Strategies for Non-Qubit Quantum Computing

Title: Strategies for Non-Qubit Quantum Computing
Date: Aug 23 Noon - 14:00 EDT
Summary:
To paraphrase poor Alexander, qubits are a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad way to do quantum computing. Want proof? Ask a qubit programmer how many gazillions of qubits they would need to model a single large biomolecule in real-time, and how much it would cost. In this talk, Terry will explore why qubits are fundamentally and mind-bogglingly bad. He will look at strategies for flipping the problem upside down and using large, room-temperature biomolecules and chemical constructs to replace gazillions of qubits.
Speaker: Terry Bollinger is a computer scientist with BS, MS, and Professional Degrees from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Decades of professional and personal immersion in science have made him a firm but extremely reluctant physics and math heretic. His heresies include a penchant for strictly obeying the speed of light (gasp!) and not confusing math-induced fantasies with experimentally testable data from the real universe.