11-860 — Advanced Topics: Quantum Computing Lab — Spring Semester 2020

March 23 & 25 / Week 9

NISQ

Before Class

Read some papers talking about the current challenges with IBM, Rigetti and Google machines

Summary

Lets take a formal dive into some of the problems you have been experiencing first hand. Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Computers (NISQ Computers) are fraught with problems. How long will we be in the NISQ era? What can be achieved in this era? Are there algorithms that work well at this scale? Can Quantum Computers reach Quanutm Advantage during this period?

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