The Week in Quantum Computing - February 7th
Issue #73
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
The Quote of the Week
"The theory of probability suffers at the present time from the existence of several different points of view, whose relations to one another have apparently never been adequately discussed"
Dorothy Maud Wrinch - mathematician and biochemical theorist.
The Week in Quantum Computing
Last week we saw 99% accuracy on Silicon chips, this one quantum states kept for 5 seconds. That is a BIG deal since one of the bottlenecks we have today is how long our circuits can run for, limiting the size and complexity of the problems we tackle.
IBM / Qiskit releases their summer school QML course as a great introduction for anyone who wants to get in the field and has some hours to spare. A few pieces on the European ecosystem, unicorns and how VCs are pouring blind money into the industry, while thought of a “Quantum Winter” start to appear. A brilliant peace on quantum for sustainability and a fantastic initiative called “The Analyst Roundtable” putting together some of the best heads in quantum strategy to talk about the future.
Video: What A Personal Quantum Computer Could Do For You, w Stephen Fry
A brilliant AI robot dance, quantum silicon & the metaverse. Voiced by Stephen Fry Thanks to Quantum Motion for supporting the video
Early adoption of ethical quantum technologies
The Quantum Computing Governance Principles will accelerate the benefits of future quantum technologies while mitigating the potential challenges.
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January 31, 2022 at 10:30AM
A new method for quantum computing
The researchers work at QuSoft and the Institute of Physics in the groups of Rene Gerritsma and Arghavan Safavi-Naini. The effort, which was led by the PhD candidate Matteo Mazzanti, combines two important ingredients.
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January 31, 2022 at 10:30AM
Europe ready to unveil sovereign broadband constellation plan
TAMPA, Fla. — The European Commission will unveil the architecture for its proposed satellite broadband constellation “in a few weeks,” the European Union commissioner in charge of space policy said Jan. 25.
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January 31, 2022 at 05:30PM
Video: The Analyst Roundtable | Exploring Quantum Tech globally
'The Analyst Roundtable' brings together Doug Finke, David Shaw, Shahin Khan, James Sanders and André M. König to explore the latest news in quantum tech globally, take a deep dive into a current topic and catch up on our predictions for quantum computing. #quantumiscoming
We’re Releasing a Free, Hands-On Quantum Machine Learning Course Online
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February 01, 2022 at 07:30AM
A realistic outlook for quantum computing in the enterprise
Progress in the field is closely tied to the amount of qubits (the basic units of quantum information) engineers manage to get to work in concert. A thousand logical qubits is thought to be the minimum for doing any meaningful, but you need a million physical qubits to have 1,000 logical ones.
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February 01, 2022 at 02:30PM
Apocalyptic posts are the price of mass awareness for Quantum Computing
If you have sensed a little bit of a backlash lately against quantum computing in the general media, you’re not the only one.
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February 01, 2022 at 06:30PM
Quantum Tech 2022: A Stampede Of Unicorns Is Headed For Your Industry
Technologies based on the fundamental properties of quantum mechanics will revolutionize industries, changing business models forever. The European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) is developing its Quantum Strategic Industry Roadmap, which nets out the promises of quantum computing, quantum communications, quantum sensing, and enabling technologies, spotlighting which industries could benefit most.
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February 01, 2022 at 09:30PM
Tiger Global participates in quantum advantage software maker Algorithmiq’s $4 million seed round
Finland’s quantum-computing-based software developer Algorithmiq has raised $4 million in a seed funding round. The capital will be used to further the company’s mission to develop noise-resilient quantum algorithms for a wide range of practical applications, starting with drug development.
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February 02, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum Technologies x Climate Crisis: A Thesis
We write this piece very hesitantly. Though filled with enthusiasm & optimism, we’ve felt an urge to provide clarity to this intersection between quantum and climate, as those who have specific knowledge in both domains is few.
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February 02, 2022 at 11:30AM
Quantum Brilliance, to spearhead the ‘Deutsche Brilliance’ research project with a $22.5 million budget
The Australian-German manufacturer of innovative quantum computing hardware, Quantum Brilliance, established in 2019 will lead the “Deutsche Brilliance’ Research project, an initiative on developing new techniques for the fabrication of high-performance quantum microprocessors.
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February 02, 2022 at 01:30PM
The Race to Build a Fault-Tolerant Superconducting Quantum Computer
Quantum computers are theoretically far more powerful than classical computers on important tasks such as investigating novel battery designs or discovering new drugs, but they are currently too error prone for practical use. Now Amazon, Google, IBM, and others are pursuing a bevy of innovative strategies to develop fault-tolerant quantum computers based on superconducting circuits.
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February 03, 2022 at 10:30AM
Researchers set record by preserving quantum states for more than 5 seconds
The chips used in the experiment are made from silicon carbide, an inexpensive and commonly used material.
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February 03, 2022 at 03:30PM
How Big Does Your Quantum Computer Need To Be To Break Bitcoin Encryption or Simulate Molecules?
Quantum computers are expected to be disruptive and potentially impact many industry sectors. So researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands decided to explore two very different quantum problems: breaking the encryption of Bitcoin (a digital currency) and simulating the molecule responsible for biological nitrogen fixation.
In AVS Quantum Science, from AIP Publishing, the researchers describe a tool they created to determine how big a quantum computer needs to be to solve problems like these and how long it will take.
Link: https://scitechdaily.com/how-big-does-your-quantum-computer-need-to-be-to-break-bitcoin-encryption-or-simulate-molecules/
February 04, 2022 at 07:30AM
UK opens up £6m quantum technology competition
The aim of the Commercialising quantum technologies challenge is to boost the development of systems in connectivity, sensing, positioning, navigation and timing as well as quantum computing.
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February 04, 2022 at 10:30AM
Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup
Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together. For Valeria Saggio to boot up the computer in her former Vienna lab, she needed a special crystal, only as big as her fingernail.
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February 04, 2022 at 11:30PM
UMIQ, the Joint Quantum Software Research Unit aQuantum-UEx has been established
On February, 2, 2022 the institutional signing of the agreement establishing “UMIQ aQuantum-UEx”, the Joint Research Unit in Quantum Software of aQuantum and the University of Extremadura (UEx) took place. The signing ceremony was presided over by the Rector of the UEx, Prof.
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February 05, 2022 at 12:30PM
Applications of Quantum Computing You Might Not Know About
When people discuss the potential applications of quantum computing, the top contenders invariably include molecular simulation, machine learning, financial modeling, and optimization. However, researchers are looking into potential applications in a wide variety of other areas.
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February 05, 2022 at 12:30PM
Jian-Wei Pan: ‘The next quantum breakthrough will happen in five years’
Any leap in quantum computing multiplies the potential of a technology capable of performing calculations and simulations that are beyond the scope of current computers while facilitating the study of phenomena that have been only theoretical to date.
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February 05, 2022 at 12:30PM
Best Quantum Computing Jobs are Off-Market
At quGeeks, we definitely know that the best quantum computing jobs, and especially the senior positions, are off-market. We see that 10% of internship and engineer positions are off-market, a figure that raises up to 30% for senior engineers/scientists or sales people positions.
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February 05, 2022 at 12:30PM
The US Military Agency DARPA ONISQ Program will undergo Phase 2 and has selected Rigetti Computing to deliver its Technology
Rigetti Computing in partnership with USRA will develop quantum computers capable of solving complicated optimization problems for the DARPA phase two, through the use of its hardware, and software. The collaboration will be benchmarking against high-performance classical computers.
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February 05, 2022 at 05:30PM