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Yoshitaka Haribara, Sr. Startup ML/Quantum Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services Japan

Introducing AIST's efforts to develop technologies and create solutions for the realization of industrial-level quantum computers, which are targeted to be realized around 2030 Masahiro Horibe, Deputy Director, AIST/G-QuAT

Masahito Tanaka, Director for R&D Coordination, METI

Stanley Manoj, Senior Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, UK The most promising quantum computing technologies poised to achieve near-term quantum advantage rely on microwave engineering and metrology to implement, observe, and manipulate quantum mechanical principles such as superposition and entanglement to achieve significant advances in computing power. The UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is focussed on […]

Q-STAR (Quantum STrategic industry Alliance for Revolution) was established in Japan in September 2021 to create new industries and business opportunities based on quantum technology. Its members come from various business sectors, including startups, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, and academic institutions. Q-STAR is determined to proactively collaborate with organizations in diverse fields globally, […]

Earlier this year, Microsoft and Quantinuum achieved a groundbreaking advancement in quantum computing by producing the most reliable logical qubits to date. This breakthrough, utilizing Microsoft’s qubit-virtualization system alongside Quantinuum’s System Model H2, resulted in logical circuit error rates that are 800 times lower than physical circuit error rates, significantly accelerating the timeline toward large-scale, […]

In the realm of new material development, certain quantum scientific calculations are performed on actual quantum computers using FTQC (Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing) algorithms developed by Quemix. The effects and implications of employing quantum computing technology are carefully evaluated. Hirofumi Nishi, Director R&D, Quemix Inc Takeshi Aoyagi, Senior General Manager of Informatics Initiative & Principal Expert, Asahi […]

The emerging field of quantum computing has generated a lot of excitement globally, including in India. Economic goals, scientific ambitions, and strategic considerations influence India's perspective on quantum computing. India is leveraging quantum computing for scientific advancements, economic development, and national security. With capabilities beyond traditional computers, quantum computing holds tremendous promise for solving complex […]

OQC Toshiko is the world's first quantum computer installed in a colocation data centre, offering multiple access options to meet customer security requirements as well as ease of use. OQC's quantum compute-as-a-Service (QCaaS) offers researchers, enterprise customers, and technology partners access to the live enterprise ready quantum system. Meet Toshiko and learn updates from OQC! […]

BCG, in its 2021 report, stated that fault-tolerant quantum computers could emerge after 2040, potentially creating a total value of 450-850 billion USD. Today, we will report the latest market outlook based on recent trends. Eitoku Watanabe, Partner, BCG X, Boston Consulting Group

Sumitomo have many businesses in mobility industry. To determine whether quantum computers is useful, we took on the challenge of improving car share business. Although it is still a desktop simulation, the result shows 26% improvement of operator efficiency. We believe that these results will be beneficial for various mobility businesses. Dr. Masaru Sakamoto, Assistant […]

It was previously assumed that Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing (FTQC) was still many years away and that the industry would be working with Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) processors until then. However, recent roadmaps from a few quantum hardware vendors indicate that fault tolerant processors will be available within the next few years, much earlier […]

This study explores the use of quantum kernel learning for fault diagnosis tasks in a commercial telecommunications network. One of the prevailing challenges in quantum kernel learning is to find a way to calculate the inner product between two feature vectors that can consistently achieve high performance. We propose a method that implements tunable parameters in the […]

Masaru Watabiki, Senior Expert, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

Recognizing the pivotal role of quantum computing in future materials discovery, Mitsubishi Chemical Group has been researching the application of real quantum devices to practical materials simulations, machine learning, and optimization calculations with many world’s leading institutes such as IBM, Keio University, Fujitsu, PsiQuantum and Toronto University in the past a few years. In this […]

Victor Yin, Software Engineer (NLP), VALUENEX, Inc.

Tensor networks, which represent quantum states as connections of small tensors, are a powerful method for efficiently expressing various quantum states, allowing for the investigation of quantum many-body systems using classical computers. Moreover, by applying tensor network representations to general tensor-type data, we can discover a wide range of applications that may lead to computations […]

The Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC) is a state-of-the-art quantum and HPC center that uniquely integrates the power of quantum and classical computing resources. This case study delves into the groundbreaking work of designing and constructing this first-of-its-kind quantum computing center and what can be learned from this case study. It covers the main challenges […]

Ross Grassie, Technical Programme Manager, Qauntum Software Lab

How do we design and test quantum algorithms at scale, when quantum computers are so lousy? Enter MIMIQ, a ground-breaking quantum emulator and the only platform capable of running complex quantum algorithms with thousands of qubits and millions of gates, today. In this talk I'll present MIMIQ and show how it can be used to […]

This presentation outlines the development and investment strategies of Korea's quantum industry, emphasizing the government's efforts and the role of the Korea Quantum Industry Association (KQIA) in fostering technological competitiveness and international collaboration. It highlights key initiatives to support quantum technology commercialization and enhance Korea's position as a global leader in the quantum sector. Brad […]