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SUMMARY:Explorations in Adiabatic Quantum Optimisation (Dr. Joachim Wabnig
 \, Nokia Research Centre\, Cambridge) - Dr. Joachim Wabnig\, Nokia Researc
 h Centre\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20131205T150000Z
DTEND:20131205T160000Z
UID:TALK50840@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr. Jonathan D. Mar
DESCRIPTION:The big promise of quantum computing is a huge speedup compare
 d to its classical counterpart. Twenty years after the discovery of Shor's
  factoring algorithm a whole zoo of quantum algorithms exists with speedup
 s ranging from polynomial to superpolynomial\, but universal quantum compu
 ters able to run these algorithms will remain out of reach for years to co
 me. A more feasible approach to quantum computing that emerged in recent y
 ears is to abandon universality and concentrate the efforts on hardware th
 at can natively solve quadratic binary optimisation problems. I will revie
 w an implementation using superconducting qubits and its limitations. I wi
 ll discuss what kind of problems can be solved on the hardware and a conne
 ction will be made between binary optimisation problems\, sampling and mac
 hine learning.
LOCATION:Microelectronics Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory (Physics Dep
 artment)
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