Welcome to the Quantum Realm. 

Sundays are for sipping coffee, light reads, laid-back listens, and community endeavors.

Spherical atoms and quantum dragons — because you can’t leave the weekend without a bit of adventure.

🗓️ THIS WEEK

Wednesday, June 5 - Friday, June 14 | IBM Quantum Challenge 2024 — Register here!

Saturday, June 15 | Simulation of Quantum Chemistry Hamiltonians with Relativistic Effects

Wednesday, June 12 | Quantum Coffee Break w/ QuEra

📰 WEEKEND BYTES

Fun news & community features.

🎊 International Year of Quantum Science & Technology: The UN has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology to mark 100 years of quantum mechanics, as well as boost public awareness, and encourage participation from individuals, institutions, and governments in various activities and events.

🎒 Navigating the Future of Tech Careers: The quantum computing field is booming, with high demand for talent beyond software engineers, including UX designers, QA testers, and product managers. As the industry moves from research to real-world products, it's a great time to explore the field. Resources like Q-CTRL’s Black Opal and IBM’s Qiskit can help you get started. From David Ryan’s Medium. 

🏐 Beyond Spheres: Atoms and molecules are often seen as spherical due to the Schrödinger equation and electron distribution. However, real-world factors like chemical bonding and external fields create complex shapes. Understanding these nuances aids in accurate modeling. From Brian Lenahan’s Substack.

🐲 Igniting Excitement in Quantum News: The Quantum Dragon will aggregate engaging quantum-related content and report on the excitement in the field, with the hope of inspiring enthusiasm and avoiding stale updates. Launching soon! From Brian Siegelwax’s Substack.

📐 Measuring the Quantum Frontier: Sisi Zhou from Perimeter is leading the field of quantum metrology, using quantum effects to measure at the particle scale. Her work on quantum error correction is aimed towards improving measurement sensitivity, highlighting the growing importance of quantum metrology alongside advances in quantum computing and communication.

Check out her video interview here:

🔊 VOLUME ON

The Superposition Guy’s Podcast

On this past week’s episode of the Superposition Guy’s Podcast, Yuval Boger interviews Lisa Lambert, CEO of Quantum Industry Canada.

Lisa shares the organization’s role in advancing Canada’s quantum technology sector and addresses common challenges such as funding and market access.

She also makes a compelling case for companies to consider Canada as a base by highlighting the strong ecosystem, strategic investments, and global collaborations.

TDQ Exchange

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👩‍💻 CODE CHRONICLES

pygrnd: Open-source Libary of Quantum Algorithms for Finance, Insurance, and Energy

Key Features:

• QML: Integrates with Pennylane for machine learning tasks.

• Monte Carlo simulation: Utilizes Qiskit for efficient simulation.

• Optimization: Supports Qiskit and Dimod for various optimization problems.

• Quantum risk modelling: Offers notebooks for defining and evaluating risk models using quantum amplitude estimation.

• Pattern-based circuit optimization: Reduces gate depth in quantum circuits.

🦸‍♀️ ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

Kurt Gödel was an Austrian-American logician and mathematician renowned for his incompleteness theorems, which revealed the inherent limitations of formal axiomatic systems. His work has significantly impacted various fields, including quantum computing, by influencing the theoretical foundations of computability and logic.

On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems: This seminal paper introduced Gödel's incompleteness theorems, which have deep implications for computational theory and the limits of formal systems, relevant to the foundational understanding of quantum algorithms and computational limits.

What is Cantor's Continuum Problem?: While not directly about quantum computing, this paper discusses set theory and the continuum hypothesis, exploring the nature of mathematical infinity and undecidability, concepts that parallel the challenges in defining quantum states and measurement.

PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POSSIBLE.