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Master thesis: Probabilistic computing in nonlinear optical resonators

Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

Institution: AMOLF
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Field: Physics and astronomy
Type: research
Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

About this position

Work Activities In conventional computers, information is encoded in bits that can take a value of 0 or 1. Quantum computers extend this idea by using qubits, which can exist in superpositions of 0 and 1. A third paradigm, known as probabilistic computing, uses probabilistic bits (p-bits): binary units that randomly fluctuate between 0 and 1 with a controllable probability. Rather than avoiding randomness, this approach uses noise as a computational resource. Probabilistic computing is actively investigated in the context of Boltzmann machines and neural networks, where stochastic binary units

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