Quantum computing and quantum software for physics applications

Synopsis

Quantum computing is an emerging technology that we hope will one day revolutionize our ability to simulate and solve problems in fundamental physics. Working with today's devices, however, can be challenging. In this talk, I will give an overview of the fundamentals of quantum computing, and describe the state of today's hardware. Then, using a real physics problem as motivation (identifying the neutron drip line nucleus), we will take a deep dive into the quantum software stack to see what it really takes to run something on a quantum computer.