Mor, Tal

Date:   Thursday, September 6, 2018
Time:   14:00
Place:   ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT K 52
Host:    Renato Renner, Joe Renes

How many qubits are there, in my n-qubit quantum computer?

Tal Mor
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Many scientists and hi-tech companies, all around the world, are racing to be the first to demonstrate "quantum super-advantage" (often termed "quantum supremacy" -- a term I prefer to avoid). Namely -- the race is to clearly show the power of quantum computers by using one to solve a specially selected mathematical/physical problem, in the range where it cannot be solved by classical computers.

Partially, the race is demonstrated by announcing quantum computers containing more and more qubits -- but when can we claim that an n-qubit quantum computer indeed contains n qubits and not less? In this talk I will try to provide a potential (yet partial) answer to this question.