Paul Webster

Quantum Architect at Iceberg Quantum

[Felix Thomsen @felix_thomsen]

Today we’re releasing Pinnacle, our first fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture.

It shows that order-of-magnitude reductions in the cost of fault tolerance are possible, with meaningful implications for timelines to useful quantum computing.

We’ve also raised a $6m Seed round.

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Excited to have been part of this project @IcebergQuantum helping to make useful quantum computers a reality as soon as possible! Check out our blog to learn more: https://t.co/CvpnUaZrEG

[Larry Cohen @QuantumLarry]

excited to share some new work on modular and efficient surgery for quantum ldpc codes. check out the blog post.

https://t.co/vyjXAlHd7Z

[Larry Cohen @QuantumLarry]

excited to share some of what we’ve been cooking up at Iceberg. we introduce fast surgery, a method for performing logic in qldpc codes quicker. check out our blog post.

https://t.co/UiatdvZl2i

[Iceberg Quantum @IcebergQuantum]

We're working with Diraq to accelerate the path to useful quantum computing with spin qubits.

https://t.co/1WuPStX0t9

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Very excited to be working at @IcebergQuantum and to be part of this great collaboration with @OxfordIonics!

[Oxford Ionics, an IonQ company @OxfordIonics]

Oxford Ionics and @IcebergQuantum have partnered together as part of our participation in Stage A of the United States' DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. Follow the link to our website to learn more: https://t.co/UKolFzAQP4

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

What can natural history teach us about AI and consciousness? More than you might think! Because in the grand sweep of life's history, nature has played imitation games before.
Find out more: https://t.co/5tTXs5GBxP

#scicomm #ArtificialIntelligence

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today's Quantemplation is all about alchemy. Find out how turning lead into gold went from serious pursuit to naive fantasy to scientific reality! And what that journey teaches us about science... #scicomm

https://t.co/wGlB8HZqXm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today's Quantemplation is all about irrational numbers - the unobservable, indescribable oddities at the foundation of physics.
https://t.co/UKu6dqekPA
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today's Quantemplation is all about stars! What are they made of? How do they work? And how do we know?
https://t.co/k5z2itlrfD
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

How can the heat of the Sun cool you? Find out in today's Quantemplation: The Cool Power of Evaporation
https://t.co/smutk6Xwoi
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

How is it that measuring a quantum system can change it? And what does it have to do with sending secret messages?
These are the topics of today's Quantemplation! https://t.co/Q2ukpHN8pl
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

How do we know that aliens don't live among us? Find out in today's Quantemplation: https://t.co/YGUQT5shpd

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

What is dark energy? Why do we believe it exists? And do we have any idea where it comes from? Find out in today's Quatemplation!
https://t.co/D5kY6vkqfI
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today's Quantemplation is about how statistical mechanics and cosmology lead to the prediction that you may be just a disembodied mind in space that exists only for this moment. And what this could be saying about the nature of physics.
https://t.co/Si0ZdA53hO
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today's Quantemplation answers two of life's most important questions:
1) How can I rob a bank?
2) Should I withdraw all my money from the bank and stuff it in a mattress?
https://t.co/SGPaNapOd8
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

There is a gas toxic enough to cause a mass extinction event and destructive enough to turn whole landscapes to ash and vapour. But we must inhale it almost constantly or we will die!

Today's Quantemplation is about this peculiar gas: oxygen! https://t.co/3CW5CRrlFP #scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Arthur C. Clarke said "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Perhaps for no technology is that truer than electricity.

Today's Quantemplation: How does electricity work, and why is it so incredibly powerful? #SciComm
https://t.co/E0gy9q9T4U

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

We are each made of seven octillion atoms. Why do we need so many?

Today's Quantemplation is about how the order and predictability on which life depends emerges from the chaos of the atomic world only at a large enough size. https://t.co/DJCQwxqsxi
#scicomm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

Today is the first day of summer in Australia, which means it's a great time to think about sunburn!
Today's Quantemplation: Why do people get so much more sunburnt in Sydney than in London, even on days that are no more hot and sunny?
https://t.co/tUHg7Z5taL
#SciComm

[Paul Webster @WebsterQuantum]

We are often told quantum mechanics says that cats can be alive and dead at the same time. If you think that sounds too crazy to be true, then you're right!

Today's Quantemplation is about how Schrodinger's cat is not as mysterious as it seems.
https://t.co/jQMFDkt7IV
#SciComm