Abdullah Khalid

Quantum Information Scientist

Assistant Professor, Habib University

12th January 2020

 How to start a quantum computing startup in Pakistan?

IBM

Quantum Computing Research

Quantum Computing Startups

IBM

What can this do?

Which one is the Ace of Spades?

2.5 shot on average

1 shot always!

Quantum Computers are helicopters not faster cars!

Laptop

Super computer

Quantitative

Qualitative

Quantum computer

Solve computational problem = Go from A to B

Quantum computers can

 

simulate atoms, molecules and materials,

 

exponentially faster than classical computers.

Quantum computers can

 

maybe do machine learning and optimization

 

exponentially faster than classical computers.

Quantum computers can

 

break all currently used asymmetric encryption protocols

 

exponentially faster than classical computers.

Quantum computers CANNOT

 

do industrial optimization
predict the stock market
optimize airline schedules

NP-Complete problems

 

exponentially faster than classical computers.

Easy for classical computer

Easy for Quantum Computers

Difficult for both classical and quantum computers

Computational Problems

Difficult for classical Computers

Cryptography

"Top secret info"

"Top secret info"

"hf72h18v82ja9"

You

You

Military

Bank

Email provider

Military

Quantum Key Distribution

Secret key: 1011101111010... for symmetric key encryption

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How classical computers work?

Quantum Computers

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