From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:08:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [52.71.154.43] (account clifford@cni.org HELO [10.101.1.139]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 34630960 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:19:56 -0500 X-Original-Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:44:59 -0500 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Original-Message-ID: <20181204154459320881.8d99f74a@cni.org> Subject: National Academies Report on Quantum Computing Prospects MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: GyazMail version 1.5.20 This afternoon I attended a report release webinar for a US National Academies committee examining the feasibility, prospects, and implications of quantum computing. This is a very complex technical area which has been subject to a considerable amount of (sometimes inaccurate) hype recently; at the same time, it is an area with considerable promise and a vast number of open questions. The rate of progress here is an area where there have been many predictions that differ wildly. It's very useful to have a rigorously reviewed and through National Academies consensus study to put developments in perspective. And this report is not just about the details of the technology; it looks carefully at potential evolutionary paths and impacts in various sectors. You can find an announcement about the main findings of the report, along with a link to the report proper, here http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=25196 A direct link to the report, which can be downloaded as a free PDF (about 200 pages), or you can just get the summary section. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI