#77 Paul Lopata on Quantum

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Dr. Paul Lopata of the</span> <a href= "https://www.lps.umd.edu/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laboratory for Physical Sciences</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in College Park Maryland discusses the origins of quantum mechanics including philosophical underpinnings and a recap of the famous double-slit experiment which prompted physicists to start thinking about light as having both wave and particle properties. Paul connects quantum theory and cognitive security using words and concepts like trust, probabilistic reasoning, and making decisions with limited information, and in the presence of risk. He also describes advances in quantum computing and cryptography, prime numbers, Shor’s algorithm, and NP-hard problems. </span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-74"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#74 Tabassi on NIST, Technology Standards, and Trust</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.lps.umd.edu/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Laboratory for Physical Sciences</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">YouTube videos:</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://youtu.be/Usu9xZfabPM"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quantum explainer</span></a></li> <li style="font-weigh