Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series

Shelby Kimmel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Paul Hess, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics will give this week’s Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture.

“Infinity Machines: Will Quantum Computers Live up to the Hype?”

Time Magazine called quantum computers “infinity machines.”* This new technology could revolutionize the way we design drugs, protect information, and identify patterns in data, but building a sufficiently large device has proved difficult. We will discuss the potential (and potential pitfalls) of quantum computing from both a hardware and software perspective.
*Image credit: Time Magazine, Feb 17, 2014