Posted November 8, 2024
4p, Winslow 1140 (pizza at 3:30p)
WHAT: "Intro to Quantum Fourier Transforms on the RPI Quantum One"
WHO: Thomas R. Morgan, PhD (The FOCI at Rensselaer)
WHEN: 4p Weds 13 Nov (Pizza at 3:30p)
WHERE: Winslow 1140
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/z5IVd8q29BU
EVENT PAGE: https://bit.ly/3O1IkCC
Please join us next Weds for a special TWed as guest speaker Dr. Tom Morgan, Senior Scientist with the Future of Computing Institute (FOCI) at Rensselaer, leads us in a very applied introduction to quantum computing as he discusses the use of the Qiskit toolkit and Jupyter Notebooks on the FOCI Cluster to evaluate Fourier Transforms using the RPI Quantum One.
DESCRIPTION: A short review of the Fourier Transform is followed by Qiskit circuit design and testing results from simulations and live runs on the RPI IBM quantum computer. Particular attention is paid to the phase rotations involved and various options for their implementation as well as methods to introduce input data vectors to the circuits.
BIO: Dr. Thomas R. Morgan is a Senior Scientist at the Future of Computing Institute (FOCI) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Tom started with FOCI’s forerunner, the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA) at its founding in 2014 and currently conducts research in computer vision for sports analytics, and quantum computing. While with RPI Tom has employed LiDAR and acoustic backscatter remote sensing data on multiple projects for the Jefferson Project at Lake George directed at forest, watershed, and lakebed evaluation and monitoring. Tom has also taught courses in data analytics for multiple departments as well as the Lally School of Business, plus Geophysics for Earth and Environmental Sciences. He holds BS and MS degrees in Geology and Geophysics from Rensselaer and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Houston.