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The White House has published a new strategy to push for international rules that would put guardrails around the development of technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing and more.

Biden administration officials said that with Thursdays release of the U.S. National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology, they are seeking to ensure the technology Americans routinely rely on is universally safe and interoperable.

There are dozens of international standards and organizations like the International Telecommunication Union and International Electrotechnical Commission that govern almost every product and technology, from shipping containers to mobile phone networks.

A senior Biden administration official told reporters Wednesday that the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration found that approximately 93% of global trade is impacted by standards.

Standards allow your cell phones, your credit cards to work anywhere around the globe. They keep your refrigerators and televisions from overheating. They're the silent operators that we often don't have to think about and enable modern connectivity to work, the administration official said.

And that's why we've worked across the U.S. government to develop a framework that will not only help protect the integrity of standards development, but will ensure the long term success and innovation both in the United States and like-minded countries, and a framework that aligns with the principles set forth in the National Security Strategy and the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) typically consist of experts from industry, academia, civil society groups, and governments all of which work to ensure the safety and interoperability of technology and systems.

China is not mentioned explicitly, but the strategy is aimed squarely at it. Beijing has sought to increase its role in international standards bodies over the last decade through private and public stakeholders taking leadership positions in several standards development organizations.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said China has expanded the number of technical committees and subcommittees it participates in from 465 in 2005 to 668 in 2021.

The country is now third behind the United Kingdom and Germany in total committee participation and held 69 International Organization for Standardization secretariats in 2021. Chinese officials have shown particular interest in leading organizations creating standards for 5G a technological arena where they are in a heated battle for supremacy with the U.S.

Chinas State Council released its own national strategy for technical standards in 2021 and has repeatedly revamped the document, hoping to better align domestic policies with international standards.

While some within the U.S. government have argued that Chinas increased participation is actually a positive development, some of their tactics have drawn concern. The Wall Street Journal reported that in one meeting on telecommunication standards, Chinese members were told by the government that they must back a proposal from tech giant Huawei.

When asked whether there was any chance for the U.S. and China to work together on standards development, a Biden administration official said a really bad outcome in any scenario is that the globe bifurcates and there are standards being developed in different regions that are not helpful to the U.S. economy.

But other officials on the call were more frank about how the plan related to China, effectively arguing that while inclusivity was desired, the goal is for countries to follow the lead of the U.S.

I think the strategy outlines an inclusive approach to standards development early on the theory that when we put in the elbow grease with respect to R&D investment and with respect to the new manufacturing investment online, the United States, with our partners, really can develop the leading technologies and the leading standards, and we want as many as possible to adopt those, the official said.

We have strategic competitors that are focused on leadership in standards development, particularly for critical emerging technologies, that are vital for economic and national security. And this [plan] is part of stepping up our game in the context of that competition.

The U.S. government plans to prioritize efforts for standards development around communication and networking technologies, semiconductors, AI and machine learning, biotechnology, navigation tools, digital identity infrastructure, clean energy generation, and quantum information technologies.

The U.S. will also "focus standards development activities and outreach" on automated and connected infrastructure, biobanking, electrified transportation, the critical minerals supply chain, cybersecurity and carbon capture.

U.S. officials said it was the first time the country had created a strategy around technology standards.

The plan focuses on four key objectives: investment in technological research and development, private sector and academic participation, increased education and training for the U.S. standards workforce, and the integrity of standards based on technical merit through fair processes.

The strategy outlines planned investments and future partnerships that will be forged to accomplish the four goals mentioned.

The efforts outlined in the strategy will be led by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) but officials noted that the State Departments Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy will also be involved.

U.S. officials stressed that one of the primary goals of the strategy was to ensure that American businesses have the tools and the support that they need to be competitive in the international marketplace, and to be leaders in their respective fields.

We have to renew our commitment to the rules-based and private sector-led approach to standards development. And we will do this by supporting the private sector's enormous capabilities for technical leadership and standards development with strategic public sector investments in critical and emerging technologies like AI, energy technologies, biotechnology, quantum, and others, a senior administration official said.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) coordinates the U.S. private sector standards activities while NIST coordinates federal government engagement in standards activities. Both will be involved in the implementation of the strategy.

