The Week in Quantum Computing - January 24th
Issue #71
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
What the hell just happened this week? Are we condensing one year full of events and funding in one month? Fasten your seat belts because here we go:
Two companies raising 60M each (yeah, no dejà vu!). Atom and Terra Quantum. And a new Fund: »Black Quant« between QBN and CM-Equity. France keeps pushing while Germany premieres their first DWave annealer and Finland get serious about their ecosystem. QTEdu has published the European Competency Framework while WEF publishes their guidelines. Quantum Brilliance leads the $22,5M Deutsche Brilliance project. Read on: This last two weeks are probably setting the pace for the year.
The Quote of the Week
"Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence"
Thomas Szasz - psychiatrist. Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
The Week in Quantum Computing
New year, the Quantum Open Source Foundation releases their Wittek Prize. Congratulations to Victory Omole!
Victory Omole is the 2021 Winner of the Wittek Quantum Prize for Open Source Software for his outstanding contributions to Google’s Cirq library and other open source projects.
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Video:
Quantum Technology Recap: Key Highlights from 2021
2021 has been quite an excellent year for Quantum Technology enthusiasts. The year has been full of revolutionary breakthroughs and some setbacks in the field. Since there is a lot to cover, let’s revisit them quarterly.
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January 17, 2022 at 08:30AM
Quantum Software Outlook 2022
The quantum revolution relies on much more than just building a new form of computing hardware. Innovative quantum algorithms are equally important, so making these easier to develop and deploy for real business applications will be a central concern. Finding the right framework to cast such maths into program form is also key, but the circuits of gate-model quantum computing and quantum annealing solvers aren’t the only games in town. Error correction is a key part of the quantum story and also needs to find its place. At the lowest level qubits require analogue control, itself a rich seam of challenge and opportunity. There is no layer in the quantum stack that doesn’t deserve our close attention.
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January 17, 2022 at 12:30PM
The first global hybrid Quantum Cloud is online
Technology is developing ever faster, and efficient, fast and secure data processing is becoming increasingly important. Thus, the introduction of the first market-ready quantum computers is already being worked on with vigor and the establishment of such systems is imminent in the near future.
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January 17, 2022 at 07:30PM
A major project brings together Finnish industry and research for quantum technology development
Quantum technology is developing into a widespread field in industry. This quantum wave is motivated by the unprecedented performance improvements and paradigm shifts that the utilization of quantum phenomena can provide for computing, communication and sensing applications.
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January 18, 2022 at 08:30AM
Expanding the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies
The working group on education of the Quantum Flagship QTEdu publishes a collection of sample qualification profiles for people working in quantum technologies.
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January 18, 2022 at 08:30AM
Europe’s First Quantum Computer with More Than 5,000 Qubits Launched at Jülich
JÜLICH, 17 January 2022 – A quantum annealer with more than 5,000 qubits has been put into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
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January 18, 2022 at 10:30AM
First Quantum Computing Guidelines Launched as Investment Booms
In adapting to the coming hybrid model of classical, multi-cloud, and soon quantum computing, the Forum’s framework establishes best-practice principles and core values. These guidelines set the foundation and give rise to a new information-processing paradigm while ensuring stakeholder equity, risk mitigation, and consumer benefit.
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January 19, 2022 at 09:30AM
Will quantum computing remain the domain of the specialist VC?
Market trends are the best indicators we have to judge the maturity of the quantum industry. While they don’t perfectly reflect technological progress, they showcase investors’ willingness to write checks for the industry.
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January 19, 2022 at 04:30PM
QANplatform launches world’s first quantum-resistant ETH-compatible L1 testnet
QANplatform has launched the official testnet for a first-of-its-kind quantum-resistant Ethereum-compatible blockchain.
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January 19, 2022 at 05:30PM
How France Is Becoming a Quantum Computing Power
A year ago French president Emmanuel Macron announced plans to provide a framework for his nation's industrial and research forces to make the country a key player in the development of quantum technology. The "Quantum Plan" included an investment of €1.
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January 20, 2022 at 09:30AM
A quantum failure
Washington, it seems, has been lurching from crisis to crisis. Therefore, it's no surprise that important developments in one of the most promising emerging technologies—quantum computing—have not garnered much attention.
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January 20, 2022 at 09:30AM
Terra Quantum raises $60M for its Quantum-as-a-Service platform
Terra Quantum, a Zurich, Switzerland-based startup that aims to build a Quantum-as-a-Service platform (including, eventually, its own proprietary quantum hardware), today announced that it has raised a $60 million Series A round led by Lakestar, which also backed the company’s 2019 seed round.
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January 20, 2022 at 12:30PM
Quantum Brilliance to Lead $22.5M ‘Deutsche Brilliance’ Research Project
STUTTGART, Germany, Jan. 19, 2022 — Quantum Brilliance, a German-Australian manufacturer of innovative quantum computing hardware, today announced a joint research project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF and the University of Ulm to develop new techniques for the fabrication and control of diamond-based quantum microprocessors.
The goal of the €19.9 million ($22.5 million USD) “Deutsche Brilliance” (DE-Brill) collaboration is to solve two key challenges surrounding diamond-based quantum computers by 2025
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January 20, 2022 at 05:30PM
Paper: Quantum Neuronal Sensing of Quantum Many-Body States on a 61-Qubit Programmable Superconducting Processor
Classifying the many-body quantum states with distinct properties and phases of matter is one of the most fundamental tasks in quantum many-body physics. However, due to the exponential complexity that emerges from enormous numbers of interacting particles, classifying large-scale quantum states is often very challenging for classical approaches. Here, we propose a new approach using quantum neuronal sensing. Utilizing a 61 qubit superconducting quantum processor, we show that our scheme can efficiently classify two different types of many-body phenomena: the ergodic and localized phases of matter. The quantum neuronal process in the sensing allows us to extract the necessary information coming from the statistical characteristics of the eigenspectrum by measuring only one qubit. Our work demonstrates the feasibility and scalability of quantum neuronal sensing for near-term quantum processors and opens new avenues for exploring quantum many-body phenomena in larger-scale systems.
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January 20, 2022 at 09:30PM
What if quantum technology could solve the world’s biggest challenges?
We are truly moving the dial from science fiction to science fact, as we enter a new era of tech-led innovation encompassing AI, 5G, AR & VR, Edge computing, and more.
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January 21, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum computing is coming. Now is the right time to start getting ready
From supporting a continuing shift to the cloud to embracing data-led services, CIOs already have a jam-packed digital transformation agenda for 2022 – and now the evidence suggests they need to make room for another line item: quantum computing.
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January 21, 2022 at 09:30AM
Atom Computing Raises $60 Million Series B to Build Second-Generation Quantum Computer
Berkeley, CA — Atom Computing, the creators of the first quantum computer made of nuclear-spin qubits from optically-trapped neutral atoms, today announced closure of a $60M Series B round.
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January 21, 2022 at 02:30PM
The talent shortage in Quantum Computing
The lack of available quantum scientists and engineers may be an inhibitor to the growth of the quantum computing ecosystem. Same old story: AI, as a very nascent industry, has also faced to the same issues for years.
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January 21, 2022 at 02:30PM
QBN and CM-Equity set up €100 million Quantum Technologies Fund >>Black Quant<<
Pre-seed, seed, series A and later investments to be made in quantum technologies and quantum enabling technologies like photonics and electronics CM-Equity and Quantum Business Network (QBN) announces today the creation of a new deep tech venture fund to invest in early-stage companies and scale-up
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January 21, 2022 at 06:30PM