Quantum Hermit spoke to Jeffery Cohen on his research work to optimize stock portfolios using the Google DWave Annealer. Jeff has worked for 30 years in IT Management Consulting and IT Professional Services. His focus has always been enterprise IT architecture, computing hardware and facilities, and the labor required to support an IT infrastructure. Jeff brings together his economics and finance education and training with his strong working knowledge of It architecture and IT strategy to help clients reduce their IT costs, outsource their IT services, or evaluate significant IT investments ..read more

Nir Minerbi is the founder of Classiq. The company is based in Israel and tackles complex challenges in quantum computing development, bridging the gap between complex quantum logic. The company builds a new layer of the quantum software stack, increasing the level of abstraction and allowing developers to implement their ideas and concepts without the need to design the specific gate-level quantum circuit. QuantumHermit spoke to Nir on his journey, the complexity of building algos on todays gate based Quantum computers, the quantum ecosystem in Israel and his views on the future. Listen to th ..read more

QuatumHermit spoke to Dimitris G. Angelakis joined CQT in 2009 as a Principal Investigator after being a regular visitor and collaborator of the quantum group since 2003. He was born and raised in a small farm in Chania, Crete, Greece, where his childhood curiosity for the wonders of nature led him to study physics in the University of Crete in Heraklion. In 1998 he was offered a PhD position in quantum optics to work with Sir Peter Knight FRS at Imperial College London supported by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. His PhD work in quantum light-matter interactions received the Valerie M ..read more

Professor Biercuk is a global science and technology innovator leading high-impact technical programs in quantum technology. He leads teams in both academia and the technology industry, with a focus on commercializing quantum computing. Michael has a proven track record of success developing and managing major R&D initiatives within government, academia, and industry, as well as crafting policy at national and international levels. He is experienced in US government science and technology agencies including strategic and technical advisory to DARPA, developing beyond-leading-edge R&D ..read more

QuantumHermit spoke to John Prisco of QuantumXC, a leading QKD company in the US. Throughout his 30-year career, John Prisco has demonstrated success driving revenue growth, implementing operational excellence, and bringing companies such as Triumfant, GeoVantage and Ridgeway Systems to successful exits. His depth of experience in telecommunications, cybersecurity and quantum physics are ideally suited to lead Quantum Xchange and its customers, partners, investors, and employees through the emerging era of quantum computing and the future of encryption. Listen to the podcast here : https://sou ..read more

QuantumHermit spoke to Dr. Arthur Herman, he is a senior fellow and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at Hudson Institute. His research programs analyze defense, energy, and technology issues.   Dr. Herman is the author of nine books, including the New York Times Best Seller How the Scots Invented the Modern World, the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II (which the Economist named one of its Best Books of 2012), To Rule the Waves, Dougla ..read more

QH spoke to Dr. Itamar Sivan. He is the CEO and Co-founder of Quantum Machines, a quantum technology startup that introduces Quantum Orchestration, a powerful platform to accelerate quantum research and development and deliver unprecedented capabilities for reaching new breakthroughs in quantum technologies. Designed for quantum, the platform empowers research and development teams to realize the full potential of any quantum device. With its robust architecture and powerful yet intuitive programming language, QM makes it possible to run even the most advanced experiments and algorithms right ..read more