Quantum Computation A new era http://s3.amazonaws.com/durgatneogi/th_new/51c21646ecf9d33171000556_cover.jpg

The goal of this project is to provide an interactive, user friendly website. The website will explain modern and quantum computing in layman's terms. The website will be solely for educational purposes. This Project

Background Information http://francis.naukas.com/2013/08/27/por-que-el-ordenador-cuantico-d-wave-two-no-es-cuantico Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize the way we use computers. There are efforts underway to create commercial quantum computers. Background Information

Steps Research modern computing Research quantum computing Outline explanation of quantum computing Create user friend, informative website Students and investors will benefit from an enhanced understanding of the subject. http://esellermedia.com/files/2012/07/website-building1.jpg Steps

The Turing Machine (1937) is a thought experiment that simulates computation. www.cs.auckland.ac.nz Turing Machine

Turing Machine There are fundamental aspects of the Turing Machine The machine is in a certain state at any time. There are a finite number of states. There is an infinite one-dimensional tape divided into cells. The cell contains either ‘0’ or ‘1’ There is a read/write ‘head’ that scans cells There is a table of rules for reading the cells Turing Machine

Turing Machine Example transition rule – “if the machine is in state Statecurrent and the cell being scanned contains Symbol then move into state Statenext taking Action” Turing Machine

Bit Stands for Binary DigIT A bit can be either 1 or 0 (True or False) In modern computing, a bit is held as two levels of an electric charge. http://wallpaperswide.com/motherboard-wallpapers.html Bit

Quantum Superposition A particle exists in all theoretically possible states at once, but once measured or observed it falls into one position. http://sci-ence.org/comics/2011-03-07-Slits.jpg ^ Double Slit Experiment Quantum Superposition

A thought experiment that demonstrates the paradox of quantum superposition http://www.jurkuipers.nl/_Media/schroedingers_cat_film-2_med.png Schrodinger's Cat

Schrodinger’s Cat A cat is enclosed with a Geiger counter. There is a tiny bit of radioactive substance and within the hour one of the atoms may decay, but also, with equal probability, none may decay. If there is decay, the cat is killed. If the cat lives, it will only remember being alive. The cat is in a state of superposition until the box is opened. Schrodinger’s Cat

Qubit Stands for QUantum BIT A unit of quantum information The qubit exists in a state of superposition http://medbherenn.com/images/superposition.jpg Qubit

Qubits are stored in atomic particles, for example the Beryllium atoms pictured below. The atoms are held in place by an atom trap. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp10/index.cfm Qubit

Quantum Computers A standard computer utilizes bits of 1 or 0. A quantum computer utilizes qubits in a state of superposition between 1 and 0. This superposition allows quantum computers parallelism. “According to physicist David Deutsch, this parallelism allows a quantum computer to work on a million computations at once, while your desktop PC works on one.” Quantum Computers

Quantum Computers are not yet available at a commercial level. Microsoft has a research station (Station Q) dedicated to quantum computing. Companies such as D-Wave are currently researching and developing quantum computation for commercial use. http://www.dwavesys.com/ (not anytime soon) When can I buy one?

by Kevin Bonser and Jonathon Strickland, “Defining the Quantum Computer” “http://computer.howstuffworks.com/quantum-computer1.htm “Quantum Computing, How D-Wave systems work” http://www.dwavesys.com/quantum-computing By Mike Davey, “The Turing Machine Counting” http://aturingmachine.com/examples.php By the Rapid Response Team, “Station Q Overview” http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/stationq/ By Hazewinkel, Michie, “Turning Machine” http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Turing_machine References