Quantum Computing Now

QuEra's John Long joins in for the next episode of Quantum Computing Now. He is a Scientific Software Engineer that spent 4 years at the Boston startup that builds neutral atom quantum computing for combinatorial optimization problems.

Key links mentioned below:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuEra
- https://www.quera.com
- https://rsa.fail
-Aquila - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/braket/latest/developerguide/braket-quera-submitting-analog-program-aquila.html
- Bloquade - https://queracomputing.github.io/Bloqade.jl/stable/
- IEEE Quantum-Ed - https://ed.quantum.ieee.org/qseec26/

And reach out to John on Linkedin!
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzl/

Any comments, questions, or reviews of the podcast? Leave your comments below on your podcast listening platform of choice! Or leave me a message:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shwethajayaraj/

Recorded on: September 16th, 2026
Published on: September 17th, 2026

Today's episode we hear from Ekta Bhatia PhD in condensed matter physics, a distinguished quantum research scientist at NY Creates working on quantum materials for superconducting chips in Albany, NY! Her work is on Tantalum so that is specifically what is covered which also happens to be used in CMOS already.
This Episode's References:
- NY Creates - https://ny-creates.org
- Quantum Women's Network - https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantum-women-network/
- Ekta Bhatia's Work - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5ENxgeYAAAAJ&hl=en
- Resonators - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonator

Let me know in the comments what you'd like to see next!

Happy World Quantum Day!! As I looked on the front page of google I remind myself that I host a quantum computing podcast. Hope this is better than going down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, though that is worth reading through as well. :)
Stay tuned for the next episode with hardware physicists next and please listen to older episodes to get caught up to speed if interested!
Links mentioned:
- https://ny-creates.org/quantum-technologies/
- https://qec25.yalepages.org
- https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2025/
- https://columncontent.com/quantum-computing-podcasts/

Fingers crossed that Peter Shor listens to this.

Before you listen! Helpful Acronyms to deal with the jargon:
- PQC = Post Quantum Cryptography, area within quantum computing & cryptography where researchers are developing quantum-safe protocols resilient against quantum cryptography attacks.
- LDPC Codes = Low Density Parity Check, a type of error correction method
- Block Encoding = a technique used in quantum computing (see youtube link below!)

In this episode: Quantum Simulation program, Cryptography, & passionate community!
A conversation with the brilliant Krystal Maughan, PhD researcher at the University of Vermont doing innovative work on her research area of Post-Quantum Cryptography while we were attending the 3-day QSim RQS Summer School 2025! We talk on a range of topics observed in the quantum industry & research field and she provides a mathematician's perspective at Madison Square Park on a beautiful summer day right before her flight.

Enjoy this refreshing & insightful discussion!

Referenced Links from the talk:
- Her recent paper on "Cycles & cuts in supersingular I-isogeny graphs": https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.00638

- Her Website: ⁠https://kammitama5.github.io/about/ ⁠

- Krystal Maughan's Research Work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dhxYKqAAAAAJ&hl=en

- Bit Player documentary trailer: https://vimeo.com/323615460

- Nathan Weibe, University of Toronto Youtube Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZLyXsdJnA

- QSim 2025 Speakers: https://qsimconference.org/summer-school/

Happy *belated World Quantum Day (Week/Month/Year). This episode is about the journey that one can take in navigating and getting started in the quantum technology space.

This was recorded live at the NYU Abhu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good.

This episode I talk to Google QuantumAI's esteemed research scientist who was part of the Willow team - Amir Karamlou. We'll hear about Amir's journey and how hackathons can change the future of the quantum space.

Links:
Hackathon for Social Good, NYU Abhu Dhabi - https://hackathon.nyuad.nyu.edu