IBM Q Network broadens its global footprint of
commercial, academic, startup, government and research
collaborations to advance quantum computing
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at CES,
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the expansion of IBM Q Network™, which
now includes over 100 organizations, across multiple industries,
including: Airline, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Energy,
Insurance, Materials and Electronics. Anthem, Delta Air
Lines, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Woodside Energy are among the
latest organizations to begin to explore practical applications
using quantum computing.
In addition to these industry leaders, a number of academic,
government research labs and startups have also joined the IBM Q
Network, including the Georgia Institute of
Technology (Georgia Tech),
Stanford University, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, AIQTech, Beit, Quantum Machines,
Tradeteq and Zurich Instruments.
These organizations join over 200,000 users, who have run
hundreds of billions of executions on IBM's quantum systems and
simulators through the IBM Cloud. This has led to the publication
of more than 200 third-party research papers on practical quantum
applications.
IBM also recently announced the planned installation of the
first two IBM Q System One commercial universal quantum computers
outside the US – one with Europe's
leading organization for applied research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft,
in Germany; another with The
University of Tokyo. Both are designed
to advance country-wide research and provide an education framework
program to engage universities, industry, and government to grow a
quantum computing community and foster new economic
opportunities.
As part of the network, these organizations now have access to
IBM's quantum expertise and resources, open source Qiskit software
and developer tools, as well as cloud-based access to the IBM
Quantum Computation Center, which now includes 15 of the
most-advanced quantum computers commercially available to explore
practical applications for business and science, including a
53-qubit system – the most in the industry.
"We are entering the quantum age, and IBM is working with our
partners to apply this new technology in a way that can solve major
business and societal problems," said Dario
Gil, Director of IBM Research. "Quantum computing will have
a profound impact on key issues like finding new materials to
capture carbon in the global fight against climate change, as well
as the discovery of new chemistries that might power more energy
efficient batteries."
Commercial organizations joining the IBM Q Network include:
- Anthem, Inc.: Anthem is a leading health benefits
company and will be expanding its research and development efforts
to explore how quantum computing may further enhance the consumer
healthcare experience. Anthem brings its expertise in working with
healthcare data to the Q Network. Quantum computing has the
potential to analyze vast amounts of data inaccessible to classical
computing, while also enhancing privacy and security. This
technology also has the potential to help individuals lead
healthier lives in a number of ways, such as helping in the
development of more accurate and personalized treatment options and
improving the prediction of health conditions.
- Delta Air Lines: The global airline has agreed to join
the IBM Q Hub at North Carolina State
University. They are the first airline to embark on a
multi-year collaborative effort with IBM to explore the potential
capabilities of quantum computing to transform experiences for
customers and employees and address challenges across the day of
travel.
Academic institutions and government research labs joining the
IBM Q Network include:
- Georgia Tech: The university
has agreed to join the IBM Q Hub at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory to advance the fundamental research and use of quantum
computing in building software infrastructure to make it easier to
operate quantum machines, and developing specialized error
mitigation techniques. Access to IBM commercial quantum systems
will also allow Georgia Tech
researchers to better understand the error patterns in existing
quantum computers, which can help with developing the architecture
for future machines.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory: Joining as an IBM Q Hub
will greatly help the Los Alamos National Laboratory research
efforts in several directions, including developing and testing
near-term quantum algorithms and formulating strategies for
mitigating errors on quantum computers. The 53-qubit system will
also allow Los Alamos to benchmark the abilities to perform quantum
simulations on real quantum hardware and perhaps to push beyond the
limits of classical computing. Finally, the IBM Q Network will be a
tremendous educational tool, giving students a rare opportunity to
develop innovative research projects in the Los Alamos Quantum
Computing Summer School.
Startups joining the IBM Q Network include:
- AIQTECH INC: Based in Toronto, AiQ is an artificial intelligence
software enterprise set to unleash the power of AI to "learn"
complex systems. In particular, it provides a platform to
characterize and optimize quantum hardware, algorithms, and
simulations in real time. This collaboration with the IBM Q Network
provides a unique opportunity to expand AiQ's software backends
from quantum simulation to quantum control and contribute to the
advancement of the field.
- BEIT: The Kraków, Poland-based startup is hardware-agnostic,
specializing in solving hard problems with quantum-inspired
hardware while preparing the solutions for the proper quantum
hardware, when it becomes available. Their goal is to attain
super-polynomial speedups over classical counterparts with quantum
algorithms via exploitation of problem structure.
- Quantum Machines: QM is a provider of control and
operating systems for quantum computers, with customers among the
leading players in the field, including multinational corporations,
academic institutions, start-ups and national research labs. As
part of the IBM and QM collaboration, a compiler between IBM's
quantum computing programming languages, and those of QM is being
developed to be offered to QM's customers. Such development will
lead to the increased adoption of IBM's open-sourced programming
languages across the industry.
- Tradeteq: Tradeteq is the first electronic trading
platform for the institutional trade finance market. With teams in
London, Singapore, and Vietnam, Tradeteq is using AI for private
credit risk assessment and portfolio optimization. Tradeteq is
collaborating with leading universities around the globe to build
the next generation of machine learning and optimization models,
and is advancing the use of quantum machine learning to build
models for better credit, investment and portfolio decisions.
- Zurich Instruments: Zurich Instruments is a test and
measurement company based in Zurich,
Switzerland, with the mission to progress science and help
build the quantum computer. It is developing state-of-the-art
control electronics for quantum computers, and now offers the first
commercial Quantum Computing Control System linking high-level
quantum algorithms with the physical qubit implementation. It
brings together the instrumentation required for quantum computers
from a few qubits to 100 qubits. They will work on the integration
of IBM quantum technology with the companies' own electronics to
ensure reliable control and measurement of a quantum device while
providing a clean software interface to the next higher level in
the stack.
CES attendees can visit the IBM Quantum booth, GL-7, in the
Las Vegas Convention Center's
Grand Lobby, through January 10 to
meet with IBM experts, learn more about IBM quantum technology, and
discover how everyone from individual developers and domain
experts, to entire industries can benefit from getting quantum
ready, today.
For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full
list of all partners, members, and hubs, visit
https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/network/overview.
About IBM Quantum
IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build commercial
universal quantum systems for business and science applications.
For more information about IBM's quantum computing efforts, please
visit https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/.
IBM Q Network™ and IBM Q™ are trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.
Media Contact:
Chris Nay
IBM Research Communications
cnay@us.ibm.com
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