Research paths : Pauline Besserve

Quantum algorithms to model a fundamental physics problem! This is the research focus of Pauline Besserve, a doctoral student at the Collège de France.

Follow his webinar " Quantum computers: how to make them deliver? "!

This event, organized by the ChADoC association (Chercheurs Associés et Doctorants du Collège de France), will take place on March 30, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm, via Zoom.

Webinar presentation:

Quantum computer: how to make it deliver?

In October 2019, Google announced that its prototype quantum computer could perform a calculation beyond the reach of a conventional computer. This calculation should have taken 10,000 years... Here, it was carried out in 200 seconds! This type of feat should ultimately lead to significant progress in pharmaceuticals, finance, meteorology... in short, in a number of fields that are very demanding in terms of computing resources. One of these is the modeling of correlated materials. These are materials in which interactions between billions of billions of electrons give rise to singular properties. These interactions, for example, make it possible to design intelligent windows that adapt to thermal conditions, thereby reducing heating and air-conditioning requirements. In this webinar, Pauline Besserve will talk about the first steps taken by quantum computers in the study of correlated materials. The cast includes imperfect qubits and risky manipulations, but a good dose of ingenuity from the community of computer scientists and physicists who are striving to give the quantum computer its first major role!