Posted on Swamit Tannu, new assistant professor specializing in computer architecture and quantum computing, joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences from Georgia Tech, where he completed his PhD. His research focuses on “architecture and compilation techniques to mitigate hardware error to enable quantum computers that can solve practical problems,” such as designing better drugs, more efficient batteries, and inexpensive fertilizers. Tannu was attracted to UW-Madison CS in part because the first digital computer in Wisconsin was built here – and in 2021 the first quantum computer in W...