Futurecast by AI NEXTGEN America
Oct 15, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 10 segments
This course evaluates the risks posed by cryptographically relevant quantum computers and provides strategies to protect mission-critical networks. Participants will gain an understanding of the…
And I know we are getting towards our time, and we have five minutes left, so for my panelists, I will ask, what is one advice, and I know we've talked about it so much while we're here, what is one advice that you would give to our academia, to our students, to the industry in terms of preparing for Q Day.
For those that are interested and those that are involved in it, be very open-minded to collaboration because there's not one entity that can solve this problem.
We need a lot of brainpower behind solving the problem and solving it right.
And something I learned years ago was I remember I was at a point where I had learned about networks.
I learned the difference between the Comcast network in your house and the network in your lab in the data center and the network that is made up by Comcast, right? Like Comcast and they talk to level three and they talk to the big companies, right? And the switch costs $6 million, right? And there's four routers, right? And it handles like 2% of all the traffic on the internet, right? I thought I knew what I was talking about with IT and what I learned was, I don't care how much you know about your domain or your area, there are other elements, right? You have to, as an example, if you can't speak eloquently, and defend yourself in an argument, does that mean you're wrong? No, right? If you know everything there is to know about networks, quantum, cyber, but you don't collaborate with people, right? You don't share, you don't seek information, right? Those skills are just as important as the hard skills.
So I literally told my daughter the other day, I said let me help you understand something.
When you see a big strong person, male, female, doesn't matter, and you feel nervous, just know they're nervous
too.
And the way I feel looking like an old guy, right? I literally feel the same as I did when I was 17, 18, 20, 30, right? Now, there's more memories, but I'm that same person.
And the only way you get confidence, like when riding a skateboard, get back on the skateboard.
And do it again.
Thank you both so much.
And I think for me, the advice that I would leave with the team, and this was one that my first manager told me when I first got into Bowen was have a curiosity for a breadth of knowledge and a depth of knowledge.
Those are two different things, right? A breadth of knowledge is learn as much as you can and Google and do projects and involve yourself in as much things as you can to gain that breadth of knowledge.
And then once you find something that is it for you, you then dive into the depth of knowledge and take the time to invest and learn a little bit more about that thing.
So at whatever stage you are, if this is your breadth of knowledge stage, Learn as much as you can.
You know, soak in.
Be a sponge.
And I know we are getting towards our time, and we have five minutes left, so for my panelists, I will ask, what is one advice, and I know we've talked about it so much while we're here, what is one advice that you would give to our academia, to our students, to the industry in terms of preparing for Q Day.
For those that are interested and those that are involved in it, be very open-minded to collaboration because there's not one entity that can solve this problem.
We need a lot of brainpower behind solving the problem and solving it right.
And something I learned years ago was I remember I was at a point where I had learned about networks.
I learned the difference between the Comcast network in your house and the network in your lab in the data center and the network that is made up by Comcast, right? Like Comcast and they talk to level three and they talk to the big companies, right? And the switch costs $6 million, right? And there's four routers, right? And it handles like 2% of all the traffic on the internet, right? I thought I knew what I was talking about with IT and what I learned was, I don't care how much you know about your domain or your area, there are other elements, right? You have to, as an example, if you can't speak eloquently, and defend yourself in an argument, does that mean you're wrong? No, right? If you know everything there is to know about networks, quantum, cyber, but you don't collaborate with people, right? You don't share, you don't seek information, right? Those skills are just as important as the hard skills.
So I literally told my daughter the other day, I said let me help you understand something.
When you see a big strong person, male, female, doesn't matter, and you feel nervous, just know they're nervous
too.
And the way I feel looking like an old guy, right? I literally feel the same as I did when I was 17, 18, 20, 30, right? Now, there's more memories, but I'm that same person.
And the only way you get confidence, like when riding a skateboard, get back on the skateboard.
And do it again.
Thank you both so much.
And I think for me, the advice that I would leave with the team, and this was one that my first manager told me when I first got into Bowen was have a curiosity for a breadth of knowledge and a depth of knowledge.
Those are two different things, right? A breadth of knowledge is learn as much as you can and Google and do projects and involve yourself in as much things as you can to gain that breadth of knowledge.
And then once you find something that is it for you, you then dive into the depth of knowledge and take the time to invest and learn a little bit more about that thing.
So at whatever stage you are, if this is your breadth of knowledge stage, Learn as much as you can.
You know, soak in.
Be a sponge.
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