IBM and San Jose State Collaborating on Quantum Computing Workforce Skills

IBM and San Jose State Collaborating on Quantum Computing Workforce Skills IBM And San Jose State Partner To Advance Tech Education Excerpts and salient points ~ +  The strategic skills-based collaboration, the first of its kind on the west coast, will feature three key components on campus: IBM Academic Initiative, SJSU Technology Office, and IBM […]

Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim is Official

Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim is Official NSF statement: New development in quantum computing Full release… October 23, 2019 In Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor, in the Oct. 24 issue of the journal Nature, a team of researchers led by Google present evidence that their quantum computer has accomplished a task that existing computers […]

IDQ to Supply Quantum Key Distribution Equipment for SK Telecom’s EU Open QKD Project

IDQ to Supply Quantum Key Distribution Equipment for SK Telecom’s EU Open QKD Project SK Telecom to Build Quantum Cryptography-Based Communications Networks in Europe Excerpts and salient points ~ +  SK Telecom and its subsidiary IDQ, which joined forces a year ago, have received orders for quantum cryptography-based communication networks one after another in Europe […]

Fujitsu Project to Nurture AI, Deep Learning, and “Quantum-Inspired Computing”

Fujitsu Project to Nurture AI, Deep Learning, and “Quantum-Inspired Computing” Fujitsu, SMU and A*STAR Launch Digital Platform Experimentation Project using Quantum-Inspired Computing and Deep Learning Technology Full release… SINGAPORE, Oct 22, 2019 – (ACN Newswire) – Fujitsu Limited, the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)’s Institute of High […]

Australia’s Cyber Emergency: Lack of a High-tech Workforce

Australia’s Cyber Emergency: Lack of a High-tech Workforce Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it In brief… +  Australia’s social scientists and the intelligence agencies have a new joint role in protecting the country, but may need a more tech-savvy workforce to get there. Australia’s current […]

IBM Comments on Google’s Quantum Supremacy (or Not)

IBM Comments on Google’s Quantum Supremacy (or Not) Bringing this to our readers; recommend you read it right from the IBM research blog at the source link below. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Waiting for the Quantum Simulation Revolution In brief… +  Recent advances in quantum computing have resulted in two 53-qubit processors: one from […]

View: Quantum Computing Can Break Blockchain & AI

View: Quantum Computing Can Break Blockchain & AI Despite challenges, quantum computing can break combination of blockchain and AI Excerpts and salient points ~ +  Quantum computing will take a couple of years to advance and until then, blockchain and AI can be combined to protect information and that may be a technology path to […]

Bleximo’s Quantum Hardware + Q-CTRL’s Quantum Firmware = Quantum Computing for Industrial Applications

Bleximo’s Quantum Hardware + Q-CTRL’s Quantum Firmware = Quantum Computing for Industrial Applications Quantum Computing Startups Q-CTRL and Bleximo Enter Global Partnership Excerpts and salient points ~ +  Q-CTRL, a quantum computing startup with U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, has entered into a global partnership to power superconducting ‘quantum accelerators’ from Bleximo, a full-stack quantum […]

ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems

ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems ColdQuanta to Accelerate Commercial Deployment of Quantum Atomic Systems Points to note… +  ColdQuanta announced it has been awarded $1M from NASA’s Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP). The program will enable ColdQuanta to develop significantly smaller cold atom systems with a high level of […]

Canada: Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing Skills in High Demand, Low Supply

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Canada: Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing Skills in High Demand, Low Supply SecTor 2019: Experts say more resources needed to meet cybersecurity skills shortage Points to note… +  Governments and the private sector have to do more if Canada wants to overcome the shortage of cybersecurity talent needed to meet online threats, experts stressed during a security […]