[Acpc-l] Wiener Physikalisches Kolloquium: Quantum computation revisited

[Maria Cherry]

                     WIENER PHYSIKALISCHES KOLLOQUIUM

                      Quantum computation revisited 

                                 Artur Ekert 
                                         
               Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
                            University of Cambridge, UK 
                            
   
     The theory of computation, including modern cryptography, was laid down
     almost seventy years ago, was implemented within a decade, became
     commercial within another decade, and dominated the world's economy half
     a century later. Quantum information technology is a fundamentally new
     way of harnessing nature. It is too early to say how important a way this
     will eventually be, but we can reasonably speculate about its impact on
     computation, mathematical logic and data security. I will review the
     basic concepts of quantum computation and describe some novel techniques
     which aim to give data processing devices new functionality.

                 http://www.univie.ac.at/wpk/WPK2003-11-17.htm

                        Montag, 17. November 2003, 17:30 Uhr
                               (ab 17:00 Uhr Kaffee)
          Großer Hörsaal des Instituts für Experimentalphysik 
                             der Universität Wien
                    Strudlhofgasse 4/1. Stock, A-1090 Wien