If we could not find room for it, time to digest it, or a reason to run it during the past week, we have collected it here. Not a recap for the week, but a cleanup of pieces we received and just could not get to.
Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit
Business & Industry
IBM and ExxonMobil are building quantum algorithms to solve this giant computing problem | ExxonMobil and IBM’s researchers have been working together to find quantum algorithms that could manage the global fleet of merchant ships. Source: ZD Net. Daphne Leprince-Ringuet IBM and ExxonMobil are building quantum algorithms to solve this giant computing problem…
Quantum Computers May Steal Bitcoin by Deriving Private Keys once Advanced Enough in 5-30 Years, Experts Claim | John Smith, who has been regularly keeping up with computer science, quantum computing, and cryptocurrency-related developments, claims that the “future of crypto” is quantum-resistant, meaning we must build systems that can protect themselves against the potential attack from quantum computers (QCs) when they become powerful enough to present a challenge to digital asset networks. Source: Crowdfund Insider. Omar Faridi Quantum Computers May Steal Bitcoin by Deriving Private Keys once Advanced Enough in 5-30 Years, Experts Claim…
Quantum computing poised to transform big-data landscape | Ireland does not have the resources to compete with the multinationals or the larger countries, but it does have pockets of quantum expertise, notably at TCD, UCD and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork. There is particular excellence in the relevant areas of software development, the analysis of the coherence issue with qubits, and quantum education. Source: THE IRISH TIMES. Seán Duke Quantum computing poised to transform big-data landscape…
A Year of Growth | Source: Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance. Lee Tune (U. of Maryland) A Year of Growth…
IBM Reveals Five Year Quantum Development Roadmap | Source: Forbes. Kevin Krewell IBM Reveals Five Year Quantum Development Roadmap…
IBM’s Quantum Computer Links Two Quantum Revolutions | Source: Science Blog. EPFL IBM’s Quantum Computer Links Two Quantum Revolutions…
College Park quantum computing company IonQ is in talks to go public | The company could be taken public through a merger with DMY Technology Group Inc. III, that would create a combined worth $2 billion. DMY is what’s known as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which have gone mainstream among investors as a vehicle to take privately held companies to publicly traded status. The merger talks also include a private investment in public equity (PIPE), in which investors back the SPAC, Bloomberg reported. Source: Technical.ly. Stephen Babcock College Park quantum computing company IonQ is in talks to go public…
How Quantum Computing Will Transform These 9 Industries | Quantum computing remains a nascent technology, but its potential is already being felt across many sectors. From healthcare to finance to artificial intelligence, we look at the industries poised to be reshaped by quantum computers. Source: CB Insights. CB Insights How Quantum Computing Will Transform These 9 Industries…
Technology & Hardware
A curious observer’s guide to quantum mechanics, pt 7: The quantum century | So what does it mean to be technically literate when knowing quantum mechanics is a prerequisite for understanding our everyday technology? You have to understand that electrons move like waves to understand how a quantum dot in your TV works. Without quantum mechanics it makes no sense—there is no classical analog. As quantum devices become pervasive, an understanding of quantum mechanics will be required to make sense of our world. For people who do not know quantum mechanics, the answer to “How does X work?” will increasingly become “magic.” Source: ars TECHNICA. Miguel F. Morales A curious observer’s guide to quantum mechanics, pt 7: The quantum century…
UCLA Engineering Faculty Receives NSF Grant to Improve Quantum Computing Chips | Source: UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. UCLA Samueli Newsroom UCLA Engineering Faculty Receives NSF Grant to Improve Quantum Computing Chips…
Patent portfolio progress update | Source: Archer Materials, Ltd.. Dr Mohammad Choucair Patent portfolio progress update…
Scientists have built this ultrafast laser-powered random number generator | Using a single, chip-scale laser, scientists have managed to generate streams of completely random numbers at about 100 times the speed of the fastest random-numbers generator systems that are currently in use. Source: ZD Net. Daphne Leprince-Ringuet Scientists have built this ultrafast laser-powered random number generator…
A quantum internet is closer to reality, thanks to this switch | Source: Purdue University News. Kayla Wiles A quantum internet is closer to reality, thanks to this switch…
Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips | Source: KTH Royal Institute of Technology. David Callahan Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips…
Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Q-CTRL’s Quantum-Based Technologies | Source: SEVEN SISTERS. Rebecca Atkinson Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Q-CTRL’s Quantum-Based Technologies…
Researchers realize quantum communications milestone using light | Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scott S. Jones Researchers realize quantum communications milestone using light…
