Quantum Computing: Queries to Navigate the Future
In a day and age where technological innovation and information processing systems are driving economic development in society, there exists a frontier that promises to redefine the very fabric of computation. Welcome to Quantum Computing. In today’s Beyond the Headlines Podcast join us as we unravel and explore the future of how the principles of Quantum computing can revolutionize the way we process information. From groundbreaking research to real-world applications, we'll navigate through the complexities of quantum mechanics and discuss the incredible potential and challenges of this cutting-edge technology. As policymakers grapple with the implications of quantum computing for global security, specifically in the context of privacy issues, and for the global economy, this BTH podcast seeks to ask the crucial queries about how this transformative technology may shape future policies and regulations.
Guests:
Darius Ornston is Associate Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto where he specializes in innovation policy, specifically the relationship between cooperation and economic change.His first book, When Small States Make Big Leaps, illustrates how those communities use cooperation to enter new, high-technology markets. In Good Governance Gone Bad, he demonstrates how the same, tight-knit networks which accelerate reform and restructuring can lead to policy overshooting, overinvestment, and economic crisis. Since moving to Canada, Professor Ornston’s research has focused on how Canadian cities leverage cooperation, including the role of storytelling and their resilience to anchor firm collapse. With Dan Breznitz, Professor Ornston is also examining the design of innovation agencies, the political barriers to policy experimentation, and the revolutionary power of peripheral organizations. Their work on innovation policy has also been published by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the OECD. As part of the Munk School’s Master of Global Affairs program, Professor Ornston teaches one section of “Global Innovation Policy” as well as two second-year seminars. In “The Political Economy of the Welfare State” students develop strategies for reforming big, slow-moving, highly politicized institutions. “Innovation and the City” examines the tools fiscally constrained local policymakers can use to shape innovation and regional economic development. In addition, he is also the lead instructor for the interdisciplinary undergraduate course, “Understanding Global Controversies.”
Joseph T. Bonivel Jr., PhD, is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. He is a subject matter expert for the Department of Defense (DOD), where he leads technology incubation and maturation for the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Journal of DoD Research & Engineering. Bonivel is a former AAAS big data and analytics science and technology policy fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In his AAAS fellowship role, he fostered entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialization of research that has been previously supported by government-funded research. He served a similar fellowship role at United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Producers:
Ananya Mallubhotla, Sarah Afiane
