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Rajiv Krishnakumar will talk - virtually - about "An Introduction to Quantum Game Theory" on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
(Please sign up & I'll post the zoom details to attendees next week.)
Abstract:
Game Theory is defined as "the study of mathematical models of strategic interaction among rational decision-makers", which is a very formal way of saying "it's the study of how games are played!" Quantum game theory takes the classical game theory games (e.g. the Prisoner's Dilemma) & asks what happens if we could play them on quantum computers. In this talk, I will cover the basics of what a "game theory" game is, what a "quantum game theory" game is, how you can study these types of games, & how the way we think about strategies change when you go from the classical to the quantum regime.
Bio:
Rajiv Krishnakumar received a PhD in experimental atomic physics from Stanford University in 2017. He then took up a joint postdoctoral fellowship position at Caltech & AT&T Foundry, after which he switched gears & joined the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs as a data scientist. For two years he worked on improving & automating part of the FX spot & forwards pricing decision making using machine learning & heuristics. Afterwards he moved on to the R&D team where for the past few months he has been working as a research scientist in the field of quantum computing. His current primary focus is on applying quantum algorithms to the fields of options pricing & reinforcement learning, & understanding if a quantum advantage can be attained in these fields.
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