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There is a widespread view that the human brain is so complex that it cannot be efficiently simulated by universal Turing machines. During the last decades the question has therefore been raised whether we need to consider quantum effects…

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Merging disciplines has led to incredible learnings and breakthroughs throughout history, including the discovery of quantum computing: a cross between computation and quantum physics. In this paper, I will discuss how we can cross quantum…

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I will show how an objective definition of the concept of information and the consideration of recent results about information-processing in the human brain help clarify some fundamental and often counter-intuitive aspects of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Juan G. Roederer

I give a review of the conceptual issues that arise in theories of quantum cosmology. I start by emphasising some features of ordinary quantum theory that also play a crucial role in understanding quantum cosmology. I then give motivations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Claus Kiefer

Accurate molecular force fields are of paramount importance for the efficient implementation of molecular dynamics techniques at large scales. In the last decade, machine learning methods have demonstrated impressive performances in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-22 Oriel Kiss , Francesco Tacchino , Sofia Vallecorsa , Ivano Tavernelli

Quantum mechanics, one of the most successful theories in the history of science, was created to account for physical systems not describable by classical physics. Though it is consistent with all experiments conducted thus far, many of its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Gary Oas , J. Acacio de Barros

Some contributions of physics towards the understanding of consciousness are described. As recent relevant models, associative memory neural networks are mentioned. It is shown that consciousness and quantum physics share some properties.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Patricio Perez

Simulating quantum mechanics is known to be a difficult computational problem, especially when dealing with large systems. However, this difficulty may be overcome by using some controllable quantum system to study another less controllable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-14 I. M. Georgescu , S. Ashhab , Franco Nori

Quantum computing is a growing field at the intersection of physics and computer science. This module introduces three of the key principles that govern how quantum computers work: superposition, quantum measurement, and entanglement. The…

Physics Education · Physics 2021-03-30 Anastasia Perry , Ranbel Sun , Ciaran Hughes , Joshua Isaacson , Jessica Turner

As we begin to reach the limits of classical computing, quantum computing has emerged as a technology that has captured the imagination of the scientific world. While for many years, the ability to execute quantum algorithms was only a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-12 Bela Bauer , Sergey Bravyi , Mario Motta , Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

The development of quantum technologies relies on creating and manipulating quantum systems of increasing complexity, with key applications in computation, simulation, and sensing. This poses severe challenges in efficient control,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Hailan Ma , Bo Qi , Ian R. Petersen , Re-Bing Wu , Herschel Rabitz , Daoyi Dong

Machine learning has been used in high energy physics for a long time, primarily at the analysis level with supervised classification. Quantum computing was postulated in the early 1980s as way to perform computations that would not be…

Quantum Mechanics (QM) stands alone as a (very) successful physical theory, but the meaning of its variables and the status of many quantities in the mathematical formalism is obscure. This unique situation prompted the need for attribution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Jorge E. Horvath , Rodrigo Rosas Fernandes

I am a second-year cognitive science major, and as a student who has completed my physical science distribution requirements, I will likely never again encounter Gauss's law. So why do I feel that the time and effort I devoted to solving…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-10-16 Noa Perlmutter , Zosia Krusberg

We describe a study focusing on students' and faculty members' reasoning about problems of differing cognitive complexity related to the double-slit experiment (DSE) with single particles. In the first phase of the study, students in…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-04-25 Alexandru Maries , Ryan Sayer , Chandralekha Singh

The last few decades have seen significant breakthroughs in the fields of deep learning and quantum computing. Research at the junction of the two fields has garnered an increasing amount of interest, which has led to the development of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 Siddhant Garg , Goutham Ramakrishnan

Foundational investigations in quantum mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, gave birth to the field of quantum information science. Nevertheless, the foundations of quantum mechanics themselves remain hotly debated in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-24 Maximilian Schlosshauer , Johannes Kofler , Anton Zeilinger

Quantum machine learning is a discipline that holds the promise of revolutionizing data processing and problem-solving. However, dissipation and noise arising from the coupling with the environment are commonly perceived as major obstacles…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-18 María Laura Olivera-Atencio , Lucas Lamata , Jesús Casado-Pascual

Quantum machine learning (QML) sits at the intersection of quantum computing and classical machine learning, offering the prospect of new computational paradigms and advantages for processing complex data. This chapter introduces the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Lirandë Pira , Patrick Rebentrost

Quantum Machine Learning (QML) represents a promising frontier at the intersection of quantum computing and artificial intelligence, aiming to leverage quantum computational advantages to enhance data-driven tasks. This review explores the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Samarth Kashyap , Rohit K Ramakrishnan , Kumari Jyoti , Apoorva D Patel