Ideas: Quantum computing redefined with Chetan Nayak
CHETAN NAYAK: Thank you. Thanks for having me. And I’m excited to tell you about this stuff.
HUIZINGA: Well, you have a huge list of accomplishments, accolades, and awards—little alliteration there. But I want to start by getting to know a bit more about you and what got you there. So specifically, what’s your “research origin story,” as it were? What big idea inspired you to study the smallest parts of the universe?
NAYAK: It’s a great question. I think if I really have to go back to the origin story, it starts when I was a kid, you know, probably a preteen. And, you know, I’d go to bookstores to … I know, I guess many of the people listening to this may not know what that is,