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Invitation to the Queen’s Lecture at TU Berlin “Constructing the world’s most incredible machines: Quantum Computers” on Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 17:00
The strange phenomena of quantum physics such as "superposition" and "entanglement" (once referred to by Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance") can be used to build computers that in the future could solve within just a few hours important industrial problems that would take even the fastest supercomputer millions of years. Examples of such problems include the development of new drugs and vaccines, and new catalysts capable of pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere. In all sectors, it would be possible to solve logistics and optimization problems for which no solution is currently available. Artificial intelligence could also make unimagined progress with quantum computers as hardware. One thing is certain: The arrival of quantum computers to tackle real-world problems will greatly change the way we live and work.
Professor Winfried Hensinger of the University of Sussex will discuss how things could develop in the future, the progress made in the field, and his work on building a quantum computer capable of tackling real-world problems at the traditional Queen’s Lecture at TU Berlin on 8 November 2023. Winfried Hensinger has acted as a scientific advisor to both the UK and German governments and is co-founder of Universal Quantum, a startup in the area of quantum computers.
The President of TU Berlin warmly invites you to the Queen’s Lecture 2023 with Professor Dr. Winfried Hensinger
“Constructing the world’s most incredible machines: Quantum Computers”
Welcome addresses:
Professor Dr. Geraldine Rauch, President of TU Berlin
Jill Gallard CMG, British Ambassador to Germany
When: Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 17:00
Where: Audimax in the Main Building of TU Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, ground floor
Registration is required: https://www.tu.berlin/go235522/
Please advertise this event in your media. Journalists are warmly invited to attend as are interested members of the public. The event will be held in English.
Winfried Hensinger
Winfried Hensinger is professor of quantum technologies at the University of Sussex, where he heads the Sussex Ion Quantum Technology Group and is also director of the Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies. He is co-founder as well as chief scientist and chair of the quantum computing company Universal Quantum with headquarters in Haywards Heath (UK) and Hamburg (Germany). He is also an honorary professor of the University of Bristol.
Professor Hensinger has devoted more than 20 years to the development of ion trap quantum computers. As head of an international consortium, he presented the first industrial design for building a functional quantum computer with millions of quantum bits in 2017. Commissioned by the German Aerospace Center, his company Universal Quantum will build two quantum computers in Hamburg for 67 million euros by 2026.
Winfried Hensinger has advised governments in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States on the policy implications of his research and was instrumental in devising the two-billion GBP UK National Quantum Technology Programme.
You can read an Interview with Winfried Hensinger (https://www.tu.berlin/go240940/) to mark the Queen’s Lecture 2023.
The Queen’s Lecture: an academic highlight in Berlin since 1965
The Queen’s Lecture is given each year by an outstanding academic from the UK working in the areas of economics, culture, or natural sciences. It is an integral part of TU Berlin’s scientific and cultural program. The lecture series was gifted to the city of Berlin in 1965 by the late Queen Elizabeth II and is organized by TU Berlin together with the British Embassy and the British Council.
Further information is available from:
Steffi Terp
Spokeswoman
Technische Universität Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 314-23922
Email: pressestelle@tu-berlin.de
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