Avery ParkinsoninCellular Agriculture CanadaCellular Agriculture Canada has a new Executive DirectorHi! My name is Avery Parkinson, and I am excited to announce my new position as the Executive Director at Cellular Agriculture Canada (CAC)…Aug 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021
Avery ParkinsonSequencing Antibiotics using BioinformaticsThe human genome is made up of about 3 billion base pairs — the tiny little characters which make up the sentences in the instruction…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Avery ParkinsoninTowards Data ScienceHow to Sequence a Human Genome: A Bioinformatics ApproachThe human genome contains over three billion base pairs. Just to put that into context, if you examined one base pair each second, it…Feb 10, 20211Feb 10, 20211
Avery ParkinsonWhy Food Soverignty is the answer to Food Insecurity in Indigenous CommunitiesIt’s no secret that Canada, like many former European colonies, has a history rife with cultural genocide. Particularly with regards to…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
Avery ParkinsonSolving Sudoku Using Quantum ComputingIf you were to name one of the supposed superiorities of quantum computing over classical computing, what might immediately come to mind…Oct 12, 20201Oct 12, 20201
Avery ParkinsonImplementing Simon’s Algorithm in QiskitSimon’s Algorithm was the first demonstration of a quantum computer being able to solve a problem exponentially faster than a classical…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
Avery ParkinsonImplementing Grover’s Algorithm in QiskitOne advantage a quantum computer is supposed to have over classical computers is superior searching speeds. For instance, let’s say you…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
Avery ParkinsonSimulating a Calculator Using QiskitSo, a couple weeks ago, I got pretty interested in this whole idea of “quantum computing” — a concept which is often described as having…Oct 7, 20202Oct 7, 20202
Avery ParkinsonCoding the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm in QiskitThe Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm was first proposed by David Deutsch and Richard Jozsa in 1992. It was the first algorithm to demonstrate that…Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020
Avery ParkinsonIntroduction to Plant-based MeatPlant based meat. What may instantly come to mind at these words are things like blocks of tofu and tempeh, canned chickpeas and dried…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020