Tag Archives: Aram Harrow

Is HQCA Possible? A conversation with Michael Brooks

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Gil Kalai

Here is a short email interview from April 2021 with Michael Brooks from “New Scientist”. Dear Professor Kalai, I’m writing a short feature for New Scientist magazine on the theme “Will we ever have a useful quantum computer?”. I’m aware … Continue reading →

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Pictures from Recent Quantum Months

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Gil Kalai

A special slide I prepared for my lecture at Gdansk featuring Robert Alicki and I as climber on the mountain of quantum computers “because it is not there.” It has been quite a while since I posted here about quantum … Continue reading →

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My Quantum Debate with Aram Harrow: Timeline, Non-technical Highlights, and Flashbacks I

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Gil Kalai

How the debate came about     (Email from Aram Harrow, June 4,  2011) Dear Gil Kalai, I am a quantum computing researcher, and was wondering about a few points in your paper… (Aram’s email was detailed and thoughtful and at the … Continue reading →

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Meeting with Aram Harrow, and my Lecture on Why Quantum Computers Cannot Work.

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Gil Kalai

Last Friday, I gave a lecture at the quantum information seminar at MIT entitled “Why quantum computers cannot work and how.” It was a nice event with lovely participation during the talk, and a continued discussion after it. Many very … Continue reading →

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The Quantum Fault-Tolerance Debate Updates

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Gil Kalai

In a couple of days, we will resume the debate between Aram Harrow and me regarding the possibility of universal quantum computers and quantum fault tolerance. The debate takes place over GLL (Godel’s Lost Letter and P=NP) blog. The Debate Where were … Continue reading →

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A Discussion and a Debate

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gil Kalai

Heavier than air flight of the 21 century? The very first post on this blog entitled “Combinatorics, Mathematics, Academics, Polemics, …” asked the question “Are mathematical debates possible?” We also had posts devoted to debates and to controversies. A few days ago, … Continue reading →

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