Quantum Engineering with David Reilly and Tom Ohki

About this episode

David Reilly and Tom Ohki discuss the challenges of building quantum computing systems at extremely low temperatures.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to build computing systems that work at temperatures colder than outer space? David Reilly and Tom Ohki are tackling this exact challenge, leading a "special ops" team of engineers from their unique position at Emergence Quantum—the startup born from Microsoft's Station Q program. They're not just building quantum computers; they're creating the entire infrastructure ecosystem that will make scalable quantum computing possible.

People in this episode

Host: Sebastian Hassinger

Guests: David Reilly, Tom Ohki

Topics covered

• quantum computing
• engineering
• technology
• infrastructure
• startup

Keywords

• quantum engineering
• scalable quantum computing
• cold temperatures
• computing systems
• Emergence Quantum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emergence Quantum, Microsoft, Station Q

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