Officials listed a number of ways various arms of the U.S. government are already engaged in actions that support the strategy, including several international partnerships like the International Telecommunication Union, the Quad, the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council, the G7, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of standards in shaping everyone's lives, a Biden administration official explained.

Standards enable us to develop technology that is safe, that can be marketed worldwide, and that can interoperate with other systems. standards also can help manage risk, security and quality in the development of new technologies.

Jonathan Greig is a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News. Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since 2014. Before moving back to New York City, he worked for news outlets in South Africa, Jordan and Cambodia. He previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublic.

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Transporting energy is costly. When a current runs through conductive materials, some of the energy is lost due to resistance as particles within the material interact just notice the warmth from your phone or laptop. This energy loss presents a hurdle to the advancement of many technologies and scientists are searching for ways to make superconductors that eliminate resistance.

Superconductors can also provide a platform for fault-tolerant quantum computing if endowed with topological properties. An example of the latter is the quantum Hall effect where the topology of electrons leads to universal, quantized, resistance with accuracy up to one part in a billion, which finds uses in meteorology. Unfortunately, the quantum Hall effect requires extremely strong magnetic fields, typically detrimental to superconductivity. This makes the search for topological superconductors a challenging task.

In two new papers in Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B UConn Physicist Pavel Volkov and his colleagues propose how to experimentally manipulate the quantum particles, called quasiparticles, in very thin layers of ordinary superconductors to create topological superconductors by slightly twisting the stacked layers.

Volkov explains there is a lot of research being done on ways to engineer materials by stacking layers of two-dimensional materials together:

Most famously, this has been done with graphene. Stacking two graphene layers in a particular way results in a lot of interesting new phenomena. Some parallel those in high-temperature superconductors, which was unexpected because, by itself, graphene is not superconducting.

Superconductivity happens when a material conducts current without any resistance or energy loss. Since resistance is a challenge for many technologies, superconducting materials have the potential to revolutionize how we do things, from energy transmission to quantum computing to more efficient MRI machines.

However, endowing superconductors with topological properties is challenging, says Volkov, and as of now, there are no materials that can reliably perform as topological superconductors.

The researchers theorize that there is an intricate relation between what happens inside the twisted superconductor layers and a current applied between them. Volkov says the application of a current makes the quasiparticles in the superconductor behave as if they were in a topological superconductor.

The twist is essentially determining the properties, and funnily enough, it gives you some very unexpected properties. We thought about applying twisting to materials that have a peculiar form of superconductivity called nodal superconductivity, says Volkov. Fortunately for us, such superconductors exist and, for example, the cuprate high-temperature superconductors are nodal superconductors. What we claim is that if you apply a current between two twisted layers of such superconductors, it becomes a topological superconductor.

The proposal for current-induced topological superconductivity is, in principle, applicable at any twist angle, Volkov explains, and there is a wide range of angles that optimize the characteristics, which is unlike other materials studied so far.

This is important because, for example, in twisted bilayer graphene, observation of interesting new phenomena requires to align the two layers to 1.1 degrees and deviations by .1 degrees are strongly detrimental. That means that one is required to make a lot of samples before finding one that works. For our proposal this problem wont be as bad. If you miss the angle even by a degree, its not going to destroy the effect we predict.

Volkov expects that this topological superconductor has the potential to be better than anything else currently on the market. Though one caveat is they do not know exactly what the parameters of the resulting material will be, they have estimates that may be useful for proof of principle experiments.

The researchers also found unexpected behaviors for the special value of twist angle.

We find a particular value of the angle, the so-called magic angle, where a new state should appear a form of magnetism. Typically, magnetism and superconductivity are antagonistic phenomena but here, superconductivity begets magnetism, and this happens precisely because of the twisted structure of the layers. says Volkov.

Demonstrating these predictions experimentally will bring more challenges to overcome, including making the atoms-thick layers better themselves and determining the difficult-to-measure parameters, but Volkov says there is a lot of motivation behind developing these highly complex materials.

