Presentation via Zoom By Nick Bonesteel, National MagLab

Title: Quantum Computing, Quantum Matter, and a Little AI

Host: Science Council's MagX Presentation

Discussion Leader: Laura Greene

Abstract: A working quantum computer would be a remarkable device, capable of solving problems thought to be intractable on any classical machine. But qubits are notoriously fragile and protecting them from environmental noise has long stood as the central obstacle to making useful quantum hardware a reality. In this talk I will describe how ideas from topology — originally introduced to classify exotic phases of matter — have come to play a central role in this effort, and I will close with some thoughts on the emerging role of machine learning, and on how close we may actually be to a fault-tolerant quantum computer.