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Podcast Profile: The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology

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74 episodes
2022 to 2026
Median: 37 minutes
Collection: Physics, Math, and Astronomy


Description (podcaster-provided):

Your host, Sebastian Hassinger, interviews brilliant research scientists, software developers, engineers and others actively exploring the possibilities of our new quantum era. We will cover topics in quantum computing, networking and sensing, focusing on hardware, algorithms and general theory. The show aims for accessibility - Sebastian is not a physicist - and we'll try to provide context for the terminology and glimpses at the fascinating history of this new field as it evolves in real time.


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ Quantum computing progress • Qubit hardware platforms (superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, spin, NV diamond) • Fabrication/materials • Error correction, benchmarking, noise/control • Quantum networking • Quantum simulation/chemistry, HPC integration • Education/careers

This podcast centers on interviews with researchers, engineers, and founders working across quantum computing, quantum networking, and quantum sensing, with an emphasis on making advanced topics accessible through context, definitions, and historical framing. Conversations frequently connect fundamental physics to practical engineering, showing how experimental constraints, fabrication methods, and control systems shape what quantum devices can do today and what they might do at scale.

A major through-line is quantum hardware diversity and the tradeoffs among leading platforms. The show explores superconducting circuits (including circuit QED, Josephson-junction physics, new qubit variants, and wafer-scale manufacturing), trapped-ion systems deployed in HPC environments and cloud services, neutral-atom arrays and their scaling characteristics, and solid-state approaches such as silicon spin qubits, carbon-nanotube spin qubits, and diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers that also support sensing. Materials science and nanofabrication appear repeatedly, including interface disorder, defects, coherence limits, and efforts to make quantum components manufacturable on semiconductor-style wafers.

Another recurring theme is the path from noisy devices to reliable computation. Episodes commonly address calibration, benchmarking and certification, noise modeling and suppression, and quantum error correction (surface codes, bosonic codes, LDPC-style ideas, dual-rail/erasure-detection approaches, magic-state methods, and hardware-efficient schemes). Architectural questions—modularity, memory elements, connectivity, and the integration of quantum processors with classical control electronics and supercomputers—are treated as central to scaling, not afterthoughts. Quantum memories and transduction (e.g., microwave-to-optical or hybrid mechanical intermediaries) are discussed as enabling technologies for both computation and networking.

The podcast also covers software and algorithmic layers, including programming-language abstractions for quantum simulation, hybrid quantum–classical workflows for chemistry and materials, and critical examination of “quantum advantage” claims and how they can be verified. Broader ecosystem topics appear as well: startup strategy, partnerships with national labs and industry, workforce development, and educational efforts aimed at bringing more people into quantum science and engineering.