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Scalable IoT Security Enabled by EPS Global and Crypto Quantique Strategic Partnership | EPS Global, a world-leading provider of IC programming and secure provisioning services, and Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the internet of things (IoT), today announced a strategic partnership which will enable their joint customers to deploy secure IoT applications at scale. Source: EE Journal. EE Journal Scalable IoT Security Enabled by EPS Global and Crypto Quantique Strategic Partnership…
Science & Research
Scientists probe electronic angular momentum to a chemical reaction for the first time | A chemical reaction can be understood in detail at the quantum state-resolved level, through a combined study of molecular crossed beam experiments and theoretical quantum molecular reaction dynamics simulations. Source: EurekAlert! Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Scientists probe electronic angular momentum to a chemical reaction for the first time…
A quantum computer just solved a decades-old problem three million times faster than a classical computer | Scientists from quantum computing company D-Wave have demonstrated that, using a method called quantum annealing, they could simulate some materials up to three million times faster than it would take with corresponding classical methods. Source: ZD Net. Daphne Leprince-Ringuet A quantum computer just solved a decades-old problem three million times faster than a classical computer…
Virginia Tech researchers receive cybersecurity research collaboration grants from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative | Led by Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative’s (CCI) Southwest Virginia node received eight multidisciplinary grants to advance the field in research areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and automated systems, paving the way for additional extramural funding. Twenty-seven cybersecurity research collaboration grants funded cyber research initiatives across Virginia, totaling more than $4 million. Source: VIRGINIA TECH DAILY. Michele McDonald Virginia Tech researchers receive cybersecurity research collaboration grants from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative…
Algorithms & Software
Coding for Qubits: How to Program in Quantum Computer Assembly Language | Source: IEEE Spectrum. W. Wayt Gibbs Coding for Qubits: How to Program in Quantum Computer Assembly Language…
Government & Policy
Algorithmic Warfare: Spending on Quantum Tech on the Upswing | Source: National DEFENSE. Yasmin Tadjdeh Algorithmic Warfare: Spending on Quantum Tech on the Upswing…
Could quantum computers fix political polls? | You and I are being continually surveyed. We reveal information about ourselves with astonishingly little resistance. Social media has made many of us into veritable slot machines for our own personal data. We’re fed a little token of encouragement that someone may yet like us, our arm is gently pulled, and we disgorge something we hope people will find valuable enough for commencing small talk. What personal facts, real or trivial, we do end up disclosing — perhaps unwittingly — immediately undergo unceasing analysis. The inferences these analyses draw about us as people are being aggregated, baselined, composited, deliberated, and profiled. What we like, who we like, what we say we think, and what we think we say all form patterns. We just don’t know what the patterns mean yet. Source: ZD Net. Scott Fulton III Could quantum computers fix political polls?
U.S. Holds Slim Edge over China in Artificial Intelligence, Former Google Chairman Says | Testifying Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Eric Schmidt, former chairman of Google, said the United States needs to maintain a five to 10-year advantage over its “pacing competitor” in AI and other high technology fields like quantum computing. Source: USNI News. John Grady U.S. Holds Slim Edge over China in Artificial Intelligence, Former Google Chairman Says…
TSU joins nation’s first quantum education and research initiative through partnership with tech giant IBM | Tennessee State University says it looks forward to students being on the cutting edge of technology in the fields of finance, digital manufacturing, and military affairs now that the institution is a member of the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center. TSU announced today that it has joined the nation’s first quantum education and research initiative for historically black colleges and universities. The aim of the center is to help students and faculty build skills in quantum computing and increase diversity and inclusion in the field. Source: Tennessee State University. TSU TSU joins nation’s first quantum education and research initiative through partnership with tech giant IBM…
Here’s why the deep-tech scene in Ireland is thriving | With its combination of academic excellence, research labs, and world-leading technology companies, Ireland makes for a thriving place for deep tech – a term that refers to scientific or engineering advances in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and IoT (internet of things). Source: Markets Insider. Markets Insider Here’s why the deep-tech scene in Ireland is thriving…
