Posts in Category ‘General’
Cryptography: Taking on Any Adversary
At the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Yael Tauman Kalai not only revealed how cryptography has become central to providing trust in computation, but also highlighted the opportunities and risks the field faces in keeping one step ahead of hostile adversaries. Read more
Qubit Contenders
Microsoft says that a quantum computer capable of solving challenging scientific and commercial problems will ultimately require at least one million stable qubits that can perform one quintillion operations. But there are literally dozens of highly promising ways to build a qubit. Is there a qubit out there that Goldilocks would judge to be ‘just right’? Read more