The potential applications of quantum computing are vast, from cryptography to material science to artificial intelligence.

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

If you say you want to automate cars and save people’s lives, the skills you need for that aren’t taught in any particular discipline. I know – I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995.

"You got to put the past behind you before you can move on." And I think that's what my running was all about.