2007 Press Releases
Computing: Is the answer in the quantum world?, 15 February
In a lecture at UCC on 15 February titled "Quantum Information: A
Glimpse at the Strange and Intriguing Future of Information" - the
keynote address in this year's Annual Boole Lecture in Informatics -
Professor Dan C. Marinescu, School of Computer Science, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, will explore the strange world of Quantum
Computing and will ask if Quantum Computing is the way forward in the
21st Century.
The development of the microprocessor, high-speed optical
communications, high density storage technologies and the widespread
use of sensors mean that today we are able to collect enormous volumes
of information, and to process and transmit it at high speeds. The
Worldwide Web is a well-known part of this phenomenon. The information
revolution profoundly affects our daily lives, so much so that George
Boole would be very surprised to see how the seeds he planted in his
1847 pamphlet, "Mathematical Analysis of Logic", have flourished.
Today, we are approaching the limits of our current technology and
information processing is facing new challenges that limit our ability
to build faster and smaller computing machines; we have a hard time
ensuring security of communications; we are overwhelmed by the volume
of information flowing to our desktop, and it is increasingly difficult
to tell the important information from the irrelevant.
One promising way of tacking these problems is Quantum Computing.
The Boole Lecture Series in Informatics is sponsored annually by the
Boole Centre for Research in Informatics, the Cork Constraint
Computation Centre, the Department of Computer Science & School of
Mathematical Sciences.
The lecture takes place on Thursday, 15 February, 8pm, Boole III
Lecture Theatre. Members of the public are invited to attend and
admission is free.
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