Maria Violaris (Oxford University, UK) Here's a link to Maria's website. Zoom link for this and all lectures: https://iu.zoom.us/my/adrian.german Maria's slides will be posted here shortly. Same slides but in different (.pptx) format.

The Quantum Bomb Tester and the Basics of Quantum Computing

In this lecture I will explain the quantum bomb tester thought experiment, and use it to introduce the basic components of quantum computing, such as superposition, entanglement, decoherence and quantum gates. I will show how to turn it into a quantum circuit that you can code and run using Qiskit. The aim will be to show people one of the most counterintuitive quantum phenomena of interaction-free measurement; provide a simple way to visualise quantum gates and the physical meaning of quantum computing; and to provide an example of a workshop that the audience can replicate themselves as an introduction to quantum computing. It will be similar to the workshop outlined in the final part of my paper on quantum thought experiments as an educational tool.

I'll provide some follow-up activity suggestions to explore the ideas of each lecture (probably based on my Quantum Paradoxes code tutorials for the associated topics in each one).