During the Spring (southern hemisphere) of 2020 I’m teaching Introduction to Quantum Computing. In these Covid-19 times, the class is … More
Tag: academia
My Speech to 500 Australian Teenage Schoolboys About Mathematics
I suppose I should start with who I am and what I do and perhaps why I am here in … More
When will we have a quantum computer? Never, with that attitude
We are quantum drunks under the lamp post—we are only looking at stuff that we can shine photons on.
The point of physics
Something I lost sight of for a long time is the reason I study physics, or the reason I started … More
New papers dance!
Two new papers were recently posted on the arXiv with my first two official PhD students since becoming a faculty … More
Quantum computing worst case scenario: we are Lovelace and Babbage
As we approach the peak of the second hype cycle of quantum computing, I thought it might be useful to … More
Estimation… with quantum technology… using machine learning… on the blockchain
A snarky academic joke which might actually be interesting (but still a snarky joke).
Why are there so many symbols in math?
“Mathematics is the language of the universe.” — every science popularizer ever
Milking a new theory of physics
For the first time, physicists have found a new fundamental state of cow, challenging the current standard model. Coined the … More
No one is going to take you seriously
I make jokes. I do scientist. I make jokes while doing science.