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Explore the latest insights, thought leadership, and research from FCAT®

Future Computing

Quantum State Preparation of Normal Distributions using Matrix Product States

By: Elton Zhu

March 6, 2023

In this POC, we designed a new way of generating quantum states that encode normal probability distributions, and provided the first study in quantum hardware for scalable distribution loading.

Emerging Technology

Eight Trends and Technologies Influencing Our Future

By: Jacob Kozhipatt

March 1, 2023

2022 was marked by increasing domestic and global tensions. This, alongside rising inflation, led to an unprecedented anxiety about our future.

Emerging Technology

A Glimpse into the Next Generation of XR Talent

By: Jacob Kozhipatt

February 27, 2023

How FCAT participates in XR community engagements that empower the next generation of innovation

Artificial Intelligence

Why all the Fuss about ChatGPT?

By: Sarah Hoffman

February 14, 2023

While most of the AI buzz of 2022 was around AI image generators like DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, the year ended with a bang with the release of OpenAI’s new text generator ChatGPT. Attracting over 1 million users just a few days...

Design

Humanity-Centered Design: An Interview with Don Norman

By: John Dalton

February 14, 2023

FCAT had the pleasure of welcoming Don Norman, author of Design for a Better World, for a speaking event where he presented an eye-opening diagnosis of how human behavior has led to numerous societal crises from collapsing social structures to...

Technology & Society

Gen X: A Mature Market That’s Often Overlooked

By: Deanna Laufer

February 2, 2023

Gen X are in their peak earning and retirement savings years, yet this “forgotten generation” can be overlooked when it comes to the complexity of their financial needs. And yet, the complexity of their financial lives requires attention, perhaps...

Blockchain

Decentralized Finance is Growing Up

By: Travis Beaulieu

January 27, 2023

Introduction Decentralized Finance (DeFi) was one of the first applications of blockchain technology to provide a real use case in the industry. Borrowing

Blockchain

Meet the Hosts: Jason Ward

By: Matt Ehlers

January 17, 2023

Jason Ward didn’t need to take on the booms, busts, structural complexities, regulatory uncertainty, and energy-consumption concerns of the blockchain and its attendant technologies. He wanted to.

Blockchain

The State of Enterprise Blockchain Adoption

By: Vanessa Kargenian

January 13, 2023

Why even use a private blockchain, wouldn’t a database suffice? It’s a question that’s colored most enterprise technology inquiries surrounding blockchain infrastructure adoption since Bitcoin launched in 2009. And it’s even more timely now as both...

Technology & Society, Artificial Intelligence

2022: The Year of the AI Image Generator

By: Sarah Hoffman

November 22, 2022

While 2021 was the year of monster AI language models and AI text generation, thanks to powerful language models like OpenAI’s GPT-3,1 it seems that 2022 is the year of text-to-image AI systems. We’ve seen AI art before – just last year Sophia the...