Basically, the main problem so far is that the candidate materials are tricky to work with. There are several groups around the world trying to do this. Monolayers of nodal superconductors, necessary for our proposal have been realized, and experiments on twisted flakes are ongoing. Yet, the twisted bilayer of these materials has not yet been demonstrated. Thats work for the future.

These materials hold promise for improving materials we use in everyday life, says Volkov. Things already in use that take advantage of the topological states include devices used to set resistance standards with high accuracy. Topological superconductors are also potentially useful in quantum computing, as they serve as a necessary ingredient for proposals of fault-tolerant qubits, the units of information in quantum computing. Volkov also emphasizes the promise topological materials hold for precision physics,

Topological states are useful because they allow us to do precision measurements with materials. A topological superconductor may allow us to perform such measurements with unprecedented precision for spin (magnetic moment of electron) or thermal properties.

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Theglobal quantum cryptography and network market was valued at US$ 698.31 million in 2022 and is projected to reach US$ 8,136.60 million by 2031 at a projected CAGR of around 32.99% during the forecast period 2023-2031. The increasing need for secure communication and data transfer, along with the rising adoption of quantum cryptography solutions by governments and defense agencies, are some of the key factors driving the market growth.

The emergence of quantum-based computing and communication technologies is opening up new opportunities for businesses and governments in various sectors such as finance, healthcare, and defense, to improve security and reliability. Furthermore, the increasing investments in research and development activities to explore the potential of quantum technologies are expected to boost market growth.

However, the complexity and interference from the environment remain significant restraints to the adoption of quantum cryptography and network solutions, particularly in industries where high levels of precision and reliability are required. To address this challenge, industry organizations are working to develop solutions that can mitigate the effects of external factors on quantum systems.

North America is expected to dominate the global quantum cryptography and network market, accounting for over 46% of the revenue share, followed by Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The presence of several key players in the region, including IBM, Microsoft, and Google, who are investing heavily in research and development of quantum computing and network solutions, is driving the market growth.

The solution segment, including quantum key distribution systems, quantum random number generators, and post-quantum cryptography solutions, is expected to dominate the market, accounting for over 62% of the revenue share.

Network security solutions, including network encryption, VPNs, and IDPS, are expected to dominate the market, accounting for over 71.30% of the revenue share.

Quantum key distribution is expected to dominate the market for network types, accounting for more than 66% of the revenue share, due to its ability to provide unbreakable security for sensitive data transfers.

Symmetric encryption algorithms, including AES, DES, and 3DES, are expected to capture over 76% of the revenue share in the cryptography encryption type segment, due to their efficiency and simplicity.

3DES is expected to dominate the cryptography encryption algorithm segment, accounting for 42% of the revenue share, due to its high level of security provided by the use of three keys for encryption and decryption.

Large enterprises are expected to dominate the quantum cryptography and network market, accounting for over 72% of the revenue share, due to the high cost of developing and deploying quantum cryptography and network solutions.

The Asia Pacific region is witnessing strong growth in the market due to the increasing adoption of quantum technologies and the rising demand for secure communication and data transfer. The region is projected to generate a revenue of $2,567 million by 2031, which is around 14 folds higher than in 2022. This growth can be attributed to several factors.

China and India, two of the largest economies in the region, are leading the way in the adoption of quantum cryptography and network solutions. The Chinese government has made significant investments in the development of quantum technologies, with the goal of becoming a global leader in the field. The country is also home to several leading companies in the quantum computing and network solutions space, including Alibaba and Huawei.

Similarly, the Indian government has also taken steps to promote the adoption of quantum technologies in the Asia Pacific quantum cryptography and network market, with the establishment of the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications (NM-QTA). The mission aims to develop and promote quantum technologies in India, with a focus on areas such as cryptography, communication, and computing.

The governments in the region are also providing funding for research and development in the field of quantum cryptography and network solutions. For example, the Chinese government has launched several quantum research programs, including the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences. The Indian government has also allocated funding for quantum research through the NM-QTA.

