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Ofer Naaman @ofernaaman.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I propose the inverse h-number, which is the max number of papers that cite your paper, that have more cites than your paper.

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Ofer Naaman @ofernaaman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I want to know who did the measurement that got us into this timeline

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Ofer Naaman @ofernaaman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Wow I think this is a first. No new cond-mat.super-con submissions.

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Robin Kothari @robinkothari.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

If you're an early-career faculty member (received their PhD within seven years of submission) in quantum computing, consider applying to Google's Research Scholar Program. The application process is lightweight and the grant comes in the form of an unrestricted gift. research.google/programs-and...

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Research scholar program

Overview

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Dave Bacon @dabacon.tachyon.institute · 20/12/2024

2 years ago I got nerd sniped into thinking about doing surface code QEC using iSWAPs, @craiggidney.bsky.social and I both found nice constructions. Craig and @mattmcewen.bsky.social pushed this even further. Today the Google team put a paper demoing these ideas IRL arxiv.org/abs/2412.14360

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Demonstrating dynamic surface codes

A remarkable characteristic of quantum computing is the potential for reliable computation despite faulty qubits. This can be achieved through quantum error correction, which is typically implemented ...

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Craig Gidney @craiggidney.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Over the past year I played a supporting role on experiments showing we have a flexibility in how we do QEC on a planar chip. We do a color code (arxiv.org/abs/2412.14256), and three interesting variations of the surface code circuit (arxiv.org/abs/2412.14360), all below threshold.

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juliankelly.bsky.social @juliankelly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🌳 Excited to introduce Willow, Google Quantum AI’s latest chip. Willow 5x’s coherence times, beats the Surface Code QEC threshold, and the time to reproduce Willow's RCS on Frontier supercomputer is estimated at 10^25 years⏳! 👇 thread #Quantum #Physics #Science blog.google/technology/r...

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Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip

Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.

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