Looking Ahead to 2020
Looking Ahead to 2020 It’s almost 2020. Predictions for the coming year and looking back over the past year’s events abound. This year, The Qubit Report has gathered a number of these pieces. We have looked for the pertinent quantum computing aspects they contain. A bit eye-opening on the variety of both good and bad […]
Looking Back @ 2019
Looking Back @ 2019 It’s almost 2020. Predictions for the coming year and looking back over the past year’s events abound. This year, The Qubit Report has gathered a number of these pieces. We have looked for the pertinent quantum computing aspects they contain. A bit eye-opening on the variety of both good and bad […]
U.S. Government Agencies Call for Development of Techniques to Quantify Quantum Algorithm Execution Quality
U.S. Government Agencies Call for Development of Techniques to Quantify Quantum Algorithm Execution Quality NSA, Army Seek Quantum Computers Less Prone to Error Excerpts and salient points ~ + The Army Research Office and National Security Agency recently teamed up to solicit proposals for research that can help do exactly that. + The entities launched […]
Advances in Photonics-Based Quantum Walks Studies Permitting Ever-Increasing Complexity of Quantum Simulations
Advances in Photonics-Based Quantum Walks Studies Permitting Ever-Increasing Complexity of Quantum Simulations Synthetic magnetism leads photons on a 2-D quantum walk Selected notes ~ + …[S]cientists have brought the idea of a random walk to the quantum world, where the “walkers” can exhibit nonclassical behaviors like quantum superposition and entanglement. These quantum random walks can […]
‘The Quantum Information Edge’ Strategic Alliance Launched in the U.S.
‘The Quantum Information Edge’ Strategic Alliance Launched in the U.S. The Quantum Information Edge Launches to Accelerate Quantum Computing R&D for Breakthrough Science A nationwide alliance of national labs, universities, and industry launched today to advance the frontiers of quantum computing systems designed to solve urgent scientific challenges and maintain U.S. leadership in next-generation information […]
NIST and U.S. Army Research Lab Establish “Internet-like” Network to Handle Quantum Computing
NIST and U.S. Army Research Lab Establish “Internet-like” Network to Handle Quantum Computing NIST, Army Research Lab Conduct Quantum Computing Experiment Excerpts and salient points ~ + The National Institute of Standards and Technology partnered with the Army Research Lab and University of Maryland to conduct an experiment on quantum interference that could support advanced […]
IBM Expands Quantum Computing Presence With Japan-IBM Partnership Agreement
IBM Expands Quantum Computing Presence With Japan-IBM Partnership Agreement IBM Takes Its Quantum Computer to Japan to Launch Country-Wide Quantum Initiative Excerpts and salient points ~ + The new deal will bring the hub into the broader Japan-IBM Quantum Partnership framework as more companies join, spanning finance, chemistry and materials, pharma, automotive manufacturing and logistics. […]
New Quantum Materials from Rare Earth Oxides to be Researched
New Quantum Materials from Rare Earth Oxides to be Researched Clemson materials research may advance quantum computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + One major consideration is how the material functions at extremely cold temperatures. To work properly, quantum computers operate at about minus-450 Fahrenheit, which prevents qubits from flipping between quantum states and introducing […]
Russia Launches Effort to Build Quantum Computer; Admits Being Late to the Race
Russia Launches Effort to Build Quantum Computer; Admits Being Late to the Race Russia joins race to make quantum dreams a reality Excerpts and salient points ~ + Russia has launched an effort to build a working quantum computer, in a bid to catch up to other countries in the race for practical quantum technologies. […]
Path to Stable Quantum Devices Receives European Research Council Grant
Path to Stable Quantum Devices Receives European Research Council Grant ERC grants consolidation to lowland science stars Key points… + Imec’s Meckling has been awarded a Consolidator Grant for working out his project called “Notice”. The ground-breaking idea of this project is the research of novel oxides and experimental realization of topological interfaces to generate […]