Quantum computing is creating the future – here’s how
A new generation of computers, dubbed “quantum computers,” is making big waves, revolutionizing major industries like artificial intelligence and drug discovery.
“We’re going to discover new materials, new pharmaceuticals, new phases of matter. Maybe we’ll solve problems in astronomy and cosmology and particle physics using quantum computers that we can’t even approach today,” says Daniel Lidar, 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.
Lidar, who holds the Viterbi Professorship in Engineering, and Rosa Di Felice, associate professor of physics and astronomy at USC Dornsife, recently sat down to discuss the potential and challenges of this computing revolution.
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.