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Interested in what quantum computing is? Ramis Movassagh explains the basics of quantum, some applications to finance, why it is a hard problem to solve, and ways to learn more about it.

Ramis is an applied mathematician and a theoretical physicist who researches quantum computation and information theory, and quantum cryptography and complexity. He does an amazing job at laying out some of the basic ideas of quantum mechanics.

Ramis' Links:

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramis-movassagh-33465717/

Website and Blog:
https://ramismovassagh.wordpress.com/
https://ramismovassagh.wordpress.com/blog

X handle:
@Ramis_Movassagh

Quantum supremacy paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02131-2

PDF for those behind the paywall:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02131-2.epdf?sharing_token=oYgyql7M-nUPNwLJ4F2Q_tRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M5gli-apQIlZ1xThgS5KRp3t28rkad24bSeQ-gRMhmOaNP232U_FZZQjPrseDCTdXIRryTWL339snJllwZAjuD5PMkLKij96GMA_OniVnTz5JjaARH0qW5OV-AKwZr4VI%3D

Press coverage:
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-difficulty-simulating-random-quantum-circuits.html

https://communities.springernature.com/posts/the-quest-for-quantum-primacy

Quantum Merkle Trees:
https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2024-06-18-1380/

IBM's "Basics of Quantum Information":
https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/learning/en/courses/basics-of-quantum-information

John Preskill from CalTech:
https://www.preskill.caltech.edu/

MIT "Quantum Computing":
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-435j-quantum-computation-fall-2003/

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Diving into pure math, quantitative finance, and solving business problems with AI and LLMs. Cheikh Fall is a co-founder of Sabr Research and an MIT grad who is looking to solve many business problems with the advancements in AI. We discuss potential issues with AI, what hedge funds look for in quant researchers, and how to prepare as a student for AI.

Cheik Fall
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fallcheik/

Sabr Research
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sabr-research/


Dimitri Bianco
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-bianco/

My favorite coffee which supports the creation of these podcasts
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