Quantum Computing | Hendrik Bluhm | TEDxRWTHAachen

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Bluhm talks about the challenges and possibilities of Quantum Computing. He presents the basic concepts of using quantum properties to encode and process much more information than possible with classical computers.

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Bluhm received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 from Stanford University and subsequently held a postdoc position at Harvard University. He was appointed as a full professor of Physics at RWTH Aachen University in 2011. His main research activities lie in the development and study of semiconductor spin qubits for quantum information processing. In addition, he is developing and using scanning techniques (in particular scanning SQUID microscopy) to study spin physics, mesoscopic physics, and quantum coherence. Hendrik Bluhm is the recipient of the Alfred-Krupp Prize for Young University Teachers 2011.

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