The Australian-based Q-CTRL announced a $15 million series A funding round with Square Peg Capital and Sierra Ventures joining existing investors Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, and Sequoia Capital. After years of research at the
The deal between Chancellor Angela Merkel and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, comes as Germany seeks to catch up to the United States and China in the quantum technology race. IBM will install a Q System
Different approaches to quantum mechanics invoke different meanings of probability. What is “probability”? This very amazing article discusses three of the leading approaches to quantum theory: the “dynamical collapse” theories, such as the GRW model, the
The evolution of a quantum system is governed by the associated Hamiltonian. A system defined by a parameter-dependent Hamiltonian acquires a geometric phase when adiabatically evolved. Such an adiabatic evolution of a system having non-degenerate
The researchers team reports their work on the Alibaba Cloud Quantum Development Platform (AC-QDP). They demonstrate with figures how AC-QDP helps in testing large-scale quantum algorithms (currently within the QAOA framework). They give new benchmark
NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) has enlisted researchers from academia and private industry to get quantum-resistant cryptography ready for 2022. The agency is overseeing the second phase of its Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process to narrow down the
IBM has just launched the Qiskit Advocates Program, a global program that provides support to the individuals who actively contribute to the Qiskit Community. Advocates will receive special access to core members of the Qiskit
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have created a superconducting circuit that couples quantum waves of magnetic spins called magnons to photons of equivalent energy. “The electromagnetic wave represented by
Delft University researchers presented an interesting paper (A Link Layer Protocol for Quantum Networks) at the recent ACM SIGCOMM conference regarding the challenges of building a quantum communication network stack. Effective quantum networking needs a robust networking
IBM Q has announced a series of new quantum computing tools and technology: additions to the IBM Q Experience hardware with 5-qubit quantum computers, a university hackathon partner program, a series of video tutorials teaching