In addition to government funding, private funding is also driving growth in the region. Several startups in the quantum cryptography and network space have emerged in recent years, backed by private investors. For example, Singapore-based SpeQtral raised $1.9 million in seed funding in 2020 to develop its quantum communication technology.

New projects are also being launched in the Asia Pacific quantum cryptography and network market to develop and deploy quantum cryptography and network solutions. For instance, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is developing a quantum communication satellite network to provide secure communication for government agencies and financial institutions. Similarly, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is developing a quantum communication satellite, called Quantum Experiments Using Satellite Technology (QUEST), to provide secure communication for the Indian government.

The global market is highly competitive, with many companies providing a range of products to meet the increasing demand for secure communication and data transfer. The market is characterized by monopolistic competition, with the cumulative market share of the six major players close to 40.55%. IBM leads the market with over 13% market share, followed by Google with 7.46% and Intel with 6.28%. Other major players in the market include Toshiba, Microsoft, and D-Wave, among others.

IBM has a strong presence in the market with its quantum roadmap leading to increasingly larger and better chips. The company aims to build national quantum ecosystems, develop workforces, and accelerate R&D on a national and global scale. IBM is said to have a worldwide virtual monopoly on the market and its products are used in major quantum computers.

With the global quantum cryptography and network market expected to grow significantly in the coming years, the competition among the players is expected to intensify, with companies expanding their geographical boundaries by acquiring small brands and domestic companies to increase their market share.

Honeywell Quantum Solutions acquired Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) to expand its portfolio of quantum solutions and services.

IonQ went public through a merger with dMY Technology Group III, raising $650 million in gross proceeds to fund its quantum computing initiatives.

UK-based Arqit Limited announced a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Centricus Acquisition Corp, to become a publicly traded company and raise up to $400 million to support the development of its quantum encryption technology.

Japanese multinational corporation NEC announced a partnership with quantum software startup SeeQC to co-develop superconducting technologies for quantum computers in the global quantum cryptography and network market.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced a $34 million funding opportunity for research and development in quantum technology, including quantum cryptography and network solutions.

The US Department of Energy announced funding of over$9.1millioninfundingfor 13 projects inQuantumInformationScience.

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The deep tech companies that will build Australias long-term economic prosperity require patient capital, consistent policy, and persistent progress.

The NRF is an off-budget loan facility that will seed investment in modern manufacturing as well as emerging sectors of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

Ms Williams said the budget should provide additional certainty and clarity about the continuation of the research and development tax incentive and Accelerating Commercialisation grants, and have measures to speed up processing times to get money out of the door more quickly.

Local Measure founder Jonathan Barouch says costs of processing visas needs to be addressed.Peter Braig

Jonathan Barouch, the founder and chief executive of call centre software business Local Measure, said he is hoping for a thoughtful innovation policy under Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic, with more clarity needed on how start-ups can access the R&D tax rebate.

I would like to see a commitment or a statement around Labors support for the R&D rebate. I think thats a really important program to keep Australias competitive position, he said.

In years gone by, cases like the one against AirTasker, where money was clawed back, really unfairly undermined the program.

If we want to attract the best and brightest, and have engineers being hired in Australia, we need to hear from the government that they are committed to the program, and that it will be funded into the future.

While the backlog of 1 million visas has cleared, the sector is still hoping for migration reforms and a more streamlined way to renew visas.

Finding and attracting labour into Australia is still pretty tough, it is still expensive to get a visa. I think the processing time has come down quite a lot. Its under 30 days now, when it used to take months and months, Mr Barouch said.

Weve got an incredibly bright young lady who works for us on a visa thats running out. We probably have to spend $10,000 to $15,000 to renew her visa for two to four years, and it takes a month.

There should be a way of doing it really cost-effectively online with limited fuss.

Sarah Moran, co-founder of Girl Geek Academy, wants Budget funding set aside for any recommendations made by the governments ongoing Diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) review, which will be handed down early in the new financial year.

