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Tag: academia

Introduction to Quantum Computing

During the Spring (southern hemisphere) of 2020 I’m teaching Introduction to Quantum Computing. In these Covid-19 times, the class is … More

academia, learning, quantum, quantum computing, Teaching

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

academia, education, games, Math, outreach, quantum, rants

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.

academia, coffee, humor, news, rant, statistics

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

academia, rant, research

New papers dance!

Two new papers were recently posted on the arXiv with my first two official PhD students since becoming a faculty … More

academia, annoucement, papers, quantum, quantum computing, research

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

academia, quantum computing, software, tech

Estimation… with quantum technology… using machine learning… on the blockchain

A snarky academic joke which might actually be interesting (but still a snarky joke).

academia, humor, quantum, rant, satire

Why are there so many symbols in math?

“Mathematics is the language of the universe.” — every science popularizer ever

academia, Math, scicomm, stem

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

academia, humor, satire

No one is going to take you seriously

I make jokes. I do scientist. I make jokes while doing science.

academia, humor, rant

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