From Computer Music
to Quantum Computing
Talk by Omar Costa Hamido (OCH)
at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
How can Quantum Computing be used in Music Composition? And what does it even mean to use computers in music? In this talk I will present my research and creative work on Music and Quantum Computing. I’ll include a brief personal and historical overview, explaining the context in which computers enter the music creative practice space, and the doors that it opened. On my quest to define a Quantum-computing Aided Composition (QAC), I developed a toolkit for musicians and artists to build, run, and simulate quantum circuits. And along the way co-hosted conferences and started an online-first Community for artists and scientists working in this cross-disciplinary field. Part of the talk will feature a live coding demo and a quick overview of how to engage with the Community.
(Event free of charge)
Speaker Bio
OCH is a performer, composer, and technologist, working primarily in music, multimedia, and live electronics. His current research is on quantum computing and music composition, telematics, and multimedia. He is passionate about emerging technology, cinema, teaching, and performing new works. OCH is currently a Marie-Curie Fellow at CEIS20, with his project IIMPAQCT. He earned his PhD at University of California, Irvine with his research project Adventures in Quantumland (quantumland.art), and he also earned his MA at ESMAE-IPP Portugal with his research on the relations between music and painting. In recent years, his work has been recognized with grants and awards from MSCA, Fulbright, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Medici, Beall Center for Art+Technology, and IBM.