Quantum Computers and Crypto

Presented at ToorCon: Seattle 2013, July 6, 2013, 12:20 p.m. (20 minutes).

1. What are quantum computers? 2. How do they work? 3. Current Technology Situation 4. Programming a Quantum Computer 5. The 20 Questions Algorithm 6. Crypto which resists a Quantum Computer

Presenters:

• Dave D'Rave
  Downloaded the password file from a 360/67 in 1974. Invented the "20 Questions" algorithm for quantum computers. Still using Ubuntu. Took the "Quantum Computers" seminar at UCSD. Audited "Quantum Computers" and "Photonic Crystals" at Stanford.

Links:

• https://seattle.toorcon.net/2013/07/05/quantum-computers

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