Newer Horizons indeed

I decided I'll expand my blog and start writing about my other interests, including quantum computing, information theory, and telecommunications.

A bit of context as to why I'm interested in quantum computing in the first place: in the last lap of my first year of undergrad, and for most of the second year of undergrad, I worked under the guidance of my physics professor on (broadly) 'The Problem of Time' (which is basically physicists trying to figure out how to harmonize the concept of time in general and special relativity).

We looked at 'time as an emergent phenomenon' which was an experiment carried out by a group in INRIM. Later on, we also checked out David Bohm's interpretation of quantum mechanics and compared a few other schools of thought, which culminated in me reading "Wholeness and the Implicate Order" by Bohm.

All of this happened because my college was teaching us Quantum Mechanics in the first year of engineering instead of classical physics, for which I am eternally grateful.

Fast-forward to 2019 and I'm very interested in Digital Communication and in Information Theory, so I decide to teach myself Quantum Information Science following Dr. Shor's lectures on the same on edX.

I find out about Qiskit in the Great Lockdown of 2020 and start running some quantum circuits on the IBM Quantum Computer.

Hit me up if you too are learning about any of the aforementioned subjects, or even if you'd like a casual discussion about other cool things!

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