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Discussion of Cryptography, the Quantum Computing Threat, and What NIST Is Doing for Us Cryptographers scramble to protect the internet from attackers armed with quantum computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + A full-fledged quantum computer is still years, if not decades, away. But developers […]
Fujitsu is Working Toward 1M Qubit Quantum Annealer A rather comprehensive description of Fujitsu’s quantum annealing systems and aspirations. Granted, it is brought to you by Fujitsu, effectively. The piece provides a backdrop on the quantum annealing aspect of quantum computing. Because Quantum is Coming. […]
Link-layer Protocol Could Bring a Quantum Internet Sooner Rather Than Later World’s first link layer protocol brings quantum internet closer to a reality Excerpts and salient points ~ + In classical computing, a collection of software layers referred to as the network stack allows computers […]
NIST’s Post-quantum Cryptography Semi-finals This Week Bitcoin’s race to outrun the quantum computer In brief… + Want to steal some Bitcoin? All you need to do is find your victim’s 16-character public key and calculate their private key by solving something called an “elliptic curve […]
Forget the Entanglement; Here’s Quantum Error Correction Without It Quantum error correction assisted quantum metrology without entanglement Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum information science has gained prominence as an area of research in the recent decades. One of the key promises of the […]
Quantum-safe Application Program Interface to be Challenged in Cyber Hackathon IronCAP Challenges Top Hackers with Availability of New “Quantum Safe” API Key points… + 01 Communique Laboratory Inc. has reached a major milestone with the launch of the IronCAP Application Program Interface (“API”). IronCAP’s patent-pending […]
Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and The Cyber Threat Landscape Artificial intelligence, quantum computing and the laws of encryption Key points… + Quantum computing took off in the early 90s and is now emerging as the next generation of computing. Operations that take hours and days, […]
Accenture Patents for Quantum Computing Stretch into Real-time Electricity Production Accenture Pushes Deeper Into Quantum Computing Key points… + In April, Accenture received a patent for an algorithm that business clients could employ to recommend either a quantum computer or a classical system for solving […]
Quantum Computing Inc Takes It’s Quantum Computing Efforts Public (Ticker: QUBT) Quantum Computing flies as it gets bumped up to the OTCQB Market Excerpts and salient points ~ + The Leesburg, Virginia, company’s stock now trades under the ticker QUBT on the middle-tier OTC Market […]
Allowing Quantum Developers to Exploit the Power of Quantum Turing Machine Models Introducing Control Flow in Qubit Allocation for Quantum Turing Machines Key points… + Different platforms for quantum computation are currently being developed with a steadily increasing number of physical qubits. To make today’s […]
Clearer Understanding of Quantum-to-Classical Transition Gained with LANL Algorithm Quantum computers to clarify the connection between the quantum and classical worlds Full release… Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a new quantum computing algorithm that offers a clearer understanding of the quantum-to-classical transition, which […]
Development of Quantum Hardware Outpacing Quantum Algorithms; Working Group Aims to Bring in Synch Shortages are everywhere for individuals with quantum computing backgrounds. Code developer, research, and engineering positions are readily available. Qubit is for hire. Professional career in cybersecurity, research and writing for mid […]
Quantum Simulation Software, QuEST, Spans Architectures; Here’s a Comparative Study with Project Q, qHipster, and Quantum++ QuEST and High Performance Simulation of Quantum Computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + QuEST, the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit, is the first open source, hybrid multi-threaded and distributed, […]
Fast Fourier Transform, Quantum Fourier Transform, Next Quantum Algorithm… Quantum interference in the service of information technology Excerpts and salient points ~ + Scientists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and NIST, have shown that quantum […]
U.S. DoE Developing Quantum Monte Carlo Methods Software – QMCPACK ECP Project Enabling Highly Accurate Computer Simulations of Complex Materials Excerpts and salient points ~ + An effort within the US Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) is developing a QMC (quantum Monte-Carlo) methods […]
Wanted: Quantum Workforce. Needed: Quantum Workforce. Quantum Computers Might Save the World — If Companies Can Find Workers to Build Them Excerpts and salient points ~ + Speaking at Fortune’s annual Brainstorm Tech conference Monday in Aspen, Colo., Microsoft general manager of quantum software Krysta […]
