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It sounds a bit like his supervisor(s) didn't know to much about Quantum Computing as well. Really seems like a strange situation...
by red_trumpet 4y ago
It sounds a bit like his supervisor(s) didn't know to much about Quantum Computing as well. Really seems like a strange situation...
- soheil 4y agoQM is not something you can pick up in a couple of sessions from your research supervisor. It's probably the hardest concept to grasp in Physics and some argue Physics is the hardest field to study.
- balsam 4y agoIt isn’t that strange in Europe, or even parts of America. When funding is buzzword driven, everyone adjacent or even not so adjacent try to spin themselves into the latest fad. I have seen physics professors turn into data scientists overnight. At least in their grant submission. If they are successful, they start looking for grad students to play the role. Fake it and have your students make it.
- dguest 4y agoThe funding situation around quantum computing is quite strange indeed. Governments want to get a foot in the door for a new high-tech industry, but it also has implications for national security. The few existing quantum computing nerds aren't enough to go around. So everyone is falling over each other to train up some new nerds. They are opening huge pots of money any professor who can make a plausible case for quantum computing with X. Here X is generally some form of pure research that the professor made a contribution to in the past. You'll inevitably have some growing pains when you try to repurpose hundreds of physicists like this. It seems sort of silly, but when a government decides it wants get a jump on a new industry, before it's commercially viable, I don't see a better option.