QUANTUM COMPUTING: Back Action 2006

Quantum Computing: Back Action 2006

Debabrata Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Center for Laser Technology, Kanpur, India

Conference Location and Date: Kanpur, India, 6-12 March 2006

Subseries: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Published December 2006; ISBN 978-0-7354-0362-8 One Volume, Print; 342 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $143.00

Readership: Computer scientists; physicists; chemists; information technologists; information scientists working in academia, industry and governments.

All papers were peer-reviewed. This conference focused on the issue of quantum computation with a very unique perspective of its back action rather than its future, which has usually been the focus. Leading international researchers working on quantum computing from computer science, information technology, physics, and chemistry present their most recent scholarly research indicating the current impact of quantum computing on science and technology. Participants addressed the question: What if the realization of a quantum computer were impossible? There was consensus among the attendees that even if efforts prove to be futile, the concept of a quantum computer has still provided novel ways to consider computing and that many other new applications will become possible built upon the foundation of quantum computing.

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