Event

The seminar week 41 is hosted by Fredrik Sandblom, Research Area Director for Systems for Accident prevention and Automated driving and also Competence network leader for Safety Assurance at SAFER. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Quantum computing – an overview
Speaker: David Fitzek, PhD student at the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, employed at Volvo Group Technology.

Today’s computers (laptops, smartphones etc.) are based on classical physics and therefore are limited by its properties such as locality and the binary nature of the bits. A new theory developed by physicists tells us that the world behaves quite differently (developed at the beginning of the 20th century). This theory called quantum mechanics describes the world on its smallest scales and it is especially cumbersome to simulate on classical computers. It was maybe this fact that led Richard Feynman to propose a physical computer working with the properties of quantum mechanics to actually simulate nature. During the presentation I want to give an overview of quantum computing and where it is today. The talk will range from a brief introduction to quantum mechanics to the current architectures of quantum computers. So how can a system be engineered that obeys the laws of quantum mechanics? Moreover, the current research on quantum algorithms and the outlook for different industries regarding applications that are based on quantum computation. 

Insights from the first commercial autonomous transport solution project 
Speaker: Roberson Oliveira, PhD, Senior Project Manager at Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Volvo Group.

In 2018, Volvo Trucks signed a landmark agreement with Brønnøy Kalk AS in Norway to provide its first commercial autonomous solution transporting limestone from an open pit mine to a nearby port. In this presentation we will learn more about the findings discovered while developing the product, and in particular how safety can be ensured when operating in off-road conditions.
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This seminar is only open for SAFER partners and affiliates. Missing your invitation? Please contact Mikael von Redlich.