The Week in Quantum Computing - September 20th
Issue #54
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
Graphene and quantum is not just two hype words together, but the beginning of a great friendship. Quantum Machines hits the gas pedal. Nice publications from CQ If Quantum Computers live in a pure probabilistic world, probably problems that rely on probabilistic simulation can see advantage (Montecarlo ahoy!). Big week for communications as well, both on cable and over the air: in China, UK and US.
OpenQASM (one of the many the quantum assemblers) starts a steering commitee beyond IBM. And your weekly dose of hype infusing investment news. Jobs to be created and money to be invested.
By @quantumfyed
The Quote of the Week
"One lesson from the humanities and the arts is that there are many paths to the truth, not just science and experiments"
John Bargh - Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, and Professor of Management at Yale University.
Featured Content
The Summary of the Week
Atomically-Thin, Twisted Graphene Has Unique Properties That Could Advance Quantum Computing
Researchers describe how electrons move through two-dimensional layered graphene, findings that could lead to advances in the design of future quantum computing platforms.
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September 13, 2021 at 08:30AM
Quantum Machines $50 Million Funding Round Signals Quantum Computing Growing Up
Israeli startup Quantum Machines has raised $50 million in a Series B round of funding, bringing its total funding to date to $73 million.
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September 13, 2021 at 08:30PM
Investors bet on the technologically unproven field of quantum computing
Scientists and engineers are still toiling in labs in a race to develop quantum computers that would significantly outperform traditional computers. But that isn't holding venture capitalists back.
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September 13, 2021 at 10:30PM
Every Classical Sampling Circuit is a Quantum Sampling Circuit
This note introduces “Q-marginals”, which are quantum states encoding some probability distribution in a manner suitable for use in Quantum Monte Carlo Integration (QMCI), and shows that these can be prepared directly from a classical circuit sampling for the probability distribution of interest. This result is important as the quantum advantage in Monte Carlo integration is in the form of a reduction in the number of uses of a quantum state encoding the probability distribution (in QMCI) relative to the number of samples that would be required in classical MCI — hence it only translates into a computational advantage if the number of operations required to prepare this quantum state encoding the probability distribution is comparable to the number of operations required to generate a classical sample (as the Q-marginal construction achieves).
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September 14, 2021 at 02:30PM
BT conducts world's first trial of quantum-secure communications over hollow core fibre cable
BT Group is the UK’s leading telecommunications and network provider and a leading provider of global communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries.
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September 14, 2021 at 02:30PM
Crypta Labs develops the world's first space compliant Quantum Random Number Generator for UKRI and the UK Space Agency
Crypta Labs is proud to announce the successful conclusion of our Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) for use in the Low Earth Orbit environment project, conducted alongside the University of Southampton as part of the Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology (SPRINT), funded by the U
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September 14, 2021 at 07:30PM
Quantum Computer Market Headed to $830M in 2024
What is one to make of the quantum computing market? Energized (lots of funding) but still chaotic and advancing in unpredictable ways (e.g. competing qubit technologies), the quantum computing landscape is transforming at a blurring rate.
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September 14, 2021 at 07:30PM
Accenture and IonQ Collaborate to Accelerate Quantum Computing into the Enterprise
Accenture and IonQ Collaborate to Accelerate Quantum Computing into the Enterprise Multi-year, strategic relationship to help enterprises explore how quantum computing will transform their businesses and industries NEW YORK; Sept.
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September 15, 2021 at 08:30AM
Big Boom In Quantum Computing Technologies Market With A Growing CACR During 202 : 026 : QxBranch, Inc.,Intel Corporation,Rigetti & Co, Inc.,QRA Corp,D-Wave Systems Inc
This report on the Global Quantum Computing Technologies MARKET is the latest released report providing a detailed analysis of the Quantum Computing Technologies industry. It provides an insight into the overall structure of the market, its strengths and weaknesses and factors contributing to each.
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September 15, 2021 at 11:30AM
Introducing a Technical Steering Committee for OpenQASM
In December of 2020, the Qiskit team announced OpenQASM3, the next version of the OpenQASM language that allows for the expressing a broader family of quantum circuits. In particular, OpenQASM allows for dynamic circuits that blend quantum operations with classical computations.
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September 15, 2021 at 08:30PM
The Quantum Technology Industry Is Creating Entirely New Jobs
One of the success stories in modern science is the emergence of a fledgling industry exploiting the weird and wonderful properties of the quantum world.
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September 16, 2021 at 08:30AM
City-wide quantum data network in China is the largest ever built
A city-wide quantum communications network in Hefei, China, that has been running for almost three years is the largest demonstration to date of how a future quantum internet might work.