Tag Archives: quantum supremacy

The Google Quantum Supremacy Demo and the Jerusalem HQCA debate.

Posted on December 27, 2019 by

Below are 10 annotated slides from a spontaneous informal talk that I gave at the school on mathematics of quantum computing a weak ago. (Power point presentation.) Later in the afternoon we had  a panel/debate on quantum supremacy (click for … Continue reading →

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The story of Poincaré and his friend the baker

Posted on October 13, 2019 by

Update: After the embargo update (Oct 25): Now that I have some answers from the people involved let me make a quick update: 1) I still find the paper unconvincing, specifically, the few verifiable experiments (namely experiments that can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Combinatorics, Computer Science and Optimization, Probability, Quantum, Statistics | Tagged , , | 24 Comments

Noisy quantum circuits: how do we know that we have robust experimental outcomes at all? (And do we care?)

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

In a recent post we discussed Google’s claim of achieving “quantum supremacy” and my reasons to think that these claims will not stand. (See also this comment for necessary requirements from a quantum supremacy experiment.) This debate gives a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Science and Optimization, Quantum | Tagged , , | 10 Comments