Timothy Chang

quantum mechanic | techno-optimist | PhD student @Stanford

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good stuff

[Director Michael Kratsios @mkratsios47]

Today, roughly the same amount of basic research is done in industry as in academia. It’s time our doctoral training reflected that.

@NSF is launching a first-of-its-kind 4-year PhD program at more than 30 universities. Students will spend a year+ embedded with industry partners doing research that informs their dissertation.

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@sarah_schupp @dallairedemers Very interesting …

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@genejchan They’re not hitting their roadmap lmao

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@amarchenkova Thanks for this lovely write up! Helpful to read as someone currently on atoms, to see what these other platforms are working with

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“Our objective is straightforward: build a fault-tolerant quantum computer. We are not pursuing intermediate products or commercial systems along the way.”

Let’s see how it plays out

[Oratomic, Inc. @TeamOratomic]

https://t.co/82Pi8pEel9

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@jwt0625 @tszzl Can I meet this friend??

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I can’t not repost this sorry

[U.S. Department of Energy @ENERGY]

Quantum Mode: Activated.

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Ok this is sick

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

Captured by Anduril's network of 400 telescopes deployed around the globe:

The second stage of the Falcon Heavy launch of ViaSat 3-F3 performing a routine thrust event. This produced a spiraled-shaped plume effect, a nominal part of operations for a successful launch of Viasat's latest satellite.

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@Willob Banger lol

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@jwt0625 I’m full sending second half of my PhD to do q computational sensing

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Nice milestone in lab today. Trapped our first array of atoms!

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@thinkwithmark Is there a way to easily export highlights out of the app

[Timothy Chang @in_quanta]

Agreed. Would extend this by highlighting the true privilege of an ideal PhD setting is you should truly be free to explore every facet of what you believe will push humanity forward the most. It’s a noble effort to do so and it is ok to fall short here and there, but you have to try.

It’s different than a normal job because of your agency in picking the problem you want to work on. And honestly, if you don’t find yourself deeply consumed by the questions you want to tackle through your PhD you probably shouldn’t be doing it.

[Mayukh @mayukh_panja]

I don’t agree. A PhD student should not prioritize work-life balance.

Getting to do a PhD is a privilege. You are paid to think. There is no pressure for you to be economically useful. It is a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of human knowledge and produce something ground breaking.

And nothing great ever happens without complete devotion. Look at everything that moved and shaped the world. Every single person who created anything meaningful, in science, in arts, in music, in movies, devoted their lives to their craft.

Extraordinary outcomes require extraordinary inputs and some degree of sacrifice. Sure, have work-life balance during your PhD. But be content a mediocre outcome.

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@JosephJacks_ You keep vague posting with no technicals lol, say something serious

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@proccomputer Love the graphic

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@jwt0625 Both are valuable though no?

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@bronzeagepapi Sick

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@jwt0625 started doing this manually w my own AI workflow

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@nic_delfosse What are your primary challenges in scaling to few thousands physical qubits in the next few years?

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Yeah I get that. If I had to pick I would probably pick something with an insanely long coherence time, and then superconducting or similar purely for speed, and find a way to do any to any connectivity via the interconnect or memory qubits. Like tunable cavity coupling for interconnect maybe