The Week in Quantum Computing - November 15th
Issue #62
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
This week is about use cases, and pieces on the bridge between crypto and Quantum. Are your wallets safe? Read on!
Zapata releases ORQVIZ open source for VQAs. IonQ and Multiverse partner together, NVIDIA supercharges simulation with their chips and a couple of great videos by Google and Xanadu.
https://github.com/zapatacomputing/orqviz
The Quote of the Week
"To start a project in a new area, I recommend that you spend a year or so on foundations and figuring out how the new area fits in the scheme of things."
Jennifer Widom - Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of Stanford University School of Engineering , Fletcher Jones Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University .
The Week in Quantum Computing
Universal Quantum joins sureCore-led £6.5m consortium to unite classical and quantum chips
Innovate UK has awarded a grant of £6.5 million to a seven-member consortium led by sureCore with a remit to jointly develop advanced cryogenic semiconductor IP. This is the second grant announcement from Universal Quantum in as many days — our team will also lead a £7.
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November 07, 2021 at 09:30AM
Rigetti Awarded Department of Energy Contract to Develop Quantum Simulation for Fusion Energy
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, has been selected to lead a quantum simulation project for fusion energy awarded by the Department of Energy (DoE).
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November 07, 2021 at 11:30AM
QuantumPath® in the quantum computing technology landscape
Quantum computing will lead to a profound computing revolution significantly disrupting the established business models and redefining entire industries [1]. In fact, there are several areas where quantum computing applications may prove useful such as optimization, artificial intelligence and machine learning, factoring large numbers, chemistry, and fundamental science [2].
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November 08, 2021 at 11:30AM
KETS Quantum Security Announces Participation in $12.1M 'Quantum Data Centre of the Future' Project
Nov. 5, 2021 — KETS Quantum Security is part of a £9M ($12.1M) Quantum Data Centre of the Future project, funded by UKRI who have announced £50M ($67M) in funding for UK quantum industrial projects.
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November 08, 2021 at 07:45PM
Quantum will turbocharge R&D in multiple industries
Health care and life sciences. The application of quantum computers to health care and life sciences R&D is poised to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
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November 08, 2021 at 10:32PM
Scalable Mitigation of Measurement Errors on Quantum Computers
The rapid development and deployment of quantum computing systems has brought us ever closer to the goal of reaching quantum advantage; the point at which executing one of more tasks on a quantum computer provides tangible benefits over classical computation methods.
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November 09, 2021 at 08:30AM
Video: How to Build a Quantum Computer with One Million Qubits
Building a quantum computer with one million qubits is one of this decade's biggest technological challenges. While all the details are far from solved, here we give a big picture view of what a scalable quantum computer using photonics would look like. Photonics offers two big advantages to scalin
Quantum computers to run Sydney’s transport network
Cutting edge quantum computing will run Sydney’s vast transport network in coming years under a world-first plan to use the technology that experts say can solve complex problems in seconds, rather than centuries.
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November 09, 2021 at 11:30AM
Learn how to write new quantum algorithms on quantumalgorithms.org
Have you ever tried to learn about quantum algorithms but got stranded by the lack of structured material online? We’ve got you covered. Now you can learn more about it on https://ift.tt/3gn1sv2!
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November 09, 2021 at 02:30PM
NVIDIA Teams With Google Quantum AI, IBM and Other Leaders to Speed Research in Quantum Computing
It takes a village to nurture an emerging technology, so NVIDIA is collaborating with Google Quantum AI, IBM and others to take quantum computing to the next level.
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November 09, 2021 at 03:30PM
Video: Inside the Google Quantum AI Campus | Google
Building on our achievements in quantum computing, our new research labs establish Santa Barbara as a premier destination for quantum computing. Take a tour with Erik Lucero, a member of the Quantum A.I. team at Google. To learn more please visit: https://ift.tt/3odYgnV It was f
An Investment in IonQ Is a Sign of Faith in the Scale of Next-Gen Computers
Typically, I loathe investing ideas generated from social-media communities such as “diamond hands,” or the concept that you buy shares of your target company irrespective of outside factors.
