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Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists

An 88-minute Microsoft Research talk that explains how quantum computers beat classical ones using basic linear algebra, qubits, superposition and gates. It works through the Deutsch oracle problem and ends with entanglement, teleportation and a live demo.

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Why HN readers recommended it

It is HN's most frequently recommended starting point for quantum computing because it avoids pop-science hand-waving and needs only basic linear algebra.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Microsoft Research
Topic
quantum computing
Format
talk
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
12
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists video by Microsoft Research ( [VIDEO] ) really hammered it home for me. It goes slowly and the presenter, in his own words "shuts up and does the math".

    mbo on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?

  • [VIDEO] This video is the simplest explanation that I have found for Quantum Computing which doesn't do the whole pop-sciency "is both zero and one at the same time" nonsense.

    DarmokJalad1701 on Hacker News · 2024-11
    In AlphaQubit: AI to identify errors in Quantum Computers

  • Here is a video of a researcher at Microsoft Quantum lecturing on this: [VIDEO] "Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists.". However, even with understanding how a Quantum Computer works at its most basic level I still have difficulty understanding the more useful Quantum Algorithms: [LINK] [LINK]

    whytai on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?

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