Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Speaker: Miriam Backens (French National Institute for Research in Digital Science & Technology)
Abstract: Quantum computing draws on quantum mechanics and computer science to find more efficient ways of solving certain computational problems. While processors in standard devices from smartphones to supercomputer all function in basically the same way, there are still many different approaches to quantum computing, both in terms of the physical objects used as quantum bits and in terms of the model of computation: the basic operations used to implement arbitrary algorithms. In this talk, I will give a general introduction to quantum computing and then talk about two different models — quantum circuits and the one-way model — their respective importance, and the challenges and applications of translating between them.
Speaker: Miriam Backens (French National Institute for Research in Digital Science & Technology)
Abstract: Quantum computing draws on quantum mechanics and computer science to find more efficient ways of solving certain computational problems. While processors in standard devices from smartphones to supercomputer all function in basically the same way, there are still many different approaches to quantum computing, both in terms of the physical objects used as quantum bits and in terms of the model of computation: the basic operations used to implement arbitrary algorithms. In this talk, I will give a general introduction to quantum computing and then talk about two different models — quantum circuits and the one-way model — their respective importance, and the challenges and applications of translating between them.
