Chicago Quantum Exchange Hosting Workforce and Research Summit Chicago Quantum Summit to gather international experts In brief… + Top experts in quantum technology from around the globe will gather at the University of Chicago on Oct. 25 to discuss the future of quantum information science […]
IBM’s Quantum Computation Center’s Role Q&A: IBM opens up quantum computing to solve ‘real problems’ Excerpts and salient points ~ + The IBM Quantum Computation Center is about moving multiple quantum computers out of the research lab, and optimizing them for businesses and academia to […]
Maryland Teens Form Quantum Computing Club Students from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, have formed a quantum computing club. Club captain Ayush Varshney, a junior at the school, indicates big plans. Aside from lectures, the club also has engaging in-school […]
IBM’s CRYSTALS May Provide Cybersecurity from Quantum Computers New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + “There are a lot of problems that cryptography is based on right now that, actually, we don’t think can be solved by normal […]
Is Quantum Computing Headed for a Quantum Winter? Well done report. Points out some of the realities to ‘hype’ and where the quantum computing business stands (or sits). Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Beyond quantum supremacy: the hunt for useful quantum computers Selected notes ~ […]
QC Ware Finds Opportunity Among Quantum Computing Competitors QC Ware launches Forge platform for easy access to quantum computing Key points… + QC Ware appears to have spotted an opportunity in what is an increasingly crowded and fragmented quantum computing landscape. Multiple firms including Google […]
Breaking Encryption Still “A Distant Hope” for Quantum Computing Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’ Isn’t the End of Encryption Excerpts and salient points ~ + Google accidentally made computer science history last week. In recent years the company has been part of an intensifying competition with rivals […]
Industry Reacts to Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim Industry reaction to Google’s quiet claim of quantum supremacy Excerpts and salient points ~ + On September 20, the Financial Times reported that a Google research paper temporarily posted online said Google’s quantum computer has reached “quantum supremacy,” […]
IBM Unveils 53-Qubit Quantum Computer at New York Quantum Computation Center Opening IBM Opens Quantum Computation Center in New York; Brings World’s Largest Fleet of Quantum Computing Systems Online, Unveils New 53-Qubit Quantum System for Broad Use Full release… ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ […]
Using Legos to Model Bigger Quantum Computers; Its About Control The key to bigger quantum computers could be to build them like Legos Key points… + The advantages of modular machines. Most researchers working on superconducting machines focus on creating as many qubits as possible […]
Spain’s CaixaBank is Testing Quantum Computing Algorithms to Assess Financial Risk CaixaBank develops the first R&D projects aimed at applying quantum computing to financial activity in Spain Selected notes ~ + CaixaBank has conducted the first real tests using a quantum computer in order to […]
Germany to Invest $700M to Move Quantum Technology from Research to Market IBM and Fraunhofer Join Forces on Quantum Computing Initiative for Germany Full release… BERLIN, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and one of Europe’s leading organization for applied research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft announced an […]
IBM Leaning Forward in Preparing Tomorrow’s Quantum Scientists and Developers IBM is building a quantum workforce. From a new online textbook for programming quantum computers, permitting real time on a quantum computing system, to creating a video series for coders, IBM is leaning forward. They […]
Quantum Computing 101 Always a good time to either learn or to review just what quantum computing is about, where it is headed, and just how malleable the way-forward may be. The full work covers a lot of area in a short span. Because Quantum […]
“Technologists, Academia, and Government” Collaboration Needed for Quantum Computing Success Quantum Computing Holds Promise for the Public Sector Excerpts and salient points ~ + Today, quantum is about to enter what many believe is its golden age, with the potential to calculate a vast number […]
Indo-French Center of Excellence in Quantum Calculation in Pun: In the Offing? Indo-French road map on cyber security and digital technology In brief… + Research, training and education: Supercomputing, quantum computing. France and India underline the fact that high performance computing is a critical part […]
IBM to Implement Quantum-safe Algorithms in the Cloud IBM Drives Quantum-Safe Cryptography Into Its Public Cloud Selected notes ~ + IBM will begin offering quantum-safe cryptography services on its public cloud beginning next year in a move toward bolstering the security of data and privacy […]
IBM Applies for Patent of “Quantum Computing Device Design” The list of claims is much longer than we are presenting here. Interesting read. Provokes some thoughts as to where IBM is heading. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. “Quantum Computing Device Design” in Patent Application Approval […]
Quantum Computing Business is Still a Family Matter Good capture of businesses and investment in quantum computing with basic 101 quantum computing throughout. Qubit. The Quantum Revolution: Decrypting the family business potential of quantum computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + So far the technology […]
IBM’s Forward Leaning History Leaves Supercomputing Setbacks Behind If you are unaware of supercomputing history, this write-up sets the background and an interesting perspective of the forward looking strategy IBM holds to. Worth the quick read. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. IBM and the Past, […]
To Be In a Quantum-ready World Means What? What happens when cyber attackers reach quantum-advantage? Points to note… + Moore says that the long and short of it is that all data encrypted with legacy cryptography would be “at risk”. There is this “storm coming […]
