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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)
Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.
August 28, 2008
Category: Quantum Computing
Quantum error correction and quantum hard drives in four dimension. Part IV of my attempt to explain one of my main research interests in quantum computing: Prior parts: Part I, Part II, Part III....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2008
Category: Quantum Computing
The physics of classical information storage. Why is it that your hard drive works? A modern miracle, I tell you! Part III of my attempt to explain one of my main research interests in quantum computing: "self-correcting quantum computers." Prior...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:00 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2008
Category: Quantum Computing
Why is classical computing possible at all? A silly question, but one which never ceases to amaze me. Part II of my attempt to explain one of my main research interests in quantum computing: "self-correcting quantum computers." Prior parts: Part...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:00 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2008
Category: Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is hair-brained, but then again so is classical probabilistic computing. Part I of my attempt to explain one of my main research interests in quantum computing: "self-correcting quantum computers."...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 20, 2008
Category: Quantum Computing
QCMC 2008 is being held in Calgary this week. Anyone care to comment on any of the awesome talks or other interesting things they've heard at this fine conference? Anyone?...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:01 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 18, 2008
Category: Computer Science
"Expeditions in Computing awards" are ten million dollar NSF grants from the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering to pursue long-term research agendas. My favorite kinds of projects: high risk, high reward, and long term. Today the first...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 7:25 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 12, 2008
Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
I knew there was a reason I called this blog "The Quantum Pontiff." Amazon-ing my name:...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 5:22 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Interested in quantum error correction (who isn't!) Daniel Lidar informs me that the talks from the QEC07 conference are now all available online....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:37 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 11, 2008
Category: Finance
IANAE (that's I am not a person with severe physics envy but who is compensated for this fact by earning a higher salary than a physicist), but I do not understand Brad DeLong: Traders! Read the second page of the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:16 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
Last week, before I headed to my current location in the land of Coca Cola and the Cartoon Network (the hotel is so nice here that when my friend stopped outside so that I could drop my bags off, the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 9:53 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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