Prof Ridza obtained his PhD (UMIST, UK) in August 1989 in Quantum Optics, and the higher doctoral degree DSc (UMIST, UK) in December 2004. He is the MOSTE 1994 National Young Scientist Award winner in recognition of his research in Quantum Optics. He is also recognized by Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) as one of the 2017 Top Research Scientists Malaysia. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society and Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Physics. Presently, he is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, IIUM
Title: Using IBM quantum computer to demonstrate experimental quantum mechanics in the classroom
Most students will avoid quantum mechanics. It is counter intuitive and not easy to comprehend. This notion has been considerably changed in the recent past with the advent of quantum information processing. We are in the midst of a “Quantum Computing Supremacy Race”, one that will result in ground-breaking computing power that surpasses the performance of digital supercomputers. With these new developments, the key question that companies are asking is not whether there will be a commercial quantum computer, but who will build it and benefit from it. Very recently, IBM has introduced a set of quantum computers in the cloud and these may be accessed freely from the classroom through your mobile phones, PCs, laptops having an internet connection. I will share the experience of workshop participants who are mainly pre-university students and have accessed the IBM quantum computers. This includes the design, implementation and evaluation of interfaces to demonstrate several real quantum mechanics experiments which were previously very challenging to be realised in the classroom.
