Quantum Computing: Navigating the Future of Computation, Challenges, and Technological Breakthroughs

Qurban A. Memon received his bachelor’s degree from Mehran University of engineering and technology, and earned his M.S. from the University of Gainesville, Florida, and his Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida, Orlando. He is currently an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering at UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE. He has conducted research in intelligent systems, networks, and e-health. He is a principal (lead) author of over hundred publications in international journal and conferences.

Mahmoud Al Ahmad (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Birzeit University, Ramallah, Birzeit, in 1999, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in microwave engineering from Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. He has over ten years of electronic materials and device fabrication research experience in academia, national laboratories, and industry. He has managed several research projects and teams with annual budgets of up to U.S. $1 million. He has also conducted research in energy harvesting technologies and frequency agile circuits with Siemens AG/CNRS and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and has published more than 20 journal articles and 35 conference papers in this domain with more under review. He is a principle (lead) author of around 55 published papers in journals and international conferences and has over 40 presentations at international conferences (several of which has been invited). His research interests include the design and fabrication of self-powered, low-powered nano-based electronic devices and systems and applied electromagnetic for biomedical applications.

Michael Pecht (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the first M.S. degree in electrical engineering and the second M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is the Founder and the Director of the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, which is funded by over 150 of the world’s leading electronics companies at more than US$6M/year. He is currently a Distinguished Professor in mechanical engineering and a professor in applied mathematics with the University of Maryland. He is a world-renowned expert in strategic planning, supply chain management, design, testing, IP, and risk assessment of electronic products and systems. He has written more than 40 books on product reliability, development, and supply chain management. He has also written over 900 technical articles and has ten patents. He is a Professional Engineer, an IEEE Fellow, an ASME Fellow, an SAE Fellow, and an IMAPS Fellow. In 2010, he received the IEEE Exceptional Technical Achievement Award for his prognostics and systems health management innovations. He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief for Circuit World. He served as a Chief Editor for Microelectronics Reliability, for 16 years, and IEEE Transactions on Reliability, for nine years.