Australian student’s code solves 20-year-old quantum computing problem: Report

A 21-year-old student from the University of Sydney might have solved one of the most common problems with quantum computing in his first academic paper, which could possibly change how the technology works permanently.

According to a recent report from ABC Australia, second-year physics student Pablo Bonilla’s code received attention from researchers at Yale University and Duke University, while e-commerce giant Amazon’s AWS platform might include his fix for what is being called a decades-old quantum computing problem.

The 21-year-old’s code has “remarkable error-correcting properties” – all thanks to a simple modification to code that has been in use for almost two decades, according to assistant professor Shruti Puri, from Yale University’s quantum research program. “What amazes me about this new code is its sheer elegance,” she told ABC Australia.