Mark Woodyard

For almost 40 years, quantum computing has intrigued and amazed scientists and non-scientists in its future possibility for solving problems that are intractable using classical computing. Over the last three years, IBM has made real quantum computers available on the cloud so that clients, students, and researchers can begin to learn and experiment with this new way of computing. We'll see what use cases are being considered in industry, the state of quantum computing today, and how you can get on the right path to make the earliest use of this rapidly evolving technology.

Biography:

Mark has nearly 40 years experience in high-performance computing, starting in developing electromagnetics simulation applications in the aerospace industry, and moving on to work at Cray Research, SGI, Sun Microsystems, and most recently IBM. He's pleased to be able to work with clients who solve some of the worlds most difficult problems in climate, weather forecasting, aerospace, chemistry, nuclear reactor design, materials research, electromagnetics, and defense. Most recently Mark has been selected by IBM Research to be an IBM Quantum Ambassador. In that role he engages with clients to help them understand where we are in Quantum Computing and where we see the technology going. Quantum Computing is the next frontier in HPC, so it’s an exciting place to be.