Quantum Demystified

Sean

The Quantum Demystified podcast speaks to scientists involved in the Kings Quantum research centre.

We talk to world-leading quantum adopters - researchers deploying quantum technology in healthcare, life sciences and beyond.

This podcast is supported by Kings Quantum www.kcl.ac.uk/quantum

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S2 · E5
July 15 · 23 min
Quantum Computing with respect to Nature, Chemistry and Materials Science
Dr Eleanor Crane joins us to talk about Quantum computing and how it relates to her specialism of quantum computing with native particles: qubit-fermion-boson quantum computing. More about Eleanor: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/eleanor-crane Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S2 · E4
May 26 · 19 min
Quantum Key Exchange - How to Use 'Strong' Protocols on 'Weak' Devices
If you're using a so-called weak device, how are you able to run a strong enough protocol to ensure you can use private communications? Quantum Key Exchange offers a solution! Guests: Professor of Informatics and Co-Director of Kings Quantum Mohammad Mousavi and Professor of Quantum Information Theory Roger Colbeck Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S2 · E3
January 14 · 30 min
What is Quantum Sensing?
Quantum Sensing is in use right now, you may even have relied upon it this morning. With technologies such as atomic clocks relying on these quantum properties we're diving in to quantum sensing with Mark Mitchison and James Millen. Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S2 · E2
Jun 24, 2025 · 31 min
Quantum Cryptography - Will Quantum Break Everything? What Can We Do About it?
Quantum cryptography can be broken into two parts - the fact that a quantum computer could break some forms of classical cryptography, and separate to this, we can use quantum technology within classical computing to encrypt secrets. Eamonn Postlethwaite and Benjamin Dowling join us to chat Quantum Crypto! Benjamin Dowling is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Informatics at King’s College London Eamonn Postlethwaite is a Lecturer in the Cybersecurity group of the Department of Informatics at King’s College London Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S2 · E1
May 27, 2025 · 25 min
Digital Twins in Health & Biomedical: Using Quantum in a Digital Twin of the Heart
Modelling and replicating systems is one thing, but doing that with the human heart is another level. Why does the heart need a digital twin and how does Quantum help? Our guest is Adelaide, a biomedical engineer who's department are working on this complicated digital twin project. Dr Adelaide de Vecchi is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Kings College London. Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S1 · E4
Oct 3, 2024 · 37 min
Superposition and Qubits - What Are They? How Do They Work In Reality?
We're talking about the fundamental components of a Quantum computer - superposition and the qubit. Joining the podcast today we have an experimentalist and a theorist to give us a balanced view of how these concepts are helping the quantum computing environment to evolve. Guests: Dr Amelle Zair, Lecturer in Advanced Photonics, Department of Physics, Kings College London Professor George Booth, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Kings College London Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S1 · E3
Jul 29, 2024 · 33 min
Untangling Quantum Entanglement
We're tackling the tricky topic of entanglement! Joining the podcast today we have: Professor Joe Bhaseen, Head of Theory & Simulation of Condensed Matter Group Dr Alexander Franklin, Lecturer in Philosophy of Science Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S1 · E2
Jun 20, 2024 · 22 min
Quantum Biology
Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S1 · E0
Apr 9, 2024 · 43 sec
The Quantum Demystified Podcast
Quantum technologies promise substantial improvements in areas such as computation, communication, and sensing. Some of these promises have already been fulfilled and some are in very early developments. Understanding the foundations of quantum technologies and also the nature of their promised improvements may seem like a difficult and almost mystical subject to many. In the Quantum Demystified series, we aim to demystify the foundations quantum technologies and explain them in simple terms, and moreover, discuss the potential applications of such technological in areas that will have direct impact on our daily lives. Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com
S1 · E1
Mar 18, 2024 · 23 min
The Foundations of Quantum Technology, Impact & Embodiment in King's Quantum
We look at the foundations of Quantum Technology. How is quantum tech used, where and why is it used? We break down what quantum mechanics is in simple terms and discuss quantum communications, quantum computing, and, wait, have we said the word 'quantum' enough yet? Contributors to this episode are: Dr James Millen, Reader in Advanced Photonics & Director of King's Quantum Professor Mohammad Reza Mousavi, Professor of Software Engineering Host Sean Riley produces the Computerphile YouTube channel and hosts the TAShub's Living with AI podcast #Quantum #Podcast #Physics #ComputerScience Subscribe to Quantum Demystified wherever you get your podcasts Quantum Demystified is made possibly by “Kings Quantum.” With the support and funding from EPSRC’s VSLQ RoarQ & LeviNet For more information email quantum@kcl.ac.uk Or go to the website kcl.ac.uk/quantum audio engineering is by boardie.com

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