Thomas Steckmann

Quantum Information Researcher - PhD Student @UMD @QUICS

[Joint Quantum Institute @JQInews]

Congratulations to the JQI researchers and their colleagues who won the 2023 UMD Quantum Invention of the Year Award! They invented a way to count photons without destroying them. https://t.co/yQLLVcUemz @JointQuICS @NIST
@UMDPhysics @UMDscience @RQuantumSim @QTC_UMD @umiacs

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@dangaristo @Kaju_Nut Pretty sure this was a problem on my Classical Mechanics final

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@JoeHarrisUK @DulwichQuantum I thought I was doing pretty well... that's a crazy number of jobs!

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@jaygambetta @earltcampbell We at least need a cloud fake submission backend for job retrieval debugging

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@jaygambetta @earltcampbell The online simulator is extremely important for testing expensive job submissions -- the job submission and retrieval process is different enough that you **need** to test a full job submission and processing run before sending actually jobs to actual systems

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Where is "you don't even need actual qubits, just bits" on the alignment chart?

[Robert Niffenegger @BobNiffenegger]

Quantum computing alignment chart! Are you a purist, a realist or a futurist?!?

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Check at the bottom of your high school backpack! You may have won your own TIger-84!

Hear from our giveaway winners: "Wow, thank you for this for this actual quantum computer!"

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Unveiling the second ever consumer quantum computing product, the TIger-84! For $100, you can own your own 6 qubit quantum computer with one month coherence times (or longer if you change the batteries!), universal gates, and state of the art education software (Qiskit textbook)

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@PsirchQ @DulwichQuantum What part of "your own personal quantum computer" makes it clear that this device is absolutely not a quantum computer? There is nothing in this ad or thread to discourage someone from the notion that the Quokka is a quantum computer, which feels very intentional

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Nooooooooooo. RIP ibmq_manila, you were slightly better in practice than some of the others

I will miss your terrible connectivity and the one bad qubit right in the middle of the chain

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Can't wait to use quantum computing to optimize the supply chains in my Smart FaQtorio™ developer testbed

[Enter Quantum News @Enter_Quantum]

Quantum is set to transform #manufacturing and the #supplychain. @Deloitte uses its smart factory to demonstrate to manufacturers how #quantum could transform industry. https://t.co/YWxeH49kbD

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@DulwichQuantum @ibmq_kolkata

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

@noahewolfe Now to use ChatGPT to create a Slack plugin to automatically rewrite each message with the guidelines

https://t.co/cUOOssKBeV

[Danny Richman @DannyRichman]

I mentor a young lad with poor literacy skills who is starting a landscaping business. He struggles to communicate with clients in a professional manner.

I created a GPT3-powered Gmail account to which he sends a message. It responds with the text to send to the client.

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

It's a hybrid standing/sitting desk in that it is an uncomfortable height in both configurations

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Finally got my new IKEA (box) desk set-up after moving up to start as a graduate student at the University of Maryland

[Drew Connelly @qftdrew]

Me and @ThomasSteckmann are amongst Europe 😎✌️

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Such a wonderful group of people. It's been an incredible pleasure to spend four years learning from them

[Park Scholarships @ParkScholarship]

Congratulations to the Park Scholarships Class of 2022! Throughout their time at @NCState they’ve embodied the program’s pillars of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. We are excited to see all of the ways they will shape our world. #NCState22 https://t.co/5GxBD6VDbl

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

My favorite part of the Scorpion Capital report on IonQ is the picture they have of an IonQ computer is actually at Duke (and at UMD during the image). But the screwdrivers are the important thing

[NC State Physics and Astronomy @ncstatephysics]

Congrats to the senior award winners!🎉

Richard R. Patty Leadership Award: Menaka Kumar (@Oval_Opal)

Wesley O. Doggett Scholarship Award: Jack Featherstone

Rodney I. McCormick Research Award: Noah Wolfe (@noahewolfe) & Thomas Steckmann (@ThomasSteckmann)

[Thomas Steckmann @ThomasSteckmann]

Good news: the shackathon shack floor drains are working well

Bad news: I needed to make floor drains in the shack