Institutions include Aalto University, University of
Turku, University of the Basque
Country, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory,
University of Innsbruck, EPFL, Chalmers University of
Technology, ETH Zurich, and Saarland University
LAUSANNE, Switzerland,
July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM
(NYSE: IBM) announced today at the World Conference of Science
Journalists the expansion of the IBM Q Network™ in Europe to include additional universities and
an international research organization. These institutions are
collaborating with IBM QTM to accelerate joint research
in quantum computing and develop curricula to help train students
for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing,
across science and business.
The IBM Q Network is a global community of
forward-thinking companies, academic institutions, startups and
research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing and
foster a growing ecosystem.
As IBM Q Network partners, Aalto University, University of
Turku, EPFL, University of the
Basque Country and The International Iberian Nanotechnology
Laboratory will have direct access to IBM Q Network resources and
access to the IBM Q Experience™'s publicly available quantum
computing systems for teaching, as well as faculty and student
research projects that advance quantum information science and
explore early applications.
Examples of future direction of quantum computing application
research and exploration by these universities include:
Aalto University (Finland): The university plans to
work with IBM researchers to extend the quantum computing ecosystem
in Finland. This intended
collaboration in education, outreach and science will strengthen
Aalto's capabilities as a center of excellence in quantum
computing.
University of Turku
(Finland): The university
plans to investigate quantum computation and simulation
research, as well as use the IBM Q Experience for outreach and
specialized education focused on quantum algorithms, quantum
and classical programming, and fundamental quantum physics.
EPFL (Switzerland): The university plans to
target the creation of a broad community of researchers, innovators
and educators in quantum science and engineering via a strong
collaboration with the IBM Q Network. EPFL intends that students
and researchers will contribute to scientific progress in quantum
computation, sensing and communications, as part of an
Edge-to-Cloud Digital Technology thrust. Moreover, advances in
quantum engineering and science will be reflected in future EPFL
Digital Educational curricula.
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain): A leading university on
quantum research in Spain, UPV/EHU
plans to work with IBM Q to promote the quantum ecosystem in
Spain. A series of highly
interdisciplinary events such as conferences, hackathons and
lectures are being planned for community building and to identify
promising new routes towards practical quantum applications.
The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL,
Portugal/Spain): INL plans to promote the
collaboration with the IBM Q Network in the field of quantum
science, technology and computing. As a first step, INL will work
towards generating awareness of quantum computing's near-term
potential among relevant stakeholders from education, business and
science.
University of Innsbruck (Austria): The university plans to
work with the IBM Q Network on its quantum-related experimental and
theoretical research, including quantum algorithms and quantum
computing, quantum optimization, simulations, quantum networks and
many more areas.
Additionally, ETH Zurich, Chalmers University of Technology, and
Saarland University will collaborate on joint research with the IBM
Q Network to advance the foundational science, technology, and
software required to enable more capable quantum systems.
Examples of future joint-research collaborations include:
Swiss Federal institute of
Technology in Zurich (ETH
Zurich, Switzerland): ETH
Zurich plans to work with IBM Q to explore how quantum computing
may be used to advance the scientific understanding in chemistry,
physics, machine learning, and optimization, including new quantum
algorithms for the efficient calculation of the electronic
structure of molecules and the simulation of the static and dynamic
properties of relativistic field theory models on a lattice. In
addition, the university intends to study quantum algorithms for
combinatorial optimization, distribution learning, classification,
and efficient simulation of stochastic models, for potential
applications in finance and logistics.
Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden): Home of the Wallenberg Center for
Quantum Technology (WACQT), the university plans to work with IBM Q
to explore how quantum computing can be utilized to increase its
knowledge on chemicals and reaction processes. This intended
collaboration also includes education and outreach activities to
contribute to the rapidly growing quantum community in Sweden.
Saarland University (Germany): The university plans to
work with IBM Q to train its quantum engineering students. Saarland
also intends to collaborate with IBM in research in the field of
quantum control theory and practice – the firmware for quantum
computers.
"Developing quantum computing skills and expertise throughout
the world is what will lead to the discovery of applications that
drive breakthroughs in business and science," said Walter Riess, IBM Q Europe lead, IBM Research.
"The collaboration in plan with these academic and research leaders
in Europe is vital to how we will
grow a 'quantum ready' ecosystem of scientists, professors,
developers, and students."
The IBM Q Network also announced last month that Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) established an IBM Q
Hub in Spain. And this September, IBM's lab in Zurich will host a Qiskit™ Camp to give
developers, researchers, and students an immersive learning
experience with the publicly available IBM Q Experience, and
the full-stack open source Qiskit quantum software framework. For
more about this Qiskit Camp,
visit: https://community.qiskit.org/events/europe/
The IBM Q Network provides more than 60 organizations across the
globe with quantum expertise and resources, cloud-based quantum
software and developer tools, as well as IBM Q Experience access to
IBM's publicly available or, for those who have contracted for
premium access rights, IBM's most advanced, commercially available
and scalable approximate universal quantum computing systems.
In addition, the IBM Q Experience now supports more
than 140,000 users, who have run more than 10 million experiments
and published more than 170 third-party research papers. Developers
have also downloaded Qiskit more than 210,000 times to create
and run quantum computing programs.
For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full
list of all partners, members, and hubs,
visit https://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/network/
About IBM Q
IBM Q is the world's most advanced quantum computing initiative,
focused on propelling the science and pioneering commercial
applications for quantum advantage. For more information about
IBM's quantum computing efforts, please
visit www.ibm.com/ibmq
IBM Q Network™, Qiskit™, IBM Q Experience™, and IBM Q™ are
trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
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