Qudits Beat Out Qubits with New Quantum Gate Research Researchers build transistor-like gate for quantum information processing – with qudits Excerpts and salient points ~ + Purdue University researchers are among the first to build a gate – what could be a quantum version of […]
Purdue University Collaboration Advance Quantum Machine Learning Discovery Park to host International Quantum Machine Learning and Data Analytics Workshop Excerpts and salient points ~ + With the rapid development of quantum computers, a number of quantum algorithms have been developed and tested on both superconducting […]
Microsoft’s Quantum Development Kit is Now Open Source on GitHub Open Source Release Welcomes Developers to Contribute and Help Solve Planet-Scale Challenge Excerpts and salient points ~ + [Microsoft’s] Quantum mission is to develop and deploy the world’s most scalable, secure, quantum computing system and […]
There’s Always a Bigger Fish ~ Rigetti Acquires QxBranch. Rigetti Computing acquires QxBranch to expand full-stack capabilities Excerpts and salient points ~ + Rigetti Computing… acquired QxBranch, a quantum computing and data analytics software startup. The acquisition builds on Rigetti’s full-stack strategy and expands the […]
Osaka City University Develops Quantum Algorithm to Verify Quantum Computing Results Quantum Chemistry on Quantum Computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + Researchers from Osaka City University (OCU) in Japan, Dr. K. Sugisaki, Profs. K. Sato and T. Takui and coworkers have found a novel […]
Argonne National Laboratory Using Hybrid Computing to Boost Quantum Computing Power The best of both worlds: how to solve real problems on modern quantum computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + In recent years, quantum devices have become available that enable researchers — for the […]
The Race for Quantum Computing: U.K. Status Excellent discussion and tracking of the U.K. MoD quantum programme and related U.K. Government initiatives. The race for quantum computing is surely on. Qubit. Mapping the Race to Quantum Computing: The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme – The […]
IBM Partners with Europe to Move Quantum Information Science IBM has been enjoying a rapid expansion of its IBM Q Network of institutions involved with quantum information science. Having added numerous schools and organizations in the U.S., going overseas appears to be the company’s trend. […]
Making Your Automobile Quantum-safe SecureRF Security Library Receives ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Certification Excerpts and salient points ~ + SecureRF Corporation announced that it achieved ISO 26262 certification for its development methods used to deliver its advanced automotive security solutions. SecureRF’s security library includes… Key […]
Digging Deeper,Quantum-classical Hybrid Algorithms Three Truths and the Advent of Hybrid Quantum Computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum-classical hybrid is the use of both classical and quantum resources to solve problems. A hybrid approach allows developers to exploit the powers of both, today, […]
Sampling of Quantum Computing; French Perspective Computers: Promises of the Quantum Dawn Excerpts and salient points ~ + In this race for the greatest number of qubits and the creation of a quantum computer, two systems, currently neck and neck, offer the most interesting prospects. […]
“Generating Pure Randomness” How to Turn a Quantum Computer Into the Ultimate Randomness Generator Excerpts and salient points ~ + Randomness is crucial for almost everything we do with our computational and communications infrastructure. In particular, it’s used to encrypt data, protecting everything from mundane […]
Neven’s Law & The Doubly Exponential Rate of Quantum Computing Power A new “law” Suggests Quantum Supremacy Could Happen This Year Excerpts and salient points ~ + In December 2018, scientists at Google AI ran a calculation on Google’s best quantum processor. They were able […]
2048-Bit RSA Cracked in < 8 Hours? How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours Excerpts and salient points ~ + A new study shows that quantum technology will catch up with today’s encryption standards much sooner than expected. That should […]
Seed Money for Quantum-Level Algorithms and Software Phasecraft computes $950,000 Full release ~ Phasecraft, a UK-based quantum computing software developer based on research from University College London (UCL) and University of Bristol, has procured £750,000 ($950,000) in pre-seed funding from investors co-led by the UCL […]
