Shohini Ghose: Quantum computing explained in 10 minutes
修西尼·高斯: 10分钟了解量子计算机
Shohini Ghose explores the strange quantum world of atoms and photons to understand the fundamental laws of the universe and harness them for quantum computing and communication -- and works to make science accessible and inclusive for people of all genders and backgrounds. Full bio
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on one of the casino's computers,
某台电脑上玩游戏,
solitaire or chess.
在游戏中出牌或走棋。
in the game, just like a human player.
把硬币翻过来或者不翻,
把硬币翻过来或者不翻,
to flip the coin or not,
被透露给你的对手(电脑)。
to your opponent, the computer.
把硬币翻过来或者不翻。
and can flip the coin or not,
and the coin is fair,
而且硬币也是质地均匀的,
of winning this game.
电脑上玩了这个游戏。
this game on our computers,
或者接近50%,
being 50 percent, or close to 50 percent,
玩这个游戏,那会怎样呢?
on a quantum computer?
do not have quantum computers,
可以正常运行的量子计算机。
a working quantum computer.
and fundamental particles,
控制这些粒子的运动
of these particles,
与普通电脑截然不同。
from our regular computers.
is not just a more powerful version
蜡烛的加强版一样。
is not a more powerful candle.
也做不出电灯泡。
by building better and better candles.
一种基于量子力学的
is a new kind of device,
transformed society,
have the potential to impact
our health care and even the internet.
甚至是互联网。
正在研发量子计算机,
are working to build these devices,
让我们如此激动?
the excitement is all about,
quantum computer from right here,
IBM的量子计算机,
我可以远程玩游戏,
从TED获得一个邮箱,
getting an email ahead of time, from TED,
to flip the coin or not,
要选圆圈还是方块。
between a circle or a square.
不过你选圆圈就是要把硬币翻面,
of circle meant "flip the coin,"
was "don't flip."
against the quantum computer
almost every game.
自身的操作错误造成的。
of operational errors in the computer.
this amazing winning streak?
如此惊人的接连获胜呢?
quantum physics in action.
量子力学在发挥作用。
heads or tails of a coin as a bit,
模仿硬币的正面或反面,
电流供断来模仿。
inside your computer chip.
is completely different.
具有非二进制特性,
nonbinary identity.
或者说组合的形式存在,
or a combination of zero and one,
有可能为1。
and some probability of being one.
其特性处于一个范围内。
its identity is on a spectrum.
a 70 percent chance of being zero
on precise values of zero and one
this fluid combination of heads and tails,
a mixture of two fluids.
两种液体仍在混合物中,
the fluids remain in a mixture,
can unmix the zero and one,
so that you lose every time.
所以你每次都赢不了。
you are absolutely right.
两面同时朝上这种状态。
in combinations of heads and tails.
从未经历过这种不确定的
this fluid quantum reality
见识过量子的奇特之处,
quantum strangeness,
其实实在在的影响。
effects in action.
superposition and uncertainty,
叠加和不确定性,
future quantum technologies.
能够改变我们的生活,
of potential applications
可以用来创造私钥,
could be used to create private keys
另一个地方的信息加密,
sent from one location to another
完全复制这个私钥了,
secretly copy the key perfectly,
the laws of quantum physics
is already being tested by banks
connected devices globally.
在未来的影响力会有多大。
could have in the future.
医疗保健和医药行业。
transform health care and medicine.
设计和分析分子
of molecules for drug development
exactly describing and calculating
所有量子特性,
of all the atoms in the molecule
even for our supercomputers.
对于我们的超级计算机而言也不例外。
the same quantum properties
相同的量子特性。
simulations for drug development
大规模量子模拟
影响成千上万人的疾病,
for diseases like Alzheimer's,
quantum application
from one location to another
从一个地点传送到另一个地点,
the information.
但这是可能实现的,
of the quantum particles
something about one particle,
a channel for teleportation.
in research labs
of a future quantum internet.
为了这些可能性而努力,
on these possibilities,
on a quantum computer.
一些有趣的新网络协议,
some interesting new protocols
among different users in the network
我觉得很好玩,
being a quantum physicist.
in a quantum wonderland.
we will discover next.
发现什么样的应用呢?
just to build quantum computers.
当做是制造量子计算机的工具,
视作探索自然奥秘、
for us to probe the mysteries of nature
outside of our experiences.
access to the universe,
and our ingenuity.
interesting and surprising it is.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shohini Ghose - Quantum physicist, equity advocateShohini Ghose explores the strange quantum world of atoms and photons to understand the fundamental laws of the universe and harness them for quantum computing and communication -- and works to make science accessible and inclusive for people of all genders and backgrounds.
Why you should listen
As Shohini Ghose writes: "I've always wanted to be an explorer. As a girl I was inspired by Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space. I haven't made it to space yet, but I did become an explorer of a strange and exciting new world -- the quantum world of microscopic particles such as electrons and photons. I'm a theoretical physicist who examines how the laws of quantum physics can be harnessed to transform computation and communication. My colleagues and I made the first-ever observations of cesium atoms that demonstrated a connection between chaos theory and quantum entanglement.
"The activist in me questions why only three women have ever won the Nobel Prize in physics. I am passionate about addressing gender issues in science and recently founded the Laurier Centre for Women in Science, the first centre of its kind in Canada. I also work to create a vibrant and inclusive physics community in Canada as the vice president of the Canadian Association of Physicists. I love teaching and have co-authored Canada's largest selling introductory astronomy textbook."
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