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BIO:
Our speaker this month is Luke Langsjoen. Luke obtained his B.S. in Chemical Physics and Astrophysics from Rice University in 2005, and proceeded to obtain a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of Virginia in 2011. He subsequently conducted research as a postdoctoral research associate in the field of quantum computation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI from 2011 to 2014, and he has written and published multiple academic papers in top tier peer-reviewed physics journals. Dr. Langsjoen’s work at UW studied quantum and thermal noise as a source of qubit decoherence in semiconductor quantum computational devices. Since 2014, Dr. Langsjoen left academia and has been working as a registered patent agent specializing in patent preparation, prosecution, and analysis in the fields of wireless telecommunication technologies, digital signal processing, semiconductor processor design, application-layer software development, distributed/parallel computing algorithm design, encryption, geophysical data analysis, quantum computation, compressive sensing technology, computer-aided-design (CAD) modelling, and convolutional neural networks.

TALK SUMMARY:
Quantum computing is an active area of research and development, with a market size of $885 million in 2023 with an expected compound annual growth rate of 34.8%. While currently existing quantum computers are not able to outperform classical computers on any real-world applications, next generation models are anticipated to display "quantum supremacy" by surpassing the abilities of cutting-edge classical computers, particularly in the fields of cryptography, cybersecurity, and the modelling of quantum systems. In this talk, I will present a basic overview of the fundamentals of quantum computation, a summary of the current state of research and development, and a prognosis for what we may expect to see from this field in the near future.

HOW TO ATTEND:
Capital Factory is located at 701 Brazos Street, on the 1st floor of the Omni Hotel. We are in the Devvie meeting room. To locate Devvie, locate Capital Factory's main event room off the Omni lobby, Voltron, Suite 150. Once inside, there should be someone at the desk to direct you to our meetup, but, if no one is there, proceed to the left past the kitchen and down the hallway, Devvie is right around the corner. You may also message us on this event or message us at @EFFaustin on Twitter or @effaustin on Mastodon if you are having trouble finding us. Please note that the room will be locked and EFF-Austin will not have access until 10-15 minutes before 7:00pm CST. We will try to have someone in the Omni lobby earlier than that in front of the Voltron doors to greet you if you arrive early, but otherwise just wait in the lobby until you are let in.

Talk will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive and will later be archived at https://www.youtube.com/user/effaustin. Questions for the speaker from virtual attendees may be submitted via the Youtube livestream chat, our Twitter account, @EFFaustin, or our Mastodon account, @effaustin.

Parking for the Omni Garage can be validated at the Capital Factory front desk inside room Voltron, Suite 150, reducing the cost to $8. If no one is at the desk, check with EFF-Austin meetup organizers, we can provide you with one. Attendees must park after 5pm and leave before 10pm to receive the discount, otherwise they will be charged full price, which is $3.25 for every 30 minutes. Affordable street park is also available nearby. Details: https://capitalfactory.com/parking/

AFTER PARTY:
Join us for the discussion from 7:00PM-9:00PM, followed by drinks and camaraderie from 9:00PM-10:00PM in the Omni Hotel lobby.