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June 24, 2021 In August 2021, the Academy of Finland will open a special funding call aimed at supporting the use of the EuroHPC supercomputing infrastructure, the introduction of quantum computers and the application of high-performance computing. The call opens on 11 August and closes on 6 October 2021.

The aim of the funding is to support the development of a diverse future computing ecosystem and the expansion of computing expertise into new sectors. The funding will support high-quality research related to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, high-performance computing or the introduction of quantum computers as well as the utilisation of high-performance computing in various fields of research.

The funding can be applied for by multidisciplinary research teams and consortia composed of several teams. The total funding budget is 6 million euros for three years, starting in 2022. The funding is designed to promote scientific renewal and diversity, the quality of research and scientific impact as well as impact beyond academia. The development of skills and competences is a key cross-cutting theme in the call.

Applications are encouraged from different fields of research. In this way, the goal is to support the development of a diverse future computing ecosystem. The Academy encourages researchers from different fields to consider what new opportunities high-performance computing could offer and what skills should be developed in the fields concerned.

Inquiries and more information availableon the website of Academy of Finland.

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Bohemia, New York, June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AmpliTech Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMPG), a designer, developer, and manufacturer of state-of-the-art components and semiconductor chips for satellite and 5G communications networks, defense, space, and other commercial applications, announced it has been added to the Russell Microcap Index in conjunction with the Index's annual reconstitution, which took effect after the markets close on June 25th.

Membership in the Russell Microcap Index remains in place for one year, with inclusion, as appropriate, in Russell's Microcap Growth and Microcap Value style indexes. Membership for Russell indexes is determined primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.

CEO Fawad Maqbool, commented, "Inclusion in the Russell Microcap Index is a testament to the progress we have made positioning AmpliTech to participate in the build-out of satellite networks, 5G communications and other next-generation networks. These systems will provide enhanced data and bandwidth capabilities essential for supporting rapid growth in connected devices, entertainment and gaming content distribution, video conferencing, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, autonomous-vehicle communications, quantum computing, space exploration and other bandwidth-intensive applications.

We are actively pursuing the broad range of growth opportunities before us, supported by our strong financial position - with nearly $30M in cash - and our reputation for industry-leading solutions. We expect AmpliTechs exciting outlook to be supported by the added investment community visibility and awareness provided by our Russell index inclusion."

The Russell Microcap Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market, which makes up less than 3% of the U.S. equity market (by market cap). The Russell Microcap Index consists of the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index, plus the next 1,000 smallest eligible securities by market cap.

About FTSE Russell:Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a global index leader that provides innovative benchmarking, analytics and data solutions for investors worldwide. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $17.9 trillion is currently benchmarked to FTSE Russell indexes. For more information on the Russell Microcap Index and the Russell indexes reconstitution, go to the Russell Reconstitution section on the FTSE Russell website. FTSE Russell is wholly owned by London Stock Exchange Group.

About AmpliTech (www.amplitechinc.com)

AmpliTech Group, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) components for global satellite communications, telecom (5G & IoT), space, defense, and quantum computing markets as well as systems and component design consulting services. AmpliTech has a 13+ year track record of developing high performance, custom solutions to meet the unique needs of some of the largest companies in the global industries we serve. We are proud of the unique skills, experience and dedication of our focused team which enables us to deliver superior solutions, faster time to market, competitive pricing and excellent customer satisfaction and repeat business.

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There are very few words used more right now in tech publications than the word quantum. There are also very few words that are more difficult to understand. Quantum can refer to several things. How do quantum mechanics relate to quantum effects or quantum computers? What is quantum computing, when will it be available, and is it the security threat many say it is?

It seems like quantum is the buzzword in tech these days with big companies and governments investing billions in research into quantum technology and its applications. But understanding the goal of all these investments and what the current state-of-the-art of quantum technology is, is far from trivial.

For starters, there are many aspects to the field of quantum technology. It all starts with quantum mechanics that cause quantum effects, which are used to create quantum computers that can run quantum algorithms. And it doesnt get any simpler from there. Do you know the difference between quantum crypto and post-quantum crypto? No need to worry if you dont, because few people do.

Needless to say, combining the hype of everything quantum with the confusion around all different aspects of an immensely complex technology is leading to very creative and misleading marketing activities. If you believe everything you find online, there is no way your company will be able to survive without investing in some kind of security against quantum attacks right now. And who are you to say that this is not true? Do you understand the intricacies of something as complicated as quantum technology? So, you must rely on the statements of these experts, right? Maybe you do, but maybe not. One thing you should do is at least try to sort out what is real and what is not from all the hype making the rounds.

For example, be aware that there is no clear timeline on when these quantum computers will actually become useful. Some early-stage quantum computers exist in high-end research laboratories, but this does not mean that they can be used for running algorithms that are changing the world as we know it not yet. There have been breakthroughs in the field of quantum computing since as early as the 1990s, but as of today, a usable quantum computer still does not exist. Yes, research is speeding up with those billions of dollars in investments, but that does not mean our world will be turned upside down tomorrow. And this is only one of many aspects that is probably less of a worry for you than you might have expected, given what you may have read or heard.

