The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM Plan to Launch New Discovery Accelerator Institute | IBM and The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plan to launch a large-scale collaboration designed to increase access to technology education and skill development, and to combine the strengths of academia and the industrial sector to spur breakthroughs in emerging areas of technology. Specifically, the planned collaboration will focus on the rapidly growing areas of hybrid cloud and AI, quantum information science and technology, accelerated materials discovery, and sustainability to accelerate the discovery of solutions to complex global challenges. Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PR Newswire). The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM Plan to Launch New Discovery Accelerator Institute…
DOD asks for $112B in R&D funding in budget request | Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers Thursday that the budget announced Friday would have “the largest ever request for [research, development, test and evaluation] for the development of technologies.” + “Our effort is to make sure that we have the ability to leverage quantum computing, AI [and] space-based platforms,” he told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. He added the funding was also to ensure that the DOD could “not just leverage these capabilities but network these capabilities in ways they have never been networked.” Source: FEDSCOOP. DOD asks for $112B in R&D funding in budget request…
Council agreement secures EU financing of high performance computing | The Council today agreed on a general approach on the proposed regulation establishing the European High Performance Computing joint undertaking. The draft regulation, which replaces the existing one, has been aligned to the EU’s multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027, thus making it possible for the joint undertaking to use funding from EU programmes, such as Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and the Connecting Europe Facility. In addition, it takes into account recent technological developments, such as quantum computing. Source: European Council Council of the European Union. Council agreement secures EU financing of high performance computing…
IIT Madras to collaborate with IBM on quantum computing | Indian Institute of Technology Madras announced its collaboration with IBM on education and research for quantum computing. The collaboration is anticipated to accelerate the two organization’s collaborative research in quantum computing, enhancing curricula to prepare the future workforce. India is expected to provide the students and spaces with IBM providing the systems and resources needed by all participants. Source: Economic Times. IIT Madras to collaborate with IBM on quantum computing…
NSW offers $24m in grants for businesses to solve five big problems | Australia’s New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian to announce to boost in funding to take ‘great research and translate it into something that will go forwward…’ and quantum computing is one of those. Source: Australian Financial Review. NSW offers $24m in grants for businesses to solve five big problems…
