Introduction to Quantum Computing

SPEAKER

Dr Andy Stanford-Clark, IBM

AGENDA

6:15pm - Arrival and networking

6:30pm - Presentation starts

7:30pm - Questions & Networking

8:30pm - Event close

SYNOPSIS

For almost 40 years, quantum computing has intrigued and amazed scientists and non-scientists in its future possibility for solving problems that are intractable using classical computing.

In recent years, IBM has made real quantum computers available on the cloud so that clients, students, and researchers can begin to learn and experiment with this new way of computing.

Andy Stanford-Clark will introduce the principles of quantum computing, give some history of the technology, and describe potential application areas for quantum computers.

He will take us on tour inside a real quantum computer, and explain how you can get free hands-on experience of IBM's quantum computer, and start to learn how to program these exciting new machines.

We'll see what potentials exist in various industries, the state of quantum computing today, and how you can get on the right path to make the earliest use of this rapidly evolving technology.

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Dr Andy Stanford-Clark is an innovation leader in IBM Research, accelerating innovative and transformative technology projects with Clients.

He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a Master Inventor with more than 40 patents, and leads IBM’s Quantum Ambassador team in the UK.

Andy is based at IBM’s Hursley Park laboratories near Winchester, and has been working in the area we now call the Internet of Things for more than 25 years.

He has a BSc in Computing and Mathematics, and a PhD in Computer Science. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, a Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southampton, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

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