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November 10, 2021 at 02:30PM
Will Quantum Computers Burst The Bitcoin Boom?
Everyone was stunned when the new mayor of New York City Eric Adams announced he was planning to receive his first three paychecks in Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that’s been dominating the financial headlines for the past year.
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November 10, 2021 at 02:30PM
In a quantum future, our economy needs to be protected. A cybersecurity expert explains why
The privacy of online communication is currently protected by cryptography, which shields information as it travels around the internet. It secures everything from making online purchases to accessing work email remotely.
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November 10, 2021 at 05:30PM
UK's Orca Computing to head up $12m quantum data center project
London-based quantum computing firm Orca is leading a project to build the quantum-safe data center of the future, backed by £9 million ($12m) from the UK government.
Orca, along with KETS Quantum Security, will look into how quantum technology can help to integrate data centers with emerging quantum technologies. Among the benefits will be securing data against future attacks from quantum systems. It's the largest item in a £50 million ($67.8m) package of projects announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
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November 10, 2021 at 05:30PM
How a quantum-inspired algorithm changed recommendation systems.
Recommendation systems are at the core of new digital platforms and innovative products that we encounter every day. They suggest different results or options based on data, which may encode user preferences, historical data or further information such as market profitability.
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November 10, 2021 at 10:31PM
Researchers achieve first quantum simulation of baryons
With their results, the team has taken a step towards more complex quantum simulations that will allow scientists to study neutron stars, learn more about the earliest moments of the universe, and realize the revolutionary potential of quantum computers.
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November 11, 2021 at 07:30PM
Why quantum ‘utility’ should replace quantum advantage
As the quantum computing industry continues to push forward, so do the goal posts.
A long-sought objective was to attain quantum “supremacy” — demonstrating that a quantum computer could solve a calculation that no traditional computer on Earth could do — without requiring a practical benefit.
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November 12, 2021 at 02:30AM
Multiverse Computing Partners with IonQ to Unlock the Power of Quantum Computing for Global Financial Companies
SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Multiverse Computing today announced a partnership with IonQ, the leader in trapped-ion quantum computing, which will enable financial services organizations to model risk more accurately and quickly than ever before using the IonQ Quantum Cloud platform withi
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November 12, 2021 at 08:30AM
Legend Capital Leads TuringQ's Pre-A Funding
HONG KONG, Nov 12, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - On November 10th, TuringQ, China's first photonic quantum computing company, announced its completion of a pre-A round of financing of several hundred million yuan, led by Legend Capital.
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November 12, 2021 at 10:30AM
IQM Quantum Computers opens a new fabrication facility in Finland.
This advanced manufacturing facility, dedicated to quantum processors will accelerate R&D and innovation and support the growing global demand. Finland-based IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) has opened a dedicated fabrication facility to design, research, and manufacture its quantum processors.
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November 12, 2021 at 08:32PM
New energy sector quantum computing use cases
Two energy sector use cases are being supported in the latest funding round for quantum industrial projects in the UK. These are focussed respectively on gas leak detection and the development of offshore wind energy among other marine applications.
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November 12, 2021 at 10:30PM
Cryptocurrency faces a quantum computing problem
Cryptocurrencies hold the potential to change finance, eliminating middlemen and bringing accounts to millions of unbanked people around the world. Quantum computers could upend the way pharmaceuticals and materials are designed by bringing their extraordinary power to the process.
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November 13, 2021 at 12:30PM
Scientific Honesty And Quantum Computing’s Latest Theoretical Hurdle
Quantum computers are really in their infancy. If you created a few logic gates with tubes back in the 1930s, it would be difficult to predict all the ways we would use computers today. However, you could probably guess where at least some of the problems would lie in the future.
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November 13, 2021 at 09:30PM