[lug] BLUG Meeting Announcement 2011-07-14

[Boulder Linux]

    http://lug.boulder.co.us/calendar.html

The July Boulder Linux User Group meeting is coming up.

   Talk : Quantum Computing: The Qubit for Programmers

Speaker : Tom Cargill

   When : 7 p.m. on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 

  Where : Aztek Networks, 2477 55th St, Suite 202, Boulder, CO.

          Aztek Networks is on 55th between Arapahoe and Pearl, just
          north of the Humane Society.  There's plenty of parking, and
          the 206 and 208 busses stop across the street.

    Map : http://lug.boulder.co.us/meetings.html

Summary of 'Quantum Computing: The Qubit for Programmers'
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The power of a quantum computer can far exceed that of a classical
computer, at least in theory.  This power derives from the
characteristics of the "qubit," the quantum analog of the classical bit.
Typical descriptions of the qubit assume a math background beyond that of
typical programmers.  I will offer an accurate, but unconventional, description
of the qubit in terms familiar to most programmers -- common data structures
and algorithms.  This description will convey the nature of quantum computing's
power.


Pre meeting food
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Please join us informally for a bite to eat at Panera Bread before the
meeting, around 5:30 P.M.  Panera is in the 29th street mall, east of
Highway 36/28th street near Walnut.


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