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City College of New York Computer engineer and scientist Samah M. Saeed is the co-recipient of a $4.6 million U.S. Department of Energy [DoE] grant to advance quantum computing. The funding is for her project, Toward Efficient Quantum Algorithm Execution on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Hardware.

An assistant professor of electrical engineering in CCNYs Grove School of Engineering, Saeed will focus on resolving theissues currently affecting the development of quantum computing. The ultimate goal is to develop research and training programs to enable efficient and reliable executions of quantum algorithms on large-scale quantum computers.

"The future of computing is quantum, an emerging computing paradigm that will offer a computational speedup for critical applications, said Saeed. Near-term quantum computers, referred to as Noisy Intermediate-Scum (NISQ) computers, are expected to have a transformative impact on applications demanding intense computation, such as machine learning and physical and chemical simulations.

While these computers are very promising, Saeed added, they are fragile and operate in the presence of errors. As a result, there is a gap between current and near-term quantum hardware capabilities and quantum algorithms, which should be addressed to exploit the power of quantum computers. Although error correction is the ultimate solution to suppress errors and enable the correct execution of quantum algorithms, they are infeasible for near-term quantum computers due to the massive number of physical qubits required to correct errors.

Other objectives of Saeeds project include:

In addition, it will build a strong foundation in quantum information science and quantum computing at CCNY through collaboration with the co-PI from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The project will provide an extensive two-pronged training program involving onsite training at the CCNY open to the entire college community to increase participation of underrepresented groups in the quantum computing workforce and summer research at LBNL. The idea is to enable interaction with a broader team of quantum-focused researchers with a diverse background including physics, computer science, and applied mathematics at LBNL.

About the City College of New YorkSince 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNYs annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the for dollar return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. This year, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled Doing Remarkable Things Together seeks to bring the Colleges Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.

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WHAT: As part of World Quantum Day, April 14, the University of Rhode Island will announce a new quantum computing initiative that will bolster research, student education and future workforce development in the growing field of quantum computing. Supported by $1 million in directed federal funds secured by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the initiative includes a vital research partnership with IBM that will provide URI faculty and students access to IBMs cutting-edge quantum computing systems. The initiative will bring visiting faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students to the University in support of URIs masters degree and graduate certificate programs in quantum computing, while also launching additional outreach and summer research opportunities that attract the next generation of students. While in its infancy, quantum computing promises to revolutionize the way information is processed, performing calculations that even todays largest computers cant handle. Today, there are only a limited number of working quantum computers in the world, making URIs collaboration with IBM that much more important to student education and faculty research.

WHO: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed; Adele Merritt, intelligence community chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; URI President Marc Parlange; Dean Jeannette Riley, College of Arts and Sciences; and Professor Leonard Kahn, chair of the URI Department of Physics.

WHEN: Friday, April 14, 1 to 1:30 p.m. (Speaking program)

WHERE: East Hall, 2 Lippitt Road. (Presentation will be on front steps of East Hall, facing the historic quadrangle.)

AN AFTERNOON OF EVENTS: A World Quantum Day symposium will run from noon to 5:30 p.m. in East Hall at URI, featuring prominent speakers from the quantum computing world. Speakers include alumnus Christopher Savoie, co-founder and chief executive officer of Zapata Computing; Christopher Lirakis, lead for quantum systems deployment at IBM; Charles Robinson, quantum computing public sector leader at IBM; Kurt Jacobs, deputy chief scientist at the Army Research Laboratory; Pedro Lopes, business developer at the computing firm QuEra; and Juan Rivera, senior engineer at Dell Computing and president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Club in Rhode Island. URI alumna Merritt will deliver the keynote address at 4:30.

TO MAKE COVERAGE ARRANGEMENTS: Contact Anthony LaRoche, URI Communications and Marketing, 401-874-4894, cell 401-837-8275, anthony_laroche@uri.edu.

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Quantum computing promises to be a revolutionary tool, making short work of equations that classical computers would struggle to ever complete. Yet the workhorse of the quantum device, known as a qubit, is a delicate object prone to collapsing.

Keeping enough qubits in their ideal state long enough for computations has so far proved a challenge.

In a new experiment, scientists were able to keep a qubit in that state for twice as long as normal. Along the way, they demonstrated the practicality of quantum error correction (QEC), a process that keeps quantum information intact for longer by introducing room for redundancy and error removal.

The idea of QEC has been around since the mid-90s, but it's now been shown to work in real time. Part of the reason for the experiment's success was the introduction of machine learning AI algorithms to tweak the error correction routine.

"For the first time, we have shown that making the system more redundant and actively detecting and correcting quantum errors provided a gain in the resilience of quantum information," says physicist Michel Devoret, from Yale University in Connecticut.

Qubits are objects as they exist in a mix of quantum states. Where classic objects can have absolute states, a qubit's version of the same state would be best described using probability. As a qubit interacts with other qubits, their probabilities become entangled in computationally useful ways.

Unfortunately, it's not just other qubits that can entwine their states with a non-decided object. Everything in the environment acts as 'noise', potentially influencing those delicate probabilities and making room for errors.

Part of the reason scientists have struggled to implement QEC is because it can introduce errors of its own. The extra space afforded for error correction can make the qubit even more vulnerable to interference from the surrounding environment.

Like many quantum physics experiments, this one was run at ultra-cold temperatures a hundred times colder than outer space, in this case. The setup has to be carefully controlled in order to protect the qubit as much as possible.

The error-corrected qubit lasted for 1.8 milliseconds only a blink as we might experience it, but an impressive span for a qubit operating on the quantum level. Now the research team will be able to refine the process further.

"Our experiment shows that quantum error correction is a real practical tool," says Devoret. "It's more than just a proof-of-principle demonstration."

