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Applications Of Cloud-Based Quantum Computers With Cognitive Computing Algorithms In Automated, Evidence-Based Virginia Geriatric Healthcare, Henry Childs Jan 2020

Applications Of Cloud-Based Quantum Computers With Cognitive Computing Algorithms In Automated, Evidence-Based Virginia Geriatric Healthcare, Henry Childs

Auctus: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

Quantum computers have recently headlined IBM’s next generation of products promoting computational evolution. After the successful release of the cloud-streaming quantum computer IBM Watson Q, the company has released projections for future development of quantum devices. Because of the incredible processing power of these machines and the expected integration into everyday life in the near future, what implications can this have in the healthcare field?

I am studying cloud-based quantum computers with natural language processing (NLP) algorithms and patient health record data because I want to understand automated, evidenced-based co-optimized treatment of home-bound geriatric patients in order to help my …