In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai and his science writer mum, Katia Moskvitch, travel to the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth. They visit the Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope, which combines four 8.2-meter telescopes into a single virtual mirror, giving it the highest optical resolution in the world. The Atacama is so free of light pollution that astronomical observations are stunning, with the Milky Way stretching overhead like a magical, colorful blanket.
In this webinar, we explore mid-circuit measurements in quantum computing and why they are essential for quantum error correction and fault-tolerant architectures. Using Qiskit, we walk through how quantum circuits are initialized, how single- and two-qubit gates affect quantum states, and how measurements introduce probabilistic outcomes. We then demonstrate how measurements can be performed during a circuit, and how ancilla qubits enable information to be extracted without directly destroying the data qubit. This talk is aimed at developers, students, and researchers who want a practical understanding of how mid-circuit measurements work in real quantum programs.