Episodes:
Majorana qubits with Chetan Nayak
2026-Jan-12
63 minutes
Peaked quantum circuits with Hrant Gharibyan
2025-Dec-12
29 minutes
Diamond vacancies and scalable qubits with Quantum Brilliance
2025-Dec-06
36 minutes
Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling with Nobel Laureate John Martinis
2025-Nov-26
49 minutes
Trapped ions on the cloud with Thomas Monz from AQT
2025-Nov-18
35 minutes
Quantum Materials and Nano Fabrication with Javad Shabani
2025-Nov-12
33 minutes
Incubating quantum innovation with Vijoy Pandey of Outshift by Cisco
2025-Oct-31
39 minutes
Nobel Laureate John Martinis Discusses Superconducting Qubits and Qolab
2025-Oct-13
37 minutes
Carbon nanotube qubits with Pierre Desjardins
2025-Sep-27
26 minutes
Quantum sensitivity breakthrough with Eli Levenson-Falk
2025-Sep-19
33 minutes
Mechanical Quantum Memories with Mohammad Mirhosseini
2025-Sep-14
37 minutes
A Programming Language for Quantum Simulations with Xiaodi Wu
2025-Sep-05
54 minutes
Building a Quantum Ecosystem with Alexandre Blais
2025-Aug-29
35 minutes
From Exascale to Quantum Advantage with Bert de Jong
2025-Aug-22
32 minutes
Quantum Careers for Gen Z with Deeya Viradia
2025-Aug-15
35 minutes
Silicon Spin Qubits with Andrew Dzurak from Diraq
2025-Aug-08
33 minutes
Hybrid Quantum Materials with Charlotte Bøttcher
2025-Aug-01
26 minutes
Neutral Atom Qubits with Mark Saffman
2025-Jul-25
31 minutes
Bridging Theory and Experiment in Quantum Error Correction with Liang Jiang
2025-Jul-21
33 minutes
Superposition in quantum cavities with Yvonne Gao
2025-Jul-10
27 minutes
Quantum Co-design with Andrew Houck
2025-Jul-04
29 minutes
Fostering quantum education with Emily Edwards
2025-Jun-20
30 minutes
Quantum noise with Daniel Lidar
2025-May-19
42 minutes
Quantum creativity with James Wootton
2025-May-12
34 minutes
Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems with Anna Grassellino
2025-May-02
26 minutes
Quantum control with Yonatan Cohen
2025-Apr-25
31 minutes
Qolab Emerges from Stealth Mode with John Martinis
2025-Apr-14
36 minutes
Megaquop with John Preskill and Rob Schoelkopf
2025-Apr-02
34 minutes
Quantum memories with Steve Girvin
2025-Mar-26
37 minutes
Fluxonium Qubits with Will Oliver
2025-Mar-19
43 minutes
Quantum imaginary time evolution with Zoe Holmes
2025-Mar-06
35 minutes
Informationally complete measurement and dual-rail qubits with Guillermo García-Pérez and Sean Weinberg
2025-Feb-18
34 minutes
Generative Quantum Eigensolver with Alán Aspuru-Guzik
2025-Jan-20
37 minutes
Dual-rail superconducting qubits with Rob Schoelkopf
2024-Nov-20
42 minutes
Integrating Quantum Computers and Classical Supercomputers with Martin Schultz
2024-Sep-30
36 minutes
Innovative Near-Term Quantum Algorithms with Toby Cubitt
2024-Sep-11
48 minutes
Quantum Machine Learning with Jessica Pointing
2024-Aug-26
43 minutes
Quantum reservoir computing with Susanne Yelin
2024-Aug-15
25 minutes
Bosonic quantum error correction with Julien Camirand Lemyre
2024-Aug-05
35 minutes
Quantum Benchmarking with Jens Eisert
2024-Jul-18
33 minutes
Careers in Quantum with Anastasia Marchenkova
2024-Jun-26
45 minutes
The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with Paul Cadden-Zimansky
2024-Jun-11
39 minutes
Quantum Advantage Theory and Practice with Di Fang
2024-May-14
36 minutes
The Utility of Quantum Computing for Chemistry with Jamie Garcia
2024-May-09
34 minutes
Aspiring Quantum Chemist with Professor Lin Lin
2024-Apr-29
42 minutes
Quantum Education and Community Building with Olivia Lanes
2024-Apr-22
36 minutes
LIVE! On campus quantum computing with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2024-Apr-17
57 minutes
Quantum computing for high energy physics simulations with Martin Savage
2024-Apr-08
36 minutes
Modular Quantum System Architectures with Yufei Ding
2024-Mar-26
36 minutes
Material Science with Houlong Zhuang at Q2B Paris
2024-Mar-12
33 minutes
A look back at quantum computing in 2023 with Kevin and Sebastian
2024-Feb-26
35 minutes
Dawning of the Era of Logical Qubits with Dr Vladan Vuletic
2024-Feb-12
44 minutes
Trapped Ions and Quantum VCs with Chiara Decaroli
2023-Dec-15
54 minutes
Adiabatic and Counterdiabatic Quantum Computing with Dr. Ieva Čepaitė
2023-Nov-20
41 minutes
Quantum Intermediate Representation with Cassandra Granade
2023-Nov-06
55 minutes
Quantum Error Mitigation using Mitiq with Misty Wahl
2023-Oct-16
47 minutes
Neutral atom arrays with Alex Keesling of QuEra Computing
2023-Oct-02
54 minutes
The Enchilada: Microfabricated Ion Trap Qubits with Daniel Stick
2023-Sep-18
55 minutes
Operating at the Quantum Limit with Dr. Dana Anderson
2023-Sep-05
53 minutes
Black hole physics and new states of quantum matter with John Preskill
2023-Aug-24
62 minutes
A Hybrid NISQ-Classical Solution Architecture with Harry Buhrman
2023-Aug-07
58 minutes
The Mysterious Majorana with Leo Kouwenhoven
2023-Jul-24
61 minutes
Quantum Supremacy to Generative AI and Back with Scott Aaronson
2023-May-08
78 minutes
The Fault-Tolerance Threshold with Dorit Aharonov
2023-Apr-24
66 minutes
Probability First: Understanding Quantum Computing with James Whitfield
2023-Apr-10
68 minutes
It is Known with Joe Fitzsimons, part 2 of 2
2023-Mar-13
51 minutes
An optimistic view of quantum computing's future with Joe Fitzsimons part 1 of 2
2023-Feb-27
54 minutes
It from Qubit with Grant Salton
2022-Dec-29
68 minutes
Better Qubits Through Material Science with Nathalie DeLeon
2022-Nov-15
59 minutes
The History of Superconducting Qubits with Steve Girvin
2022-Oct-24
58 minutes
Quantum Error Correction with James Wootton
2022-Oct-10
48 minutes
Molecular and Subatomic Physics with David Mazziotti
2022-Sep-02
68 minutes
Quantum advantage and all the information in the world with Cesar Rodriguez Rosario
2022-Aug-15
61 minutes
Episode Image Quantum Computing: Foundational Concepts with Nick Bronn
2022-Aug-02
64 minutes