Dulwich Quantum Computing

so Zapata patented QIR... the project that got started as a collaborative + open standard by multiple orgs (none of with was zapata).

First, why were they granted this patent, and second... wtf Zapata, and third, I thought they turned into an AI company?

investors.zapataquantum.com/news-release...

Ordering An ordering of volumes is no longer possible, but all volumes of this series are available in almost all university libraries in Germany.

Me: Immediately buying a train ticket to Germany.

Can you find the actual patent online? Their press release doesn't link to it, and I don't see it on Google Patents either.
patents.google.com?assignee=Zap...

Melania Trump documentary opens to underwhelming reception: ‘It’s not a gripping film’ $75m Amazon-produced paean to the first lady saw empty seats and faint praise as it opened in New York City

Hoping the profits from Amazon's $75m invested in "Melania" movie will bolster its quantum efforts!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Worse comes to worse, I'm sure that quantum folks will get opportunities in other parts of the Amazon empire. We all know how good Amazon treats its employees!

‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

It's not easy to work for Jeff Bezos these days. Sending prayers to John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social, Fernando Brandao and others at Amazon Quantum, and hoping it won't go down like Washington Post. 🙏 Luckily quantum is a priority for Trump (unlike free press)!
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Every paper should be announced like this! 🤘

When your butt slides into DMs with Dulwich without you being aware of it.

[mtl] Too many to list. 2

For those who want to read the [mtl] paper...

Many of the potential applications of Hamiltonian simulation are not algorithms themselves, but rather, the idea that having a better understanding of certain physical or chemical systems would likely lead to new scientific and technological breakthroughs. Some of these are well worked out ideas (for example, nitrogen fixation [RWS+17]), but many of them are very tenuous, which unfortunately does not stop popular science news, and technology-enthusiasts who have decided to make a career talking a lot about quantum computing without really understanding it, from treating such applications as being just around the corner. You will find headlines and ted talks claiming quantum computers can solve every futuristic-sounding problem, including fixing climate change [mtl], curing cancer [Kak24], and finding the secret to immortality [Gre20]. I mean, science could solve any of these (but could it?), and faster Hamiltonian simulation would mean we can do better science, so. . . The reality is, there probably will be many applications to being able to simulate physical systems, but we do not yet know what they will be. We will not discuss applications of Hamiltonian simulation in this course, but it is important to understand that there is a lot of hype around quantum computing, some of which is justified, and some of which is not.

Just LOVE the "Advanced Quantum Algorithms" lecture notes of Stacey Jeffery!!!
homepages.cwi.nl/~jeffery/not...
Everyone teaching quantum computing should read this paragraph out loud to their students!
homepages.cwi.nl/~jeffery/not...

Next time you're making a wish on a shooting star, it might actually be a quantum satellite burning up in the atmosphere. 🌠

You too can go from zero to Kitaev in 3 weeks!
www.coursera.org/learn/quantu...

The term exotic is typically used to refer to derivatives that are path-dependent and/or depend on non- standard underlyings. This is in contrast to vanillas, which are frequently traded derivatives, e.g. European options, that are path-independent and depend on simple underlyings, like equities.

Are these ice cream flavours or finance terminology?
arxiv.org/abs/2602.03725

That’s nothing: Topological qubits have only reached the same point that the Catholic church did 2000 years ago. (Made up stories and claims of miracles).

My TQC submission.

On the undecidability of quantum channel capacities An important distinction in our understanding of capacities of classical versus quantum channels is marked by the following question: is there an algorithm which can compute (or even efficiently compu...

Looks like we'll be having some trouble deciding how fast our quantum internet connections actually are.
arxiv.org/abs/2601.22471

a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer with its paws on the keyboard . ALT: a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer with its paws on the keyboard .

One more hour left till the TQC deadline!

Once you're done with your TQC submission, give yourself a small reward and check out the YouTube comments section of the MELANIA trailer. It is a goldmine!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxXJ...

The Dulwich award for the best poster setup at #QIP2026 goes to Kotowski and Oszmaniec!

Official bids for #QIP2028 are Ottawa, Chicago, Austin, and Virginia Tech. The crowd votes overwhelmingly for Ottawa. This is not definitive yet, but will be part of the input for the steering committee.

Good to know that there is another option for hosting #QIP2028 in a "politically stable and welcoming" location!

As usual, Dulwich Quantum is placing a bid to host #QIP2028 in Dulwich, South London! Don't forget to vote for us!

5 lessons learned by John Watrous @johnwatrous.bsky.social in quantum education.

Welcome to the era of vibe science!
openai.com/index/introd...

A guy in a suit and a carton box over his head is sitting in the crowd in QIP2026

What the hell?
@dulwichquantum.bsky.social
#QIP2026

It may be cold in Riga during #QIP2026, but the fascism on display in the US is way more chilling.