Abstract:
Since the 1950s, Lisp has been used to describe and calculate in cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence, robotics, symbolic mathematics, and advanced optimizing compilers. It is no surprise that Lisp has also found relevance in quantum computation, both in academia and industry. Hosted at Rigetti Computing, a quantum computing startup in Berkeley, Robert Smith will provide a pragmatic view of the technical, sociological, and psychological aspects of working with an interdisciplinary team, writing Lisp, to build the next generation of technology resource: the quantum computer.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Robert has been using Lisp for over decade, and has been fortunate to work with and manage expert teams of Lisp programmers to build embedded fingerprint analysis systems, machine learning-based product recommendation software, metamaterial phased-array antennas, discrete differential geometric computer graphics software, and now quantum computers. As Director of Software Engineering, Robert is responsible for building the publicly available Rigetti Forest platform, powered by both a real quantum computer and one of the fastest single-node quantum computer simulators in the world.
Video notes mention “poor audio quality.” Not the best but clear and audible to me.
The coverage of the quantum computer work is great but mostly a general promotion of Lisp.
Important links:
Forest (beta) Forest provides development access to our 30-qubit simulator the Quantum Virtual Machine ™ and limited access to our quantum hardware systems for select partners. Workshop video plus numerous other resources.
A Practical Quantum Instruction Set Architecture by Robert S. Smith, Michael J. Curtis, William J. Zeng. (speaker plus two of his colleagues)