God really plays dice – Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q#

God really plays dice – Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# with Filip W.

(We had some contradictory messages going around, but it all ended well and we're maintaining the event: CFF/SBB assure they are back on schedule tomorrow and Filip will be able to visit Geneva)

Quantum mechanics is one of the fundamental theories of physics, and has been tremendously successful at describing the behavior of subatomic particles. However, its counter-intuitive probabilistic nature, bizarre rules and confusing epistemology have troubled some of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, prompting Albert Einstein to remark “God doesn’t play dice”.
Today, we are at the dawn of the quantum computing age, a multidisciplinary field that sits at the intersection of physics, computer science, mathematics and chemistry and may revolutionize the technological world. In this talk, we will dive into the bizarre quantum world and explore the high-level mathematical foundations of quantum computing, quantum programming circuits and some basic ideas behind it using a new quantum programming language, Q#

About speaker

Filip is a founder and maintainer of several popular open source projects (for example OmniSharp), author and a Microsoft MVP. He specializes in language tools, the Roslyn compiler and is an active contributor to the quantum computing community. Filip is based in Zürich where he works in the medical industry. Twitter: @filip_woj.