Palo Alto Networks Partner Has Successfully Certified ILCoin’s C2P Protocol for Quantum Resistance Distributed ledger consensus algorithms such as PoW (Proof-of-Work) made companies lose more than $20 million during 2018 in hacking attacks without any possibility to recover losses. And near-future quantum computing mass-adoption may […]
Limits of Quantum Communication Networks; Secret Key Capacity Explored Establishing the ultimate limits of quantum communication networks At the moment, sensitive data is typically encrypted and then sent across fibre-optic cables and other channels together with the digital “keys” needed to decode the information. However, […]
Law Enforcement, User-Controlled Encryption, and Quantum Computing New Perspectives on the Future of Encryption Excerpts and salient points ~ + Encryption and its effects on law enforcement’s access to data seem to occupy a perennial place in the headlines (and on Lawfare as well)…but the […]
ID Q & Mt. Pelerin Solving Quantum-Based Secure Storage for Crypto Assets ID Quantique partners with Mt Pelerin to develop the first quantum-based solution for the secure storage of crypto assets: The Quantum Vault ID Quantique (IDQ), the world leader in quantum-safe security solutions announced […]
Training Workers for Quantum Computing Quantum Computing 101: Brilliant, Google, Microsoft Training Workers Excerpts and salient points ~ + From Microsoft and IBM to Alphabet’s unit X and Canada’s D-Wave Systems, companies are racing to build powerful quantum computers that may solve problems beyond the […]
Algorithms and Solutions on a Quantum Annealer Box algorithm for the solution of differential equations on a quantum annealer Author(s): Siddhartha Srivastava and Veera Sundararaghavan. Differential equations are ubiquitous in models of physical phenomena. Differential equations are ubiquitous in models of physical phenomena. Applications like […]
IBM continues to show unanticipated progress towards what will become a Quantum backed AI Excerpts and salient points ~ + IBM has the largest public Quantum effort and arguably has the lead in Quantum Computing development though companies like Alphabet, Intel, and Microsoft are accelerating […]
Is Quantum Computing the Answer to Future Data Center Innovation? Excerpts and salient points ~ • Speaking during a keynote address at this week’s Glue Conference 2019 event, Murray Thom, vice president of software and cloud services at D-Wave Systems, laid out ways that quantum […]
Stabilising quantum computers with ‘noise-cancelling headphones’ Excerpts and salient points ~ • Quantum entanglement is a delicate state that requires the particles used for computing, known as qubits, to be insulated from outside vibrations, electromagnetic waves, and kept at incredibly low temperatures… Interference not only […]
U.S. DoD Defense Information Systems Agency Seeking Quantum-resistant Algorithms. The U.S. DoD Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking quantum-resistant algorithm prototypes. The effort appears to have the same goal as the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Post-quantum Cryptography Project. The NIST project […]
Holding the Universe Together with Quantum Computing Simulation A group of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab has figured out how to use quantum computing to simulate the fundamental interactions that hold together our universe. In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Fermilab […]
Atos Launches myQLM to Democratize Quantum Programming PARIS, May 16, 2019 — At the occasion of the 4th Atos Technology Days co-located with VivaTech, Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces myQLM, a new program providing researchers, students and developers quantum programming tools […]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Adds Quantum Information Science Home. New research facility will serve ORNL’s growing mission in computing, materials research and development. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and lab officials today broke ground on a multipurpose research facility that will provide state-of-the-art […]
Proving Quantum Supremacy Requires Hundreds of Qubits. A team from Intel Labs released a study proving quantum is coming, supremely, when several hundred qubits are stabilized. Until then, we should not expect to solve any combinatorial problems. Qubit. From the study: Computational quantum technologies are […]
Quantum as a Service (QaaS). Today is showing an automobile industry flavor of quantum computing. With the nascent quantum systems in development, size, complexity, and cost are keeping many entrepreneurs and established companies from taking the dip. Those that are getting involved are, in part, […]
Automotive Industry Sees Billions in Quantum Computing. VW and D-Wave, Bosch [parts] and Zapata Computing, Ford and NASA, Daimler and IBM (and Google) and the list is growing. The automotive industry is partnering with the budding quantum computing industry all the while exploring first uses […]