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-11-01 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-11-01 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}