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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation Travis L. Scholten @Travis_Sch Quantum Applications Architect The Quantum Computing Industry: An Inside-Out Perspective UC Davis — 2022 February 16
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 2 What I plan to cover today Why should I get involved in the industry? How do I get involved? Who are you?
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 3 So… who are you, anyway?
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 4 Pivot, pivot, pivot: my journey to the industry 2008 Enter Caltech 2011 Research with John Preskill 2012 Enter UNM 2013 1st Quantum Conference 2018/09 Finish PhD 2013 Student internship 2018/10 Join IBM Quantum “Physics Prof” “Wall Street” “Data scientist” “Quantum industry”
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 5 Pivot, pivot, pivot: my journey within the industry 2018/09 Finish PhD 2022/02 This talk! 2018/10 Join IBM Quantum 2020/12 Research paper 2020/06 Research paper 2021/12 Research paper 2020/10 SW Workshop Organizer; Podcast speaker 2020/11 Podcast speaker 2019/03 Invited speaker 2021/04 Panelist 2021/08 Panelist “Applications Researcher” “Applications Architect”
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 6 Why should I get involved in the industry?
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 7 Major enterprise companies, plus startups, are building out an entirely new computing paradigm. Systems Software Applications Services IonQ Intel QCI AQT PsiQuantum ColdQuanta Silicon QC Zapata CQC QC Ware 1QBit Riverlane Entropica Qu & Co Horizon QC Phasecraft h-bar Consultants Entanglement Partners Creative Destruction Lab Strangeworks IBM Google Microsoft Honeywell Quantum Solutions Xanadu D-Wave Systems Rigetti Computing Q-CTRL Quantum Benchmark Opacity Inspired from https://www.bcg.com/en-us/publications/2018/ next-decade-quantum-computing-how-play
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 8 Industry offers opportunities for developing non-research professional skills. Communication Teamwork Organization Decision making Emotional intelligence Leadership
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 9 Industry is advancing the state-of-the-art in quantum research. Since 2017… * 170 IBM Quantum papers * 84 IBM Quantum + collaborator * Published in journals such as Nature, PRX Quantum, Quantum, PRL
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 10 Industry is advancing the state-of-the-art in quantum research. Possible Job Roles: Experimentalist, Quantum Information Science Theorist
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 11 Industry is building the quantum systems of the future. https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/09/ibm-quantum-roadmap/
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 12 Industry is building the quantum systems of the future. Possible Job Roles: Experimentalist, Hardware Engineer, Product Manager
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 13 Possible Job Roles: Design Researcher, Product Manager, Software Engineer, User Experience Designer, Algorithm Developer Industry is nucleating the quantum developer ecosystem.
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 14 Industry is building the quantum business ecosystem. https://research.ibm.com/blog/quantum-accelerator-program The Accelerator offering is designed to set forward- thinking organizations on the path to quantum advantage: applications for which quantum computers outperform classical computers. It is meant to make quantum computation part of mainstream company workflows for any organization, regardless of quantum computing maturity level.
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 15 Industry is building the quantum business ecosystem. Possible Job Roles: Design Researcher, Product Manager, Consultant, Architect, Business Development
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 16 How do I get involved?
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 17 Observation 1/3 Quantum know-how, plus an additional skill, is a powerful combination. Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 18 Observation 2/3 Seek opportunities to learn new skills in a low-risk environment. http://travisscholten.com/2017/06/14/computing-workshop.html https://unitary.fund/posts/advisory_board.html
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 19 Observation 3/3 For networking to be effective, it must be win-win. vs
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 20 Tactic 1/3 Attend industry-specific business conferences to learn who the players are. https://q2b.qcware.com/ https://iqtevent.com/ https://www.quantumtechcongress.com/
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 21 Tactic 2/3 Follow industry-related news and media outlets. https://thequantuminsider.com/ https://quantumcomputingreport.com/ https://anchor.fm/quantumcomputingnow
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 22 Tactic 3/3 Make yourself visible with impactful contributions. Contribute to open-source software Develop your own project!
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 23 Developing & deploying quantum computers is a “whole-of-the-economy” opportunity.
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IBM Quantum / © 2021 IBM Corporation 24 Let’s create what’s next.
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