{"id":4121,"date":"2019-02-12T22:43:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2019-09-24T21:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T02:21:59","slug":"four-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=4121","title":{"rendered":"Four updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, I was at <a href=\"http:\/\/jila.colorado.edu\/qip2019\/\">QIP&#8217;2019<\/a> in Boulder, CO.  This week I was at <a href=\"http:\/\/physics.unm.edu\/SQuInT\/2019\/index.php\">SQuInT&#8217;2019<\/a> in Albuquerque, NM.  There were lots of amazing talks&#8212;feel free to ask in the comments section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s an interview with me at the website &#8220;GigaOm,&#8221; conducted by Byron Reese and entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2019\/01\/17\/quantum-computing-capabilities-and-limits-an-interview-with-scott-aaronson\/\">Quantum Computing: Capabilities and Limits<\/a>.  I didn&#8217;t proofread the transcript and it has some errors in it, but hopefully the meaning comes through.  In other interview news, if you were interested in my podcast with Adam Ford in Melbourne but don&#8217;t like YouTube, Adam has helpfully prepared transcripts of the two longest segments: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifuture.org\/the-ghost-in-the-quantum-turing-machine-scott-aaronson\/\">The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifuture.org\/the-winding-road-to-quantum-supremacy-scott-aaronson\/\">The Winding Road to Quantum Supremacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>New York Times<\/em> ran an article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/24\/technology\/computer-science-courses-college.html\">The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class<\/a>, about the surge in computer science majors all over the US, and the shortage of professors to teach them.  The article&#8217;s go-to example of a university where this is happening is UT Austin, and there&#8217;s extensive commentary from my department chair, Don Fussell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/acm-stoc.org\/stoc2019\/STOC%202019%20accepted%20papers.html\">STOC&#8217;2019 accepted papers list<\/a> is finally out.  Lots of cool stuff!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I was at QIP&#8217;2019 in Boulder, CO. This week I was at SQuInT&#8217;2019 in Albuquerque, NM. There were lots of amazing talks&#8212;feel free to ask in the comments section. There&#8217;s an interview with me at the website &#8220;GigaOm,&#8221; conducted by Byron Reese and entitled Quantum Computing: Capabilities and Limits. 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