{"id":2023,"date":"2025-03-04T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cognitive-science\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:11:19","slug":"quantum-computing-is-creating-the-future-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cognitive-science\/2025\/03\/04\/quantum-computing-is-creating-the-future-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum computing is creating the future \u2013 here\u2019s how"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Quantum computing is creating the future \u2013 here\u2019s how<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n
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\n\n \n USC experts explain the powerful form of computing that\u2019s reshaping our world.\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n By<\/span>Margaret Crable<\/a><\/strong>\n \n March 4, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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A new generation of computers, dubbed \u201cquantum computers,\u201d is making big waves, revolutionizing major industries like artificial intelligence and drug discovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to discover new materials, new pharmaceuticals, new phases of matter. Maybe we\u2019ll solve problems in astronomy and cosmology and particle physics using quantum computers that we can\u2019t even approach today,\u201d says Daniel Lidar<\/a>, professor of electrical and computer engineering, chemistry, and physics and astronomy at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

Lidar, who holds the Viterbi Professorship in Engineering, and Rosa Di Felice<\/a>, associate professor of physics and astronomy<\/a> at USC Dornsife, recently sat down to discuss the potential and challenges of this computing revolution.<\/p>\n

The discussion was part of a Feb. 28 Dornsife Dialogues event moderated by USC Dornsife Interim Dean and Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry Moh El-Naggar<\/a>.<\/p>\n