[In Person] Future Tech - A dive into Quantum Computing on Azure & Metaverse

We are very happy to announce our next meetup!

We are closing the second half of the year with an IN-PERSON meetup at Digicomp in Zürich.

Please note:

• Please do only reserve a seat, if you really plan to attend.
• Seats are not limited. No need to "block" a seat.
• If you will attend, please register quickly
• Please unregister if you cannot make it.

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AGENDA

• 18:00 Welcome
• 18:05 The Bizarre Quantum World with Q# and Azure Quantum by Filip W.
• 18:50 Drinks, Food and Networking
• 19:30 Metaverse: Beyond the Hype by Sanjeev Kumar
• 20:30 end

Session 1: The Bizarre Quantum World with Q# and Azure Quantum by Filip W.
Without our ability to master quantum mechanics there would be no modern technology, chemistry, medicine or material science. Yet, its strangeness is both inexplicable and inescapable - as Richard Feynman once said, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." Things can be in many states at once (superposition), can instantaneously affect each other or we can even teleport their state (entanglement), can behave as both particles and waves (wave-particle duality) and probabilities appear to be built into the very fabric of reality. In this talk, we will learn how to take advantage of these bizarre concepts of quantum mechanics to build quantum programs in Q# and Azure Quantum using computation theory fundamentally different from what we know from regular computers.

About Filip:
Filip is a maintainer of several popular open source projects, a Microsoft Quantum MVP and author of the academic textbook "Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK”.
He specializes in language tools, compilers and quantum computing. Filip is based in Zürich where he works in the medical industry

Links:
Blog

Session 2: Metaverse: Beyond the Hype by Sanjeev Kumar
Metaverse as a buzzword is widely covered in the media. People also have many different expectations from metaverse. This has led to a lot of hype about metaverse. But is it only hype or is there substance behind it?

In this session, we look at some concrete use cases for metaverse which are leading to silent adoption of metaverse in specific industries.

We also discuss the language and jargons of metaverse (e.g., AR, VR, MR, XR). We take a builder / developer perspective of metaverse and discuss the widely used tools (e.g., Unity, Babylon.js).

In the last section, we will discuss a scenario which integrates metaverse with real-time data and how such a scenario is built using tools such as Azure Digital Twins.

About Sanjeev:
Sanjeev Kumar is an architect and advisor for business and technology leaders on the topics of cloud computing, metaverse and blockchain. He works at Microsoft Switzerland and based in Zurich. Previously, he also worked as product manager and CTO at startups.

He has spoken about metaverse at industry events, participates in Metaverse Standards Forum and writes regularly on Linked on industrial metaverse technical topics.

Links:
LinkedIn
Twitter
Blog

The event is free of charge and held in English.

Please reserve a seat and cancel if you cannot make it. Thank you!

This event is sponsored by our sponsor Digicomp AG (https://www.digicomp.ch/) Thanks a lot for supporting the Swiss Azure Community!