While scientists are making significant strides forward in the development of quantum computers and there are rudimentary quantum computers in use now there's still a long way to go before the full potential of the technology is realized.

Reducing noise, improving stability, and upgrading error correction are all going to play a big part in getting closer towards full-scale, practical quantum computers that everyone can use.

In this case the breakthrough was down to several different factors, rather than one change. The QEC code was actually one from 2001, but improvements to it as well as upgrades to the quantum circuit fabrication process made a difference.

"There is no single breakthrough that enabled this result," says Volodymyr Sivak, a research scientist at Google and formerly at Yale University. "It's actually a combination of a whole bunch of different technologies that were developed in the past few years, which we combined in this experiment."

"Our experiment validates a cornerstone assumption of quantum computing, and this makes me very excited about the future of this field."

The research has been published in Nature.

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After diving into the science of quantum computing in the second episode, the Entrust Engage podcast moves toward the world of blockchain and the impact of quantum computing on it in the third episode. Providing commentary on this topic was Jon Geater, Chief Product and Technology Officer at RKVST, and Pali Surdhar, Director of Product Security at Entrust. The intersection of blockchain and quantum computing is quite fascinating, and thats exactly what this episode explores. Here are the four key things I learned from this conversation:

#1: What is blockchain?

Before we go further into how quantum computing impacts blockchain, its important to have a foundational understanding of just what this technology is. As this episode explains, blockchain is ledger-based, decentralized, and built on high-integrity cryptography. It features two crucial properties: Control is spread around to a number of participants, and accountability is shared and decentralized. Built on the foundation of cryptography and fair-access principles, blockchain ensures fair access, good control, and knowledge of trustworthiness of the data.

#2: Is blockchain at risk from quantum computing?

In blockchain, the threat from quantum computing has more to do with the integrity of historic ledger records than the decryption of data. If a bad actor was able to back-date data and effectively rewrite history by leveraging quantum computing, it would break the blockchain principle of ensuring the truthfulness of data.

While this could be a potential vulnerability in the future, at present blockchain happens to be partially quantum-resistant already. Even if the technology were to be compromised, it could only happen at one point in time, in one place, on one computer, and in one piece of memory. And then after that, the computer must convince the other participants in the consensus that this is the correct version of history to accept. In a sense, the decentralized nature of blockchain networks has some built-in quantum resistance.

#3: In that case, does blockchain need to be prepared to mitigate risk?

Theres a significant overlap between whats being required by regulatory bodies and the capabilities of blockchain-based architecture. Since theres already some resistance in blockchain to quantum attacks, is there any urgency to transition to quantum-safe techniques? This can depend on the use case, but the answer is probably yes.

In blockchain, if the use case involves a confidentiality requirement, key exchanges are occurring, and there exists the same vulnerability as in the wider internet. Another important consideration is the data inside the blocks themselves; users need to make sure the chain references or digests cant be faked. Thats another situation in which it is useful to have quantum-resistant algorithms deployed.

#4: When should blockchain prepare for the quantum threat?

To paraphrase our experts: Prepare now but know youre not alone. Blockchain creates accountability for its shared infrastructure. Blockchain users would be wise to update their cryptography and transition their algorithms to quantum-safe options as outlined by NIST. They exist in a community; the best advice is for users to come to a consensus about protecting assets and joint histories for the road ahead.

To hear all about the intersection of blockchain and quantum computing, have a listen to the third episode of Entrust Engage. For more information on post-quantum cryptography and how to prepare, check out our Post-Quantum Preparedness webpage.

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Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) has added Lewis Shepherd as a third person to their Technical Advisory Board. Nr, Shephard is currently a Senior Director, Research & Emerging Technologies Strategy at VMWare and has prior experience at the U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft, the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has 30 years of government and industry experience and has recently been focusing in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality/virtual reality, data visualization, quantum computing, encryption, and cybersecurity. A news release provided by QCI announcing his appointment is available here.

The Duality Quantum Accelerator in Chicago has named Ezunial Eze Burts as their new Director. Mr. Burts joins Duality after 20 years at Boeing Corporation with his most recent position as the Senior Manager, Future Production Systems & Technology Environment Health and Safety. His responsibilities at Duality include the programs operational management, ensuring long-term financial stability, and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. A news release publicizing his appointment has been posted on the Duality website here.

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has recruited Tony Lowe to become their Chief Operating Officer (COO). He previously was the COO for Oxbotica, anautonomous driving software company. He has previous experience at Jaguar Land Rover, AT&T, Harman Samsung, wejo, and Imagination Technologies. He has much experience in scaling tech and deep tech startup/scaleups for hyper growth and investment and will work to do this at OQC. You can see more about Mr. Lowe and his background in a post on the OQC webpage here.

Qrypt has added David Johnson to its management team as Vice-President of Engineering. He over 20 years of industry experience and most recently was the Vice-President of Engineering at Visual Lease. Before that he has served in a variety of engineering roles at several organizations including the U.S. Air Force. He will be leading Qrypts team of engineers developing their next generation of encryption technology that provides quantum-security-as-a-service.

IQM has named Raghunath Koduvayur as the Head of Asia-Pacific Business and Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal as the new Head of Marketing and Communications replacing Mr. Koduvayur who had held the Marketing and Communications position for the three previous years. As we reported earlier this month, IQM is opening up a new office in Singapore and Koduvayur will be running that office. Prior to IQM has held a variety of marketing and business development roles including six years at Nokia. Ms. Weydenthal comes to IQM from Meta where she spent over eight years in Client Partner and Diversity & Inclusion Champion for Central & Eastern Europe. Prior to that she also has marketing and public relations experience at Heineken, Coca-Cola, and some PR firms. Additional information about these changes at IQM is available in a news release here.

April 11, 2023

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