About Lieven
Lieven Vandersypen (Leuven, Belgium, 1972) studied Mechanical Engineering at the KU Leuven and received a MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (2001). After that Lieven moved to TU Delft, the Netherlands, where he was appointed as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professor in 2006.
Lieven leads a group that pioneered quantum computers based on semiconductor technology. Prof. Vandersypen is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW), was a member of the Young Academy of the KNAW, and is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Lieven received the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for Semiconductor Physics, the Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize, and the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands.
The Talk
Quantum computers: from fascination to technology
Quantum computers have captured the imagination for over 20 years. Until a few years ago, it seemed to be an extremely interesting area of scientific research. In the last few years, we have entered a new phase, as the belief has grown that it will really be possible to build a large-scale quantum computer.
Possible application areas range from energy and health to security. In this lecture, I will introduce the basic concepts of the quantum computer, indicate how far we have come and what the major challenges are that we must overcome.