Dear QLeapers & Friends,
Hope you all had a relaxing spring break! I thought I would too... but instead found myself jammed. Here's a quick download from what turned out to be my busiest and most entangled week yet...
🎹 The West Coast Quantum AI Jam
📍 Nvidia’s GTC Developer Conference (Silicon Valley)
Out of 1,200+ sessions, I resorted to the "distillation" approach and listened to one speaker only: Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO. As far as I know, he only spoke twice (and for 2 full hours each time!)
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His own keynote (which I regarded as a “State of AI” speech), outlining the roadmap from Gen AI → Agentic AI → Physical AI, all powered by “AI factories”, courtesy of Nvidia.
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A “State of Quantum Computing” (again, my words) panel he personally moderated, with leaders from nearly every major QC company.
Why so much ado about quantum at the GTC, you ask? About three months ago, Huang made comments that sent quantum stocks tumbling by up to 40%. Please note the same stocks had just surged as much as 2000+% following Google’s Willow quantum chip announcement which caused its own market cap to rise by 5%, or approx. $100Bn (yes, that is a B). This time, he opened with an apology to the entire QC industry, and closed with a mic-drop moment when he said something to the effect of...
“I think I’m the only public company CEO who invited everyone here to prove me wrong.”
He scored big again when he achieved the following consensus from the entire panel (well, almost...as there was a dissenting view): the future of computing is QPU + CPU + GPU. And guess who’s the GPU? (I’d be happy to share links to two speeches’ respective replays if interested.)
📍 APS Annual Conference (Anaheim, CA)
Meanwhile, down the coast, the American Physical Society hosted its Global Physics Summit where Microsoft presented their latest breakthrough in Topological QC. While some physicists remain skeptical, the review process is unfolding in real-time—science in action.
But a "eureka moment" came for me when I spotted a session titled “Our Quantum Future” (see pic above) — which just so happens to be the name of one of......
📚 Two New Quantum Courses at PNW This Fall!
1. Our Quantum Future
(CS 59000-010 / CS 49000-002)
No STEM background? No problem. This course offers “quantum literacy” for anyone curious about how QIST (Quantum Information Science & Technology) may impact future careers in business, finance, law, policy, and more.
2. Intro to Quantum Computing
(CS 59000-090 / CS 49000-001 / PHYS 47000-001)
For those ready to engage hands-on with quantum circuits and the future of computation.
💬 Join us for a Q&A session on these new course!
🗓️ Thursday, 3/27 | 3:30–5 PM @ Gyte 181
🍕 Pizza will be served! Bring questions and curiosity.
🚀 Other New Beginnings/Happenings
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🗳️ New Club Officers Elected
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🧠 PNW's First Delegation will attend the Yale Quantum Hackathon (April 12–13). Wish them luck!
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☀️ Quantum Summer Schools at Purdue West Lafayette – more info on them and other Quantum events will be forthcoming in our next newsletter... Please stay tuned!
✨ Final Reflection
Why did all of this happen during spring break? Maybe it’s synchronicity—or better yet, entanglement of thought. (Did you know that there are new theories that suggest consciousness is quantum in nature?) Either way, it's a sign the quantum wave is surging. We’re riding it. And we’re glad you’re with us.
Entangledly yours,
Shawn
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