On retro-computing : retro-gaming with Recalbox
The COVID-19 pandemic had (and, unfortunately still has) a strong impact on us all. We all tried our best to cope with it, our own ways. Somehow, lock-downs triggered a …
What are forces ?
This question stems from discussions at work about the notion of “data gravity”, which, 10 years after its inception, seems to make a comeback and draw some kind of vague …
Evaluation des technologies quantiques
Voici le rapport technique d’évaluation des technologies d’informatique quantique élaboré par l’équipe du Digital Labs d’Econocom. Notre objectif est d’évaluer expérimentalement les technologies quantiques actuelles, avec pour application la résolution …
On superdense coding
Alice and Bob are fictional characters often used to describe cryptographic protocols. We introduced them in a previous article on quantum cryptography. Picture a situation where Alice and Bob are …
On cloud-based quantum computing
Cloud-based quantum computing is the invocation of quantum emulators, simulators or processors through the cloud. Increasingly, cloud services are being looked on as the method for providing access to quantum …
On photonic quantum computing
The worldwide quest to build practical quantum computers is undergoing a critical period. Fault-tolerant quantum computers will soon provide significant computational speedups for problems like factoring, search, or linear algebra, …
On Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Mixing quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may sound like a new buzzword. However, since quantum computing advances are hinting at profound changes in the very notions of computation, it …
An update on quantum computing and complexity classes
In a series of posts, we introduced various quantum computing concepts: How information and quantum mechanics are related ? What is quantum computing ? What are Bell states ? What …