Links to photos:Dr. Pitts gets Texas A&M CS DFS Award, April 29, 2005 Classic Gaming Night, April 15, 2005 Academic Showcase, April 2, 2005 Dr. Stan Gudder, Quantum Computing, January 14, 2005 Alumni Weekend Reception, October 29, 2004 Class of '85 Party for Barb Latimer, October 23, 2004 Barb Latimer Retirement Reception, September 9, 2004 Faculty/Alumni Retreat, August 23, 2004 Hummingbird Nest, June 17, 2004 Senior Software, April 28, 2004 UPE Initiation, March 31, 2004 Academic Showcase, March 27, 2004, from the Office of Public Relations Academic Showcase, March 27, 2004 |
On January 14, 2005, Dr. Stan Gudder, the John Evans Professor of Mathematics at the Unversity of Denver, addressed the question, "Why can a quantum computer do things that an ordinary computer can not?" As Dr. Gudder described it: "The answer to the question in the title is that quantum computers can exploit the principles of quantum mechancis as resources for computation. Two of these resources are quantum superposition and quantum entaglement. These two principles can provide an exponential speedup in quantum algorithms. Although we shall not have time to discuss these principles here we shall consider a simple example of a component of a quantum computer that is not available for ordinary computers. This component is called a square root of NOT gate." Thumbnails of photos:
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