Mind the GeekLunch Talk40min
What rules the virtual? How our systems obey physical laws.
This proposal explores the physical foundations of information and computation, asking how data is stored, moved, and erased in the real world. It examines energy, speed, and disappearance of information, then extends into quantum effects and how stable states emerge beneath digital abstractions.
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Marianne HoornenborgNLJUG and KVK (Dutch Chamber of Commerce)
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Wednesday, October 7, 13:05-13:45
TBA 8
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What we call virtual is actually physical. Every bit of data we store, move, or erase is represented by a physical state, and every physical system obeys the laws of nature.
So let’s look beneath the abstractions of our digital world. What are the physical properties of the information we handle? Does data have weight? How much energy does it take to store or delete information? What really travels through our networks, at what speed, and can information ever truly disappear?
Our curiosity then takes us beyond binary computation into the quantum realm. How do superposition, uncertainty, and measurement challenge our understanding of state and information? How do stable, observable states emerge from a world governed by quantum rules?
After unveiling the simple math behind AI last year, Marianne now explores the physical foundations of computation. Without a formal background in physics, she follows her curiosity into the depths of our digital systems and resurfaces with what is hidden beneath the abstractions.
So let’s look beneath the abstractions of our digital world. What are the physical properties of the information we handle? Does data have weight? How much energy does it take to store or delete information? What really travels through our networks, at what speed, and can information ever truly disappear?
Our curiosity then takes us beyond binary computation into the quantum realm. How do superposition, uncertainty, and measurement challenge our understanding of state and information? How do stable, observable states emerge from a world governed by quantum rules?
After unveiling the simple math behind AI last year, Marianne now explores the physical foundations of computation. Without a formal background in physics, she follows her curiosity into the depths of our digital systems and resurfaces with what is hidden beneath the abstractions.
Marianne Hoornenborg
Marianne Hoornenborg is a Lead for the Dutch Java community NLJUG and works in the CIO Office at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK) where she started her Java career a decade ago. She is passionate about promoting gender diversity and challenging stereotypes about our profession.
As an international speaker, Marianne explores the concepts that are hidden beneath the surface of the technology we use every day. Her talks invite curiosity, challenge assumptions and turn complex ideas into fun discoveries. She aims for the audience to enjoy her talks as much as she enjoyed preparing them.
As an international speaker, Marianne explores the concepts that are hidden beneath the surface of the technology we use every day. Her talks invite curiosity, challenge assumptions and turn complex ideas into fun discoveries. She aims for the audience to enjoy her talks as much as she enjoyed preparing them.