Can Quantum Computing Help to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe? • Heather Gray • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOams http://gotoams.nl Heather Gray - Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley ABSTRACT Particle physics seeks to answer fundamental questions by studying tiny particles produced by enormous machines like the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland. I will provide a short introduction to key questions in particle physics, highlight some of the key challenges that we are facing and illustrate how novel ideas from computing, such as quantum computing, might [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotoams.nl/2019/sessions/825 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Johan Vos • Quantum Computing in Action (available soon) • https://amzn.to/3oj7OQ6 Jack D. Hidary • Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach • https://amzn.to/3kdJ3CK Sarah C. Kaiser & Christopher Grenade • Learn Quantum Computing with Python and Q# • https://amzn.to/3CgL6f8 Venkateswaran Kasirajan • Fundamentals of Quantum Computing • https://amzn.to/3nzk7aL Brian Clegg • Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution • https://amzn.to/3AcdmiI Scott Aaronson • Quantum Computing Since Democritus • https://amzn.to/3kSH0nG William (Chuck) Easttom • Quantum Computing Fundamentals • https://amzn.to/2ZzUUTy Wolfgang Scherer • Mathematics of Quantum Computing • https://amzn.to/3CXYBRl https://twitter.com/GOTOamst https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConference https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- http://gotocon.com #QuantumComputing #QuantumPhysics #physics #LHC #CERN Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO Conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1 0:00 Introduction 0:27 The Large Hadron Collider 1:13 A Giant Microscope? 3:42 Particle Colliders 9:22 From detector to physics 10:19 Throw away what you don't need 11:41 Data Processing 18:49 Solution: More data 19:50 HL-LHC Events 20:50 Technology Challenges 21:30 The HL-LHC Computing Problem 22:37 Initial ideas of quantum computing 23:25 Almost 40 years later 25:35 Entanglement 28:05 Different Algorithms: Associative Memory 29:33 Different Algorithms: Quantum Annealing 31:21 Finding the Higgs Boson 34:50 Conclusion