Alan Geller, Author at Q# Blog

Alan Geller

Software Architect, Quantum Software and Applications

Alan Geller is a software architect in the Quantum Architectures and Computation group at Microsoft. He is responsible for the overall software architecture for Q# and the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit, as well as other aspects of the Microsoft Quantum software program.

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Introducing Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR)

September 23rd, 2020

QIR is a new Microsoft-developed intermediate representation for quantum programs. This post describes QIR and provides pointers to the specification and source code.

A Second Year of Q#

December 11th, 2019

A look back at the second year of Q#.

What are Qubits?

December 1st, 2019

We consider the true nature of qubits, both as physical objects and as how they should be represented in a programming language.

A Year of Q#

December 11th, 2018

The Quantum Architecture and Computation group launched Q#, our quantum computing programming language, a year ago on December 11th, 2017. This post is a brief overview of the language developments and the community growth since the first release.

Qubits in Q#

December 1st, 2018

How should qubits be represented in a quantum programming language? This post attempts to answer this question and discusses qubits representation in Q#.

Why do we need Q#?

November 5th, 2018

Why we decided to develop Q#, a new language for quantum computing.