The rate at which quantum computing is hitting the media stream is ever-increasing. This piece is a collection of recent articles and reports covering various aspects of quantum computing from the lens of government and policy. Mea Cubitt
UK’s Orca Computing to head up $12m quantum data center project | Orca, along with KETS Quantum Security, will look into how quantum technology can help to integrate data centers with emerging quantum technologies. Among the benefits will be securing data against future attacks from quantum systems. It’s the largest item in a £50 million ($67.8m) package of projects announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Source: DCD. UK’s Orca Computing to head up $12m quantum data center project…
U.S., U.K. Enhance Cooperation for Quantum Tech | The U.S. and U.K. have issued a joint statement to enhance cooperation on quantum technologies, including in the areas of metrology research, next-generation atomic clocks, and quantum sensors. Eric Lander, U.S. presidential science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, and George Freeman, U.K. science minister, signed the quantum cooperation statement Nov. 4. Source: Photonics. U.S., U.K. Enhance Cooperation for Quantum Tech…
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Partners with Google Cloud to Accelerate Collaboration and Drive Research Mission Success | Google Cloud today announced that the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has deployed Google Workspace among a segment of its workforce of scientists and engineers. The initial deployment has dramatically enhanced engagement with its worldwide network of external research partners. Source: CISION PR Newswire. U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Partners with Google Cloud to Accelerate Collaboration and Drive Research Mission Success…
Quantum Xchange Joins the Hudson Institute’s Quantum Alliance Initiative | Quantum Xchange, delivering the future of encryption with its leading-edge key distribution platform, today announced its membership with the Hudson Institute’s Quantum Alliance Initiative (QAI), a consortium of companies, institutions, and universities whose mission is to raise awareness and develop policies that promote the critical importance of U.S. leadership in quantum technology, while simultaneously working to ensure that the nation’s commercial businesses, government agencies, and digital infrastructure will be safe from a future quantum computer cyberattack by 2025. Source: CISION PR Newswire. Quantum Xchange Joins the Hudson Institute’s Quantum Alliance Initiative…
Quantum start-up targets single photons, perovskite pioneers bag Rank Prize | Our first guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the physicist Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, who is chief executive of Nu Quantum. The UK-based company spun-out from the from the University of Cambridge in 2018 and Palacios-Berraquero explains how the firm’s single-photon sources and detectors are used in quantum technologies. Source: physicsworld. Quantum start-up targets single photons, perovskite pioneers bag Rank Prize…
Covalent Metrology Announces New Semiconductor Consulting Practice Group | Covalent Metrology, a leading North American analytical services company located in the heart of Silicon Valley, announced that it has formed a new Semiconductor Consulting practice group, and that Dr. Yihung Lin, a recognized leader in semiconductor metrology, has joined Covalent to lead the new initiative. Source: CISION PR Newswire. Covalent Metrology Announces New Semiconductor Consulting Practice Group…
Company awarded £7.5m to build commercial quantum computer | A consortium led by Universal Quantum has been awarded a £7.5 million grant from Innovate UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to build a scalable quantum computer that can correct its own errors and apply this technology to high-impact problems in the aerospace industry. Source: The Argus. Company awarded £7.5m to build commercial quantum computer…
Classiq to Collaborate with The Fraunhofer Institute and other Leading Universities on New Methods for Industrial Quantum Use | Classiq, which provides a breakthrough Quantum Algorithm Design platform, announced today that it is collaborating with the Fraunhofer Institute, the leading organization for applied research in Europe, as well as other major academic centers, on the development of software for industrial use of quantum computers. Source: HPC wire. Classiq to Collaborate with The Fraunhofer Institute and other Leading Universities on New Methods for Industrial Quantum Use…
Argonne Researchers to Share Computing Innovations at SC21 | Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory will share the laboratory’s research and expertise in high performance computing (HPC) at the 33rd International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. Known widely as SC21, the annual conference will be held November 14-19, 2021, in St. Louis as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual attendees. Source: HPC wire. Argonne Researchers to Share Computing Innovations at SC21…
