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If anyone is interested I've also created a short 1.5 hour lecture on quantum computing aimed specifically at software engineers & computer scientists, which ha

If anyone is interested I've also created a short 1.5 hour lecture on quantum computing aimed specifically at software engineers & computer scientists, which has proven popular: https://youtu.be/F_Riqjdh2oM https://youtu.be/F_Riqjdh2oM I'd love to answer any questions people have. In quantum computation, state behaves like a vector and logic gates behave like matrices that multiply the vector to get a new state value. It doesn't get too much more complicated than that.

asb3st0s 6y ago
Just wanted to say I watched your lecture on YouTube a while back and thought it was very well-done and informative. I learned a lot. Thank you!
- ahelwer 6y ago
  Glad you enjoyed! I also wrote a couple of follow-up blog posts which examine quantum entanglement & quantum chemistry simulation, respectively: https://ahelwer.ca/post/2018-12-07-chsh/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2018-12-07-chsh/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2019-12-21-quantum-chemistry/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2019-12-21-quantum-chemistry/
mendeza 6y ago
Any advice on breaking into the industry? Would be really neat to work as a quantum research engineer, or software engineer on quantum computers!
- whimsicalism 6y ago
  Probably a PhD
- erej 6y ago
  ETH Zurich has a quantum engineering masters: https://master-qe.ethz.ch/ https://master-qe.ethz.ch/
  - deeeeplearning 6y ago
    In that Vein, so does USC. MSc in Quantum Information Science https://viterbigradadmission.usc.edu/programs/masters/msprograms/electrical-computer-engineering/ms-in-quantum-information-science/ https://viterbigradadmission.usc.edu/programs/masters/msprog...
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- ahelwer 6y ago
  Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft all have quantum programs which use "regular" software engineers in various roles - for example, writing software to support researchers working in the labs. That's what I did for Microsoft. If you want to work on actual research yourself though, you'll probably need a PhD. There are some non-PhD positions that do research-adjacent work like simulating, implementing & refining researcher findings for the specific hardware the company is developing, but those are quite competitive/difficult to get (I tried!) Microsoft also has a fairly large team working on Q# and the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit. That would also involve research-adjacent things like efficiently compiling programs to specific quantum device layouts with appropriate error correction schemes, etc.
DevX101 6y ago
Nice! This seems to fit my learning style well. I prefer to understand why something matters, than progressively probe backwards into the theory.
thijsb 6y ago
That was incredibly insightful! Thank you sharing this!

asb3st0s 6y ago

Just wanted to say I watched your lecture on YouTube a while back and thought it was very well-done and informative. I learned a lot. Thank you!

ahelwer 6y ago
Glad you enjoyed! I also wrote a couple of follow-up blog posts which examine quantum entanglement & quantum chemistry simulation, respectively: https://ahelwer.ca/post/2018-12-07-chsh/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2018-12-07-chsh/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2019-12-21-quantum-chemistry/ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2019-12-21-quantum-chemistry/

mendeza 6y ago

Any advice on breaking into the industry? Would be really neat to work as a quantum research engineer, or software engineer on quantum computers!

whimsicalism 6y ago
Probably a PhD
erej 6y ago
ETH Zurich has a quantum engineering masters: https://master-qe.ethz.ch/ https://master-qe.ethz.ch/
- deeeeplearning 6y ago
  In that Vein, so does USC. MSc in Quantum Information Science https://viterbigradadmission.usc.edu/programs/masters/msprograms/electrical-computer-engineering/ms-in-quantum-information-science/ https://viterbigradadmission.usc.edu/programs/masters/msprog...
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ahelwer 6y ago
Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft all have quantum programs which use "regular" software engineers in various roles - for example, writing software to support researchers working in the labs. That's what I did for Microsoft. If you want to work on actual research yourself though, you'll probably need a PhD. There are some non-PhD positions that do research-adjacent work like simulating, implementing & refining researcher findings for the specific hardware the company is developing, but those are quite competitive/difficult to get (I tried!) Microsoft also has a fairly large team working on Q# and the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit. That would also involve research-adjacent things like efficiently compiling programs to specific quantum device layouts with appropriate error correction schemes, etc.

DevX101 6y ago

Nice! This seems to fit my learning style well. I prefer to understand why something matters, than progressively probe backwards into the theory.

thijsb 6y ago

That was incredibly insightful! Thank you sharing this!