The Week in Quantum Computing - September 13th
Issue #53
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by The Quantum World Association and Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
Besides the $50M for Quantum Machines last week, Arqit went public officially. An amazing paper by Marco Pistoia and team on the state of the art of Quantum for Finance was released. Qubits were thought to be monogamous but a new breakthrough has achieved triple entanglement which could have potential implications for the whole quantum information field.
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By @quantumfyed
The Quote of the Week
Quote of the day: "I always repeat: read, read, read"
Nadine Gordimer - writer and activist. Nobel prize in literature laureate.
The Summary of the Week
Qubit-efficient entanglement spectroscopy using qubit resets
In the near- to medium-term, during the so-called Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era, quantum devices don’t have many qubits and can’t stay coherent for long.
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September 06, 2021 at 07:30AM
Empowering Quantum Jobs: Top Five Skills For Quantum Coding That Will Be In Demand
Over the past couple of years, there has been a significant interest in Quantum Computing and the areas in which this technology can be used.
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September 06, 2021 at 01:30PM
Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment
Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that is building the classical hardware and software infrastructure to help run quantum machines, announced a $50 million Series B investment today.
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September 06, 2021 at 04:30PM
AWS researcher merges the power of two quantum computers to help make cryptography keys stronger
Amazon's research scientist Mario Berta put together Rigetti's and IonQ's quantum processors, which are both available through the company's cloud-based quantum computing services, to generate random numbers that are the basis of cryptography keys. SEE: Innovation is hard.
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September 06, 2021 at 05:30PM
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Entanglement of Three Spin Qubits Achieved in Silicon
An all-RIKEN team has increased the number of silicon-based spin qubits that can be entangled from two to three, highlighting the potential of spin qubits for realizing multi-qubit quantum algorithms.
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September 06, 2021 at 11:30PM
Paper: Medical image classification via quantum neural networks
Machine Learning provides powerful tools for a variety of applications, including disease diagnosis through medical image classification. In recent years, quantum machine learning techniques have been put forward as a way to potentially enhance performance in machine learning applications, both through quantum algorithms for linear algebra and quantum neural networks. In this work, we study two different quantum neural network techniques for medical image classification: first by employing quantum circuits in training of classical neural networks, and second, by designing and training quantum orthogonal neural networks. We benchmark our techniques on two different imaging modalities, retinal color fundus images and chest X-rays. The results show the promises of such techniques and the limitations of current quantum hardware.
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September 07, 2021 at 01:30PM
One Lab’s Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles
For over two decades, physicists have pondered how the fabric of space-time may emerge from some kind of quantum entanglement. In Monika Schleier-Smith’s lab at Stanford University, the thought experiment is becoming real.
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September 07, 2021 at 11:33PM
Tutorial 13. Interactive -- Harmonic Oscillator in 1D
Learning objectives Try the interactive python code to plot the wave function of Harmonic Oscillator (1D). Play with the different parameters and try answering the questions asked at the end of this tutorial.
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September 08, 2021 at 08:30AM
UVA Research Group Opens a Path Toward Quantum Computing in Real-world Conditions
The quantum computing market is projected to reach $65 billion by 2030, a hot topic for investors and scientists alike because of its potential to solve incomprehensibly complex problems. Drug discovery is one example.
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September 08, 2021 at 07:30PM
Quantum Computing: Triple Qubit Entanglement Achieved in Research Breakthrough
Researchers with the Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have demonstrated a triple-qubit, silicon-based quantum computing mechanism - opening up the road for increased scalability beyond a mere increment in total qubits on a given system.
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September 09, 2021 at 05:30AM
QSI Seminar: Sukin Sim, Zapata Computing, Boston, USA
How to improve the relative performance of variational algorithms, with strategies for initializing and optimizing larger parameterized quantum circuits. TITLE: Pushing the capabilities of variational quantum algorithm TOPIC: Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers (NISQ) SPEAKER: Dr Sukin (Han
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Researchers developed world's smallest chip for beta quantum random number generators
SEOUL -- Researchers from South Korea's two leading state research bodies have developed a core chip for quantum random number generators that provide true random numbers at high speed to fundamentally prevent hacking.
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September 09, 2021 at 05:30PM
How Horizon Plans To Bring Quantum Computing Out Of The Shadows
Breakthroughs in quantum computing keep coming – the latest quantum processor designed by Google has solved a complex mathematical calculation in less than four minutes; the most advanced conventional computers would require 10,000 years to get to an answer.
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September 10, 2021 at 01:30PM
Robust storage qubits in ultracold polar molecules
Quantum states with long-lived coherence are essential for quantum computation, simulation and metrology. The nuclear spin states of ultracold molecules prepared in the singlet rovibrational ground state are an excellent candidate for encoding and storing quantum information.
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September 10, 2021 at 01:30PM
There's been another huge quantum computing breakthrough
Researchers at Japan’s Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science have achieved a major step forward in increasing the scalability of quantum computers.
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September 10, 2021 at 05:30PM
Quantum computers could be a weapon against climate change, but maybe not in the way you expect
Unlike the classical computers that we are most familiar with, quantum computers are built to leverage the strange laws of quantum physics.
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September 10, 2021 at 05:30PM
Big Blue's quantum rainmaker jumps to room-temp diamond quantum accelerator company
IBM's Quantum Ambassador for EMEA and Asia-Pacific – a business development role – has jumped to a little-known startup called Quantum Brilliance that believes it can bring diamond-powered quantum accelerators into conventional computers within five years.
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September 10, 2021 at 08:30PM
Paper: Quantum Machine Learning for Finance
Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical computers during this decade, and achieve disruptive impact on numerous industry sectors, particularly finance. In fact, finance is estimated to be the first industry sector to benefit from Quantum Computing not only in the medium and long terms, but even in the short term. This review paper presents the state of the art of quantum algorithms for financial applications, with particular focus to those use cases that can be solved via Machine Learning.