Quantum Computing Now – Details, episodes & analysis

Before you listen! Helpful Acronyms to deal with the jargon:

- PQC = Post Quantum Cryptography, area within quantum computing & cryptography where researchers are developing quantum-safe protocols resilient against quantum cryptography attacks.

- LDPC Codes = Low Density Parity Check, a type of error correction method

- Block Encoding = a technique used in quantum computing (see youtube link below!)

In this episode: Quantum Simulation program, Cryptography, & passionate community!

A conversation with the brilliant Krystal Maughan, PhD researcher at the University of Vermont doing innovative work on her research area of Post-Quantum Cryptography while we were attending the 3-day QSim RQS Summer School 2025! We talk on a range of topics observed in the quantum industry & research field and she provides a mathematician's perspective at Madison Square Park on a beautiful summer day right before her flight.

Enjoy this refreshing & insightful discussion!

Referenced Links from the talk:

- Her recent paper on "Cycles & cuts in supersingular I-isogeny graphs": https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.00638

- Her Website: ⁠https://kammitama5.github.io/about/ ⁠

- Krystal Maughan's Research Work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dhxYKqAAAAAJ&hl=en

- Bit Player documentary trailer: https://vimeo.com/323615460

- Nathan Weibe, University of Toronto Youtube Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZLyXsdJnA

- QSim 2025 Speakers: https://qsimconference.org/summer-school/

Happy *belated World Quantum Day (Week/Month/Year). This episode is about the journey that one can take in navigating and getting started in the quantum technology space.

This was recorded live at the NYU Abhu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good.

This episode I talk to Google QuantumAI's esteemed research scientist who was part of the Willow team - Amir Karamlou. We'll hear about Amir's journey and how hackathons can change the future of the quantum space.

Links:

• Hackathon for Social Good, NYU Abhu Dhabi - https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu

Links to resources used today:

• https://github.com/microsoft/QuantumKatas/tree/main/tutorials/ComplexArithmetic

Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c

Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

Links to resources used today:

• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/matrix-multiplication
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/3d-transformations
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/determinant
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/inverse-matrices

Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c

Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

For some reason the audio was all weird for this recording and the recording cut off at the end before I finished up. That's okay though, I just went through the exercises for that video by myself and the summary I put down was "see day 14" because it was basically the same content

Links to resources used today:

• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/eola-preview
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/vectors
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/span
• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/linear-transformations 

Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c

Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

Links to resources used today:

• https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra/matrix-transformations/linear-transformations/a/visualizing-linear-transformations?modal=1 
• https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra/matrix-transformations/linear-transformations/a/practice-associating-matrices-with-transformations?modal=1

Also check out the Riemann zeta function content from 3B1B:

• https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/zeta

Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c

Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

In which Jan Goetz teaches me about how superconducting quantum computers work.

• IQM website: https://www.meetiqm.com/
• Opensource software for designing superconducting circuits: https://github.com/iqm-finland/KQCircuits
• IQM at APS March Meeting: https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR21/Session/L67.1
• Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.minds.com/1ethanhansen
• 1ethanhansen@protonmail.com
• QRL: Q0106000c95fe7c29fa6fc841ab9820888d807f41d4a99fc4ad9ec5510a5334c72ef8d0f8c44698
• Monero: 47e9C55PhuWDksWL9BRoJZ2N5c6FwP9EFUcbWmXZS8AWfazgxZVeaw7hZZmXXhf3VQgodWKwVq629YC32tEd1STkStwfh5Y
• Ethereum: 0x9392079Eb419Fa868a8929ED595bd3A85397085B

Links to resources used today:

• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Hello%2C_World%21 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Variables_and_Types 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Lists 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Dictionaries    
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Basic_Operators 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Conditions 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Loops    
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Functions 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Classes_and_Objects 
• https://www.learnpython.org/en/Modules_and_Packages

Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c 

Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

If you're listening on the podcast version, so you don't waste your time I recommend using a podcatcher that can automatically skip silence like AntennaPod: https://antennapod.org/ (that's what I use!)

Links to resources used today:

• https://jupyter.org/install
• https://www.codecademy.com/article/how-to-use-jupyter-notebooks

Links for QC Zero to Hero:

• Join the next meeting! https://meet.jit.si/moderated/dab76a5dc57f13ba62e454ebd1bc5ab3222ed7b0df78a860fe90e912c170378c
• Download the curriculum! https://gitlab.com/1ethanhansen/zero-to-qc-hero/-/blob/main/Zero_to_QC_Hero_in_One_Year.ods.torrent

In which whurley and I talk about the challenges and promises involved in bringing quantum computing to a wider audience

• Jon Skerrett episode: https://anchor.fm/quantumcomputingnow/episodes/Fact-vs-Fiction-Quantum-Edition-with-Jon-Skerrett--Episode-38-e13u6fv
• whurley’s FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/whurley
• whurley’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/whurley
• whurley’s GitHub: https://github.com/whurley
• Strangeworks website: https://strangeworks.com/
• IBM + Strangeworks announcement: https://strangeworks.com/newsroom/strangeworks-and-ibm-announce-integration-of-ibm-quantum-cloud-services-into-the-strangeworks-ecosystem
• QC Zero to Hero thread: https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1318413663568138256?referrer=1ethanhansen
• Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.minds.com/1ethanhansen
• 1ethanhansen@protonmail.com
• QRL: Q0106000c95fe7c29fa6fc841ab9820888d807f41d4a99fc4ad9ec5510a5334c72ef8d0f8c44698
• Monero: 47e9C55PhuWDksWL9BRoJZ2N5c6FwP9EFUcbWmXZS8AWfazgxZVeaw7hZZmXXhf3VQgodWKwVq629YC32tEd1STkStwfh5Y
• Ethereum: 0x9392079Eb419Fa868a8929ED595bd3A85397085B