Geek Girl Academys Sarah Moran says it is time for Labor to start making good on its pre-election promises.Eddie Jim

After Minister Husic made it clear this was on his personal agenda while in opposition, this will be the first full budget year the Albanese government can address the lack of women in STEM, Ms Moran said.

Funding is expected to increase for WISE grants (Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship), Boosting Female Founders and the governments existing gender equality in STEM initiatives.

Mark Finn, co-founder and chief financial officer of Roller, which makes venue management software, also backed the call for more investment to encourage women to take up technical roles.

Certainly there is an under-representation of women in engineering and product-related roles. I dont think the government can under-invest in this area. It is critical to improve the breadth, depth and diversity of talent in the tech sector, he said.

Mr Finn also called for more support and incentives for companies to invest in upskilling and retraining workers, particularly in areas like data and analytics and engineering to prepare them for the rapid changes AI will usher into workplaces.

Industry Minister Ed Husic has already flagged federal budget funding and investment from the governments $1 billion critical technology fund to support a new national quantum computing strategy.

Mark Luo, CEO of Quantum Brilliance, said it is needed to build infrastructure such as a National Quantum Computing Centre.

Government investment is critical this will build Australias national wealth. More should be invested into deep tech our funds are over-allocated towards the stock market and VCs are more invested in software tech, he said.

Meanwhile, companies in the blockchain and crypto space are hoping the government will make a bigger investment to support their industry.

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LEESBURG, Va., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCI" or the "Company") QUBT, a first-to-market full-stack photonic-based quantum computing and solutions company, has been invited to present at the 2023 Department of Energy Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation Conferencebeing held at the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel on May 8-11, 2023.

Robert Liscouski, CEO of Quantum Computing Inc., will join Bert de Jong, Deputy Director of the National Quantum Initiative's Quantum Systems Accelerator and Head of the Computational Science Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Kit Menlove, High Performance Computing Software Analyst and Consultant atIdaho National Laboratory; and Lou Terminello, Associate Laboratory Director and Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for a panel discussion. The "Our Qubit Future: How Quantum Computing Will Revolutionize Information Science" panel will take place May 11th at 10:15am and the experts will participate in an in-depth discussion on the current state of quantum computing as well as the future of the industry and how this technology could revolutionize information sciences to solve humanities most complex challenges in energy, healthcare, security, and manufacturing.

Attendees of the Conference will include the DOE enterprise, the federal interagency, academia, international partners, and private industry leaders. The opportunity to present in front of this audience will allow QCI to showcase its capabilities to decisionmakers of the highest level who are focused on cybersecurity, modernizing information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) environments and ready to collaborate to develop technical solutions to meet national challenges.

To learn more about QCI's full-stack quantum solutions please visit our website and to follow the Conference on Twitter please use hashtag #DOEinnovates23.

About Quantum Computing Inc.

QCI is a full-stack quantum software and hardware company on a mission to accelerate the value of quantum computing for real-world business solutions, delivering the future of quantum computing, today. The company is on a path to delivering an accessible and affordable full-stack solution with real-world industrial applications, using quantum entropy, which can be used anywhere and with little to no training. QCI's experts in finance, computing, security, mathematics and physics have over a century of experience with complex technologies ranging from leading edge supercomputing to precision sensors and imaging technology, to the security that protects nations. For more information about QCI, visit http://www.quantumcomputinginc.com.

About Quantum Innovative Solutions

QI Solutions, Inc. ("QIS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Computing Inc., is a newly established supplier of quantum technology solutions and services to the government and defense industries. With a team of qualified and cleared staff, QIS delivers a range of solutions from entropy quantum computing to quantum communications and sensing, backed by expertise in logistics, manufacturing, R&D and training. The company is exclusively focused on delivering tailored solutions for partners in various government departments and agencies.

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The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed conditions. Statements in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements relating to future events, and as such all forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements may contain certain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated or projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations and results. Any statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be considered to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intends," "goal," "objective," "seek," "attempt," "aim to," or variations of these or similar words, identify forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be described in the Company's filings with the SEC.

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