The fifth session of the seminar “Quantum Futures – Designing the Futures of Quantum Technologies”, is organized in collaboration with Astryd Park and Pierre Fromholz from Moth.

Moth is a quantum computing company building applications for a new era of media, entertainment and creativity – pioneering the first consumer wave of quantum applications. Their mission is to deliver the Chat-GPT moment for the quantum sector: a breakthrough that touches the hearts and minds of people across the world and brings the idea of quantum to life. They are taking quantum from an esoteric, exciting, complex scientific idea to something with immediate and obvious impact.

Astryd Park is an artist, creative technologist, and Quantum Application Engineer at Moth. Astryd’s interest is building systems/applications/solutions which bring creative side of cutting-edge technologies. For example, she is the creator of Moth’s Quantum Brush application, which bridges quantum computing with 2D visual media.
Pierre Fromholz, PhD, is a quantum researcher at Moth. His current research focuses on adapting quantum algorithms for current NISQ computers to use in art, music, and video games. He loves outreach and puzzles.

This session is designed to teach students how to use Quantum Brush, an open-source software that applies quantum-inspired effects to create or post-process images. These effects can optionally be executed on current quantum computers, as demonstrated in the session with the support of IQM. The session is divided into two main parts: a theoretical and technical introduction to the software, followed by a hands-on creative session.