Accepting ‘Quantum Volume’ as a Metric for Quantum Computers Why quantum volume is vital for plotting the path to quantum advantage Key points… + Measuring the computational ability of quantum computers is—as is anything involving quantum systems—a complex problem. Counting the number of qubits in […]
Building the U.S. Quantum Industry U.S. Consortium Pulls Ecosystem Into Quantum Selected notes ~ + The U.S. government is fostering the idea of quantum computing as a nascent industry on a typical technology trajectory—one that the U.S. wants to dominate. The National Quantum Initiative Act […]
More on LANL’s Quantum Computing Summer School Preparing the quantum workforce of the future Excerpts and salient points ~ + From faster financial analysis to better medicine for cancer treatment, quantum computers could solve bigger problems much faster than classical computers. The school also brings […]
IBM Powering Up Cybersecurity Against Quantum Computing Prepare for Future Security Threats Selected notes ~ + No longer can you store and secure all of your data on a single server like you could 20 years ago. We’re in the era of cloud, the Internet […]
Dominating the Value Chain is Great when Technology is Static. What’s Your Strategy for the 4th Industrial Revolution? How To Build An Ecosystem Strategy Points to note… + Today, rather than looking to dominate value chains, [IBM] seeks to widen and deepen connections with research […]
Monte Carlo Simulations on IBM’s Qubits; Financial Applications One possible application of quantum computers is that of calculating the result of computation with voluminous and complicated financial data sets. Take the largest investment firms, for example. From a collection of mutual funds and the accompanying […]
Today’s Cybersecurity to Become Obsolete with Advent of Quantum Computing? Not entirely. It will expose today’s encrypted materials. Because quantum is coming. Qubit Why quantum computing could make today’s cybersecurity obsolete Excerpts and salient points ~ + Encryption provides the security and privacy for our […]
Update to the 7 “Best” Quantum Computing Stocks Seeing past the investment potential of these companies, this recap has some insight as to what the largest companies are doing toward quantum computing. Nokia is a bit under-the-radar and has an interesting mention in the piece. […]
U.S Air Force Adds IBM Q Network… or IBM Q Network Adds U.S. Air Force (?) AFRL, IBM to pioneer Quantum Information Technology for DOD Excerpts and salient points ~ + The Air Force Research Laboratory is breaking new ground in their efforts to partner […]
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. […]
Collaboration Among All Nations Will Push Quantum Computing Experts Cite Need for International Collaboration to Advance Quantum Computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + President Trump signed a law in December to authorize $1.2 billion in funding for quantum computing research and development over the next five years. “What […]
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. […]
IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa Full release. Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q Network. IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum […]
IBM’s Quantum Computing Outreach is for Its Survival How to Build an Ecosystem Strategy… Excerpts and salient points ~ + By 1980, IBM had hit an inflection point. It had already missed out on the minicomputer revolution. Now, with new, even smaller “microcomputers” evolving into […]
Getting the U.S. Involved in QIS; “No time like the present.” Quantum Connection Investment levels both at home and abroad will dictate the speed to solution in terms of creating working quantum communication networks and, by extension, a true quantum Internet…the EU and China have […]
Middle East, Quantum Computing, and FOMO The Gulf embraces quantum power Excerpts and salient points ~ + Universities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have already launched quantum computing research groups to help cultivate homegrown knowledge of the technology that is set to transform […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sobering Up Before Taking the Quantum Leap Quantum computing is one of the centers of gravity in leading edge technology today. There’s much in the media which is fausses nouvelles; quantum computing not to be excluded. Keeping quantum computing in perspective, help yourself shake out […]
Fujitsu’s Q is True Fujitsu is developing a “real quantum computer” the head of the company’s research lab has revealed. Hirotaka Hara, director of Fujitsu Laboratories, told Computerworld that the company is working with a number of research groups to develop a “true” quantum machine. […]
Honeywell’s Quantum Leap: “As good as or better than…” Honeywell International Inc. threw down the gauntlet to Google and IBM in the race to create a new kind of supercomputer, announcing its own breakthrough in the arcane world of quantum mechanics. “We have a very […]
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 […]
IDQ Reviews Quantum Computing Industry for Q1 2019. On April 30, ID Quantique issued its review of first quarter quantum computing. IBM, D-Wave, and IDQ’s own quantum key distribution and random number generator made the review. Got a minute? It’s all it takes for the […]
Barclays, JP Morgan Chase; Barking at and Chasing Quantum Computing for the Financial Leap Ahead. Numerous aspects to quantum computing’s presumed sooner-than-later arrival on the financial services computing scene are discussed in this thorough read. Qubit. Quantum on the money: fintech is banking on the […]
Big Data and Predictive Analytics Invigorate QxBranch, Quantum Computing Startup. QxBranch. In 2012, Shaun Wilson and Michael Brett were designing aerospace simulation software. On one particular project, Lockheed Martin’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Ned Allen, mentioned that it had just acquired an early quantum computer from […]
IBM Gobbles Up Another University: University of Louisville The University of Louisville and IBM announced a partnership that includes the establishment of an IBM Skills Academy focused on digital learning and technology skills. It will be housed in the newly-created Center for Digital Transformation in […]