You're reading from Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business Exploring the applications, challenges, and collision of quantum computing and blockchain

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838647766

Length 334 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Blockchain

Author (1):

Arunkumar Krishnakumar

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Quantum Computing and Blockchain

2. Quantum Computing – Key Discussion Points FREE CHAPTER

3. The Data Economy

4. The Impact on Financial Services

5. Interview with Dr. Dave Snelling, Fujitsu Fellow

6. The Impact on Healthcare and Pharma

7. Interview with Dr. B. Rajathilagam, Head of AI Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Conclusion

8. The Impact on Governance

9. Interview with Max Henderson, Senior Data Scientist, Rigetti and QxBranch

Conclusion

10. The Impact on Smart Cities and Environment

11. Interview with Sam McArdle, Quantum Computing Researcher at the University of Oxford

Conclusion

12. The Impact on Chemistry

13. The Impact on Logistics

14. Interview with Dinesh Nagarajan, Partner, IBM

Conclusion

15. Quantum-Safe Blockchain

16. Nation States and Cyberwars

17. Conclusion – Blue Skies

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

19. Index

Interview with Max Henderson, Senior Data Scientist, Rigetti and QxBranch

Just before I started to write this book, I felt I had a good grasp of the industries and use cases that I would be focusing on. I had a vision for the flow of the book, and the real-world problems I would be covering. However, through the research I have done over the course of writing the book, I realized there were areas that I should be touching upon that I hadn't planned to. The interview with Max Henderson was certainly serendipitous for me as an author, and something I hadn't planned for. I hope it will bring to light an interesting application of quantum computing for you, the reader.

Max Henderson and I have been social media acquaintances for some time. We have interacted with each other's posts, however, we never took the next logical step of sending a personal message to each other and saying hello. It was early in 2019 that I reached out to him to have a conversation...