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Dr. Sebastian Deffner featured on "The Academic Minute"

A new, more secure computer is on the way to protect our most sensitive data.

Dr. Deffner, assistant professor of physics, explores quantum supremacy and how it could keep our data safe in the future.

URL: https://academicminute.org

Posted: December 11, 2017, 12:52 PM

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