Quantum Lego - Constructing Quantum Error Correcting Codes Using Tensor Networks

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Explore the quantum lego formalism in this 30-minute talk by Brad Lackey from Microsoft. Learn how to construct and analyze large quantum error correcting codes using smaller ones through tensor network techniques. Discover examples of popular codes realized through this formalism and understand how quantum weight enumerators of codes constructed via quantum lego can often be computed efficiently, providing exact computations of code distance. Gain insights into near-term quantum computers, focusing on fault tolerance, benchmarking, quantum advantage, and quantum algorithms.