Quantum Simulation Explained in 9 Slides

I’ve talked before about how quantum simulation is my favourite application of quantum computing, so I thought I’d make a video to explain why. And in this video, I run an actual quantum simulation on a real world quantum computer.

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[1] Toward the first quantum simulation with quantum speedup
[2] Waiting for the Quantum Simulation Revolution
[3] Quantum Simulation Overview
[5] Losses in Transmission of Power
[6] What room temp superconductors would mean
[7] 2020 room temperature superconductor
[8] Carbon emissions from fertilizer creation
[9] How many qubits you need to simulate certain molecules
[10] IBM quantum roadmap
[11] Google million qubits by 2030
[12] Simulating a quantum computer on a classical computer

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[lumanaughty]

I got the Map of Quantum Physics Poster for myself for Christmas and I’m so pumped!!

[nik-ixmd]

amazing explanation as usual!
I am doing a Ph.D. in quantum physics and your videos often help me a lot to get the bigger picture in an enjoyable way!

[KarenStone]

I'm a Biochem undergrad and I'm designing my first QM simulations for a simple proton transer reaction and it's wild how much computation is needed simulate just a couple dozen atoms. It's fun to think about the potential of quantum computers for simulation of enzyme and drug interactions with high accuracy. I hope to see it in my lifetime.

[martinmauser]

Fist of all thanks for the great explanation video! I just want to add that you actually can't create a computer that produces no heat at all because erasing information, which we frequently do during computation, produces heat (according to Landauer's principal).

[bigredmaniac]

Was there a reference to Stardew Valley in the fertilizer chart?

[Akash-iwjc]

Make video on Domain of science - Map of Mechanical Engineering

[elonmusk]

What happened Dominic?
*another AWESOME video in the same week?* how come?!?!
thank you so much

[jserien]

You combine the knowledge and the capacity to explain. Frankly, thumbs up !

[splch]

this is such a great video :) qiskit is a wonderful community and place to learn about the future of computing ☺️

[JeremyChone]

So dense, so well articulated, and nicely visualized. Thank you!

[MattiaConti]

I'm very excited to see another video of Dos - cit from a random electron

[thomas.]

i hope we create entirely new fields in STEM that we haven't even dreamt of today

[jac]

I love your videos, your providing a much needed service of clear explanations to complex subjects, thank you!!

[Jimmy_Johns]

I feel in love every time I see one of his videos

[gustavjohansson]

Incredibly excited to follow your work moving forward!

[SufalDeb]

Great video to inspire young minds into the fields of quantum computing and more

[Szobiz]

interesting field to dive in. have a good break and happy holidays

[wizard]

Great video for motivating Quantum computers and solid state physics.

[Szobiz]

yeahh wow! i thought quantum computers barely existed yet and to know we can have access to them is rly amazing!
great video!

[busterdafydd]

6:20 driving down error rates is not to different from the early classical computers, as making electronic switches that truly turn off and on and not half off or on was hard until CMOS and now we are just working on lowering the voltage threshold for off or on. when we used valves in circuits, each switch (valve) needed 12v for on state and changing between on and off didn't work as fast but also we weren't allowed to turn them off completely to ensure they didn't break so we transitioned between 6 and 12 volts for on and off so a lot of power draw and heat. Qubits have the problem of making there continuous variable output is the same every time with the same input. And doing that is very hard, because checking that requires very precise instruments