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SUMMARY:ASP Online Seminars: Quantum Computing: Foundations\, Applications
 \, and the Decade Ahead
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CONTACT:ASP-IOC@cern.ch\;ouissalmoumou2@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Ouissal Moumou (Quantinuum\, UK)\n\nAbstract:\nQuant
 um computers run on three physical effects with no classical counterpart: 
 superposition\, interference\, and entanglement. This talk explains what t
 hese words mean\, using pictures and small calculations\, and then discuss
 es the general application of quantum technologies. Quantum technology has
  multiple applications. Simulating molecules and materials\, which is usef
 ul for chemistry\, drug discovery\, and battery design. Quantum sensing\, 
 already producing magnetometers and gravimeters in use today\, with applic
 ations from medical imaging to mineral exploration. Quantum communication\
 , and the pressure quantum algorithms put on current cryptography. We will
  also cover the topic of quantum hardware: how long a qubit survives\, how
  many operations fit in that window\, and how far the machines stand from 
 their promises. The talk closes with what this means for research and indu
 stry in Africa\, drawing on the African Quantum Strategy from the African 
 Strategy of Fundamental and Applied Physics\, and introduces a twelve-week
  course offered through the Academy in which students implement the core a
 lgorithms themselves. This talk assumes no background in quantum mechanics
 .\nBio of the speaker:\nOuissal Moumou is a quantum computing researcher f
 rom Tangier\, Morocco\, most recently a research scientist at Quantinuum i
 n the UK researching the potential of quantum machine learning and running
  quantum circuits on real quantum hardware (ion-traps). She is a co-author
  of the UNESCO-endorsed African Quantum Strategy and was named to the Afri
 can Quantum Consortium's 50 Women in Quantum in Africa. Ouissal also desig
 ned an open quantum computing curriculum with other experts in collaborati
 on with CERN\, to be implemented by CERN partner universities. She holds a
 n MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science from the Universi
 ty of Oxford and a BSc from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.\n\nhttps://i
 ndico.cern.ch/event/1720189/
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1720189/
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