Our project began with a simple question: if some covariances between stocks are very small, do we need to keep all of them when optimizing a portfolio? In a quantum circuit, retaining a pairwise interaction can add gates. Removing enough interactions might make the calculation easier, but it could also change which stocks are selected. We want ... read more

Introduction: Diabetes management depends on measurements that are often invasive, intermittent, or expensive. Acetone in exhaled breath is linked to ketone metabolism and can be measured optically, but a breath spectrum is not itself a metabolic state: the clinically meaningful quantities—blood β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), acetoacetate, acetone, and t... read more

A quantum network can be modeled as a graph, with vertices representing sites that can hold an excitation and edges representing couplings between those sites. An excitation may be spread across several sites in a superposition. As the state evolves, probability amplitudes combine through interference, changing where the excitation is likely to ... read more

Holographic data storage involves storing many two-dimensional images inside a certain volume filled with photopolymer by slightly tilting the reference beam. It presents a good alternative to hard drives, as it offers both high capacity and access rates. One of the main techniques this is achieved by is angular multiplexing. Conventional angula... read more

Game theory is a field of applied mathematics that models interactions between independent agents, called players, in games of strategy. Game theory analyzes each player’s choices and its impact on both the overall game and every other player’s choices [1]. One of the most studied games in game theory is the Prisoner’s Dilemma [1]. In the classi... read more

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