[Cryptography] Cryptography topic for Research Paper

[Jonathan Thornburg]

As others have noted, there's a *lot* of hype surrounding quantum
computing.  Scott Aaronson's blog is a useful counterweight, e.g.,
  http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1211
  http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-59972
  http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1255
  http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1400

The last of these is an excellent discussion (refutation!) of D-Wave's
claims that their quantum computer can already solve certain problems
faster than any classical computer.

ciao,

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-- "Jonathan Thornburg [remove -animal to reply]" <jthorn at astro.indiana-zebra.edu>
   Dept of Astronomy & IUCSS, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
   "There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched
    at any given moment.  How often, or on what system, the Thought Police
    plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork.  It was even conceivable
    that they watched everybody all the time."  -- George Orwell, "1984"