David Westenberger Lucas Zurek
What’s Happening Now? Silicon-based Computation – Moore’s Law Transistors Physical limitation Then what’s next?
What is Quantum Computing? Quantum Mechanics: – “You don’t understand quantum mechanics – you just get used to it.” – Richard Feynman – Qubits – Superposition – Parallelism – Entanglement
How Does a Quantum Computer Work?
Quantum & Copyright Making an Image: – Copyright Laws: Creator holds copyright – Even if slightly altered – Using a quantum computer to generate images: Find every possible image within given parameters Is this fair? What would happen to copyright laws? Threat to artistic images? Not necessarily just images…
Quantum & Encryption RSA & Elliptic Curve Cryptology (ECC): – Used to secure: – Software updates, , online banking, digital signatures, etc. – Amount of time needed to break a strong 1024-bit RSA code – From billions of years to minutes – But quantum computers don’t have an advantage over every type of cryptography scheme – Any replacement will have some big shoes to fill
What Does a Quantum Computer Look Like? kWw kWw
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