Projet QuBobs

Head over to Insta for more mini-ions silliness instagram.com/qubobs/ (mini-ions is best pronounced with a French accent)

Wave-Particle Duality ✍️ In quantum physics, particles like light and electrons can act as both particles and waves. This dual nature is revealed in experiments like the double-slit, where particles create an interference pattern (a wave-like behavior) when not observed, but behave as particles when measured. This paradox defies classical physics and shows the complex nature of reality.

We're using juggling to represent qubits! Here are four independent qubits in uniform superposition of 0 (blue) and 1 (orange). More to come on instagram.com/qubobs/.

What aspects of quantum computing can be illustrated with sound or music? We like to explain Deutch's algorithm with audio phase inversion to isolate audio tracks. How far can we push this idea? Grover search? Amplitude amplification? Quantum Fourier transform? Period-finding?

Maybe every maths classroom should have a box of mathematical toys & at the start of each lesson a toy's picked out & played with & discussed for five minutes before everyone returns to fractions & trigonometry. Might also work for company meeting rooms. Meanwhile, Sam Howison.

#formation En novembre et janvier prochain, Sophie Laplante chercheuse @IRIF_Paris propose 4 formations sur des dispositifs permettant d’aborder les concepts en jeu dans le calcul #quantique. La plupart sont en papier et conçus en collaboration avec @LouVettier, projet @qubobs.

Presenting the mini-ions, seen here in their fundamental and excited states.

⚛️Simon Apers et Sophie Laplante, chercheurs à l'IRIF, tous deux spécialisés dans l'informatique quantique, ont participé à ce numéro spécial pour parler notamment d'algorithmique #quantique !

@sergeabiteboul Il y a une expo au Mac Val également macval.fr/Hommage-a-Vera…

Superbe expo sur Vera Molnar à Pompidou. Peut-être première artiste en france a programmer des œuvres d’art.

If you'd asked us a year ago we would never have thought it possible to explain the CHSH game and quantum winning strategy without going through all the math. We were wrong. Here are the kits we made for @kempelab to test @sigmacamp this summer

@preskill @Caltech We developed several teaching kits that might work well for your course. qubobs.irif.fr If you are interested I'd be happy to provide details.

In the fall, I'll teach a First-Year Seminar @Caltech: Quantum Information Science Today and Tomorrow. Caltech freshmen are very bright and curious but typically don't know linear algebra. The course should be fun and inspiring, providing a taste of current research and lots of opportunities for discussion, without requiring much work. I'm interested in suggestions about how to make the course successful, especially if you have taken or taught a comparable course. Catalog descriptions for all 2024-25 First-Year Seminars are here: registrar.caltech.edu/schedules/fres…

I am urging the entire TCS community to attend the TCS for All inspiration talk to be given by Luca Trevisan to honor his contributions and to be there for him and his family at this very difficult time. I will be sharing the registration link shortly. Registration will be free.

Preparing entangled qubobs with our cutting edge technology. Préparation de qubobs intriqués à la fine pointe de la technologie.

Testing a qubobs strategy that wins the CHSH game with probability 84.99%

Speaking of quantum humor... frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

In a quantum circuit, the X gate changes blue to orange, and orange to blue.

Les QuBobs en mode @pintofscienceFR

On part en roue libre pour @pintofscienceFR le 15 mai. Going off script for Pint of Science. pintofscience.fr/events/paris

Nous participons au festival Pint of Science le 15 mai. Inscriptions à partir du 8 avril. pintofscience.fr/event/call-of-…

Do you think it's possible to fully explain the quantum strategy for the CHSH game to non-specialists, without using any formal math notation?