- [Intro Theme] Helix!
- I'm so excited to talk
with you today about
what the advent of Quantum
computing might mean for
Higher education.
- We're accustomed to
computing in Binary Digits,
Bits, Ones, and Zeros.
Well, Quantum computing uses
Qubits which are Quantum Bits.
The difference between
Binary Bits and Qubits are
that Qubits can be
represented as one or zero,
but also can be represented
as one and zero,
and usually these are held
on photons, or electrons,
or some other subatomic particle, or wave.
So, with a Qubit, we could do much more.
Quantum computing is far faster,
is has enormous security potential,
and it will allow us to solve problems
that currently take 20
years, in about 20 seconds.
- I'm trying my best to stay
and catch up with you Ray,
I know there's a cat in a box somewhere,
we'll check at the end of
the episode, see if it's
alive or not.
Let's talk about this means
for us in the Higher Ed.
- Well it's already bubbled
up in a number of areas.
Certainly Computer Science, management of
information systems, Physics,
Computer Engineering.
As we look forward, it's
really any discipline where
huge data is being used.
So while we have Binary
computers, increasingly,
we'll have more Quantum computing.
And that'll require more
students, or graduates
with degrees and other credentials.
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