An Introduction to Programming Quantum Computers

Abstract

In classical computing, designing and implementing programs is performed using languages like Python and C++ and leveraging data types for storing information and applying numerical and logical operations to those data types to produce the desired results. In the quantum computing world, the concepts are much different due to fundamental differences in how information is represented and in terms of the types of operations that may be performed to quantum information. Starting with a brief overview of the basics of information representation and operations first in both classical and quantum paradigms, this seminar will provide an introduction to gate-based programming methods, tools, and quantum platforms.

Speaker Biography

E. Wes Bethel is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at San Francisco State University, a Research Affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an ACM Distinguished Member. His research interests include high performance computing, advanced computational architectures and technologies, quantum computing, data science, machine learning and its applications, scientific visualization, and computer graphics.