Games, Electrical Networks, and Quantum Algorithms

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Speaker(s): Candidate C

Quantum computers exploit the quantum nature of physical systems to perform computations. While we have yet to build a large-scale quantum computer, we can prove that such devices would have an advantage over standard computers for some problems. However, there are still many tasks for which we don’t have a good understanding of the performance of quantum computers. For example, how well can a quantum computer play chess? In this talk, I will describe a quantum algorithm for playing simple, two-player games.

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.