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Scientists force computer to binge on TV shows and predict what humans will do
Real-time dynamics of lattice gauge theories with a few-qubit quantum computer
Gauge theories are fundamental to our understanding of interactions between the elementary constituents of matter as mediated by gauge bosons. However, computing the real-time dynamics in gauge theories is a notorious challenge for classical computational methods. This has recently stimulated theoretical effort, using Feynman’s idea of a quantum simulator, to devise schemes for simulating such theories on engineered quantum-mechanical devices,...
Going digital may make analog quantum computer scaleable
Making a qubit is easy. Controlling how they communicate, however... (credit: NSF)
There are many different schemes for making quantum computers work (most of them evil). But they pretty much all fall into two categories. In most labs, researchers work on what could be called a digital quantum computer, which has the quantum equivalent of logic...
How IBM’s new five-qubit universal quantum computer works
The five qubits in IBM's quantum computer. (credit: IBM)
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, IBM gave an unwary world its first publicly accessible quantum computer. You might be worried that you can tear up your passwords and throw away your encryption, for all is now lost. However, it's probably a bit early to call time on the world...
Exploring the quantum speed limit with computer games
Humans routinely solve problems of immense computational complexity by intuitively forming simple, low-dimensional heuristic strategies. Citizen science (or crowd sourcing) is a way of exploiting this ability by presenting scientific research problems to non-experts. ‘Gamification’—the application of game elements in a non-game context—is an effective tool with which to enable citizen scientists to provide solutions to research problems. The citizen science games Foldit, EteRNA...
Ruling on University of Washington building paves way for computer science program expansion
A King County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the University of Washington is exempt from a City of Seattle law that preserves landmarks, paving...
GeekWire Deals: This super-small computer packs plenty of ports for less than $40
The Internet of Things is all about putting connected sensors everywhere.
However, those sensors often need to connect to the cloud to do anything useful because they lack the power to run real software. Today’s GeekWire Deals offer packs a Linux-running computer into a compact cube, bringing some more...
Want a career in aerospace? Study computer science, job forecast for Seattle region suggests
The most reliable way to break into the aerospace industry of tomorrow is to learn computer science today. That’s one of the preliminary findings from a study that...
President Obama’s new ‘Computer Science For All’ plan puts $4B toward tech education in schools
A new program called “Computer Science For All,” announced today by President Obama, proposes more than $ 4 billion in funding for schools to boost computer science education across the United States. The program, part of a broader push to recognize computer science as a...
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