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We have also discussed what are some challenges present in quantum education these days and finally touched briefly on Abu's research on Quantum Finite Automata.<br /><br />Full podcast notes: <a href="https://www.mustythoughts.com/episodes.html#NISP5" rel="noopener">https://www.mustythoughts.com/episodes.html#NISP5</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5091</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>quantum</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3ed2797fddfbe15968a9a13cc571cff7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>#4 Kanav Setia on challenges with quantum software and education</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-kanav-setia-on-challenges-with-quantum-software-and-education--48409546</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we talk with Kanav Setia, CEO of qBraid, about challenges with education and software development for quantum computing, Q2B 2021 conference and future research directions for quantum algorithms.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48409546</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48409546/nisp_04_final.mp3" length="73064884" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michał Stęchły</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we talk with Kanav Setia, CEO of qBraid, about challenges with education and software development for quantum computing, Q2B 2021 conference and future research directions for quantum algorithms.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we talk with Kanav Setia, CEO of qBraid, about challenges with education and software development for quantum computing, Q2B 2021 conference and future research directions for quantum algorithms.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4555</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>quantum</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3ed2797fddfbe15968a9a13cc571cff7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>#3 Razieh Annabestani on quantum ecosystem and working in different sectors</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-razieh-annabestani-on-quantum-ecosystem-and-working-in-different-sectors--47048068</link><description><![CDATA[We talked with Razieh Annabestani about quantum computing ecosystem, differences between various sectors, the position of Canada in the quantum world and transitioning from science to business.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47048068</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:38:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47048068/03_final_high_quality.mp3" length="74432270" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michał Stęchły</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We talked with Razieh Annabestani about quantum computing ecosystem, differences between various sectors, the position of Canada in the quantum world and transitioning from science to business.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We talked with Razieh Annabestani about quantum computing ecosystem, differences between various sectors, the position of Canada in the quantum world and transitioning from science to business.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4641</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>quantum</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3ed2797fddfbe15968a9a13cc571cff7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>#2 Nicolas Sawaya on climate change and research in quantum chemistry</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-nicolas-sawaya-on-climate-change-and-research-in-quantum-chemistry--43972719</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode I've talked with Nicolas Sawaya, a research scientist at Intel. 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- Quantum computing and climate change&#13;
- Involvement in climate change activism&#13;
- Research about...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode I've talked with Nicolas Sawaya, a research scientist at Intel. We've talked about multiple things, such as:<br />- His work at Intel<br />- Quantum computing and climate change<br />- Involvement in climate change activism<br />- Research about vibrational problems, various encodings in quantum computing and q-dits<br /><br />For full notes please visit: <a href="http://www.mustythoughts.com/episodes.html#NISP2" rel="noopener">www.mustythoughts.com/episodes.html#NISP2</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5662</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>quantum</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e2677d187fd7a691423d3df9ca42addc.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>#1 What Quantum Software Engineers do?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-what-quantum-software-engineers-do--43276931</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode I talk about the job of quantum software engineers. What this job is about and how it's different from similar positions? What challenges do QSEs face? What are some typical tasks that they work on? I tried to answer all these questions.<br /><br />Some links to useful resources:<br />- My blog: <a href="http://www.mustythoughts.com" rel="noopener">www.mustythoughts.com</a> <br />- A pull request containing some of the changes I've talked about testing validity of gates: <a href="https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/pull/145/files" rel="noopener">https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/pull/145/files</a><br />- The code containing the ansatz interface I talked about: <a href="https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/blob/master/src/python/zquantum/core/interfaces/ansatz.py" rel="noopener">https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/blob/master/src/python/zquantum/core/interfaces/ansatz.py</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43276931</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:16:32 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43276931/1_final_high_quality.mp3" length="45155889" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Michał Stęchły</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode I talk about the job of quantum software engineers. What this job is about and how it's different from similar positions? What challenges do QSEs face? What are some typical tasks that they work on? I tried to answer all these...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode I talk about the job of quantum software engineers. What this job is about and how it's different from similar positions? What challenges do QSEs face? What are some typical tasks that they work on? I tried to answer all these questions.<br /><br />Some links to useful resources:<br />- My blog: <a href="http://www.mustythoughts.com" rel="noopener">www.mustythoughts.com</a> <br />- A pull request containing some of the changes I've talked about testing validity of gates: <a href="https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/pull/145/files" rel="noopener">https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/pull/145/files</a><br />- The code containing the ansatz interface I talked about: <a href="https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/blob/master/src/python/zquantum/core/interfaces/ansatz.py" rel="noopener">https://github.com/zapatacomputing/z-quantum-core/blob/master/src/python/zquantum/core/interfaces/ansatz.py</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2811</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>quantum,quantumcomputing</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3ed2797fddfbe15968a9a13cc571cff7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
