Quantum Computing in the Arts and Humanities

1. Front Matter

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2. From Digital Humanities to Quantum Humanities: Potentials and Applications

   • Johanna Barzen

   Pages 1-52

3. Quantum Computing and Cognitive Simulation

   • Martha Lewis

   Pages 53-105

4. The Philosophy of Quantum Computing

   • Michael E. Cuffaro

   Pages 107-152

5. Quantum-Like Cognition and Rationality: Biological and Artificial Intelligence Systems

   • Andrei Khrennikov

   Pages 153-178

6. Quantum Music, Quantum Arts and Their Perception

   • Volkmar Putz, Karl Svozil

   Pages 179-191

7. Quanta in Sound, the Sound of Quanta: A Voice-Informed Quantum Theoretical Perspective on Sound

   • Maria Mannone, Davide Rocchesso

   Pages 193-226

8. Quantum Cinema and Quantum Computing

   • Renate C.-Z. Quehenberger

   Pages 227-276

9. How to Make Qubits Speak

   • Bob Coecke, Giovanni de Felice, Konstantinos Meichanetzidis, Alexis Toumi

   Pages 277-297

10. A Quantum Computing Approach to Harnessing the Logic of the Mind for Brain–Computer Interfacing

    • Eduardo Reck Miranda

    Pages 299-343

11. The History of Games for (Quantum) Computers

    • James R. Wootton

    Pages 345-367

Computers are essential for the functioning of our society. Despite the incredible power of existing computers, computing technology is progressing beyond today’s conventional models. Quantum Computing (QC) is surfacing as a promising disruptive technology. QC is built on the principles of quantum mechanics. QC can run algorithms that are not trivial to run on digital computers. QC systems are being developed for the discovery of new materials and drugs and improved methods for encoding information for secure communication over the Internet. Unprecedented new uses for this technology are bound to emerge from ongoing research.

The development of conventional digital computing technology for the arts and humanities has been progressing in tandem with the evolution of computers since the 1950s. Today, computers are absolutely essential for the arts and humanities. Therefore, future developments in QC are most likely to impact on the way in which artists will create andperform, and how research in the humanities will be conducted.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of chapters by pioneers of emerging interdisciplinary research at the crossroads of quantum computing, and the arts and humanities, from philosophy and social sciences to visual arts and music.

Prof. Eduardo Reck Miranda is a composer and a professor in Computer Music at Plymouth University, UK, where he is a director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). His previous publications include the Springer titles Handbook of Artificial Intelligence for Music, Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music, Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing and Guide to Computing for Expressive Music Performance.

• Quantum Computing
• Applications of Quantum Computing
• Philosophy of Science
• Computing in the Humanities
• Computer Music
• Computer Arts
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cognitive Science
• Computational Linguistics
• Computer Games

• Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

  Eduardo Reck Miranda

Prof. Eduardo Reck Miranda is a composer and professor in Computer Music at Plymouth University, UK, where he is a director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). His previous publications include the Springer titles Handbook of Artificial Intelligence for Music, Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music, Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing and Guide to Computing for Expressive Music Performance.

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