The Future of Computation

Patel, Apoorva (2005) The Future of Computation. In: Workshop on Quantum Information, Computation and Communication (QICC 2005) Proceedings of QICC 2005, February 2005.

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Abstract

The purpose of life is to obtain knowledge, use it to live with as much satisfaction as possible, and pass it on with improvements and modifications to the next generation.'' This may sound philosophical, and the interpretation of words may be subjective, yet it is fairly clear that this is what all living organisms--from bacteria to human beings--do in their life time. Indeed, this can be adopted as the information theoretic definition of life. Over billions of years, biological evolution has experimented with a wide range of physical systems for acquiring, processing and communicating information. We are now in a position to make the principles behind these systems mathematically precise, and then extend them as far as laws of physics permit. Therein lies the future of computation, of ourselves, and of life.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	Allied Publishers
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Allied Publishers.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2011 07:03
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2011 07:03
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/42147

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