To provide some help in these confusing times, PUF Cafe, the online community about Physical Unclonable Functions or PUF technology, is organizing a webinar to shine a light on some of the different aspects of quantum technology and the impact this technology will have on cryptographic security. If you want to learn more about the relationship between quantum and crypto and the threats posed to the current security state-of-the-art, you can sign up here to attend this free webinar live on June 30th, or become a member of the PUF Cafe community (also free) and enjoy access to the PUF Cafe database of webinars available on replay.

This webinar is the fifth episode in the PUF Cafe Episodes, a web series about security challenges and PUF technology.

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Quantum computers put a high demand on their underlying material.

However, superconductors present a way of conducting electricity without resistance once cooled to sufficiently low temperatures, which is why they're an ideal resource in a world trying it's hardest to reduce energy consumption. But a newly discovered and rare kind of superconductors could change the course of quantum computers.

A group of researchers discovered a new and rare topological superconductor called LaPt3P, and it could become central to the nascent industry of quantum computing, according to a recent study published in the journalNature Communications.

Superconductors exhibit quantum properties on the scale of common, everyday objects, which makes them highly promising candidates for constructing computers that use quantum physics to store data and perform computing operations so advanced that they substantially outperform even the latest supercomputers in some areas. This has caused a surge in demand from leading tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, Google, and more to scale quantum computers to the industrial level via superconductors.

The study's research comes from researchers at the University of Kent, in addition to STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Before their discovery, superconductors had hit a snag. The elementary units of quantum computers (qubits) are highly sensitive, and easily lose their quantum properties from electromagnetic fields, in addition to collisions with air particles, and heat. One way to protect qubits from these effects involves creating more resilient versions with a special class of superconductors: Topological ones, which host protected metallic states on their surfaces, or boundaries.

Topological superconductors like LaPt3P were discovered through muon spin relaxation experiments, in tandem with highly complex theoretical analysis. To verify that the properties of the new superconductor weren't a fluke borne of instrument or sample accident, the research team used two different sets of samples, prepared in ETH Zurich and the University of Warwick. Then the team performed muon experiments at two different kinds of muon facilities: one in PSI, Switzerland, and another in the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

"This discovery of the topological superconductor LaPt3P has tremendous potential in the field of quantum computing," said Sudeep Kumar Ghosh, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Kent and the principal investigator of the new study. "Discovery of such a rare and desired component demonstrates the importance of muon research for the everyday world around us." And this comes on the heels of a major breakthrough in quantum computing. This February, researchers sent entangled qubit states via communication cable linking one quantum network's node to another. "Developing methods that allow us to transfer entangled states will be essential to quantum computing," said Professor Andrew Cleland, lead scientist of the study behind this study, in a blog post on UChicago's website.

In other words, with a newly-discovered superconducting material overcoming fundamental snags to quantum computers, and "top-floor" advances already finding success communicating between quantum network nodes, the dawn of quantum computers capable of not only solving highly-complex theoretical physics, but also transforming our communications infrastructures, is closer now more than ever before.

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The thing that really attracted me to Formula 1 is that its always been about data and technology, says Graeme Hackland, Williams Group IT director and chief information officer of Williams Racing.

Since joining the motorsport racing team in 2014, Hackland has been putting that theory into practice. He is pursuing what he refers to as a data-led digital transformation agenda that helps the organizations designers and engineers create a potential competitive advantage for the teams drivers on race day.

Hackland explains to VentureBeat how Williams F1 is looking to exploit data to make further advances up the grid and how emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, might help in that process.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

VentureBeat: Whats the aim of your data-led transformation process?

Graeme Hackland: Ten years ago, we might have been putting four major package upgrades on the car a year. Were now able to do that much more quickly, and we dont have to wait for big packages of changes. Our digital transformation has been focused on shortening that life cycle. Thats about getting something from a designers brain onto the car as quickly as possible. Test it on a Friday; if its good, it stays. If its not, we refine it, and just keep doing that through the season. And that process has gone really well.

VentureBeat: What kind of data technology are you using to support that process?

Hackland: Some of it is what you would in some industries consider standard data warehousing and business intelligence tools. Some of that is written in-house. At the moment, I dont have a piece of middleware that lies across the whole layer. But thats where we want to head to, so that absolutely everything is feeding into that.

VentureBeat: What would that piece of middleware look like?

Hackland: We originally thought of three main domains: design, manufacturing, and race engineering. And you would have these three bubbles that would all talk to each other. But what weve realized is trying to create data lakes just hasnt worked. It hasnt given us the actual intelligence that we wanted, so we often refer to data puddles. Its much better to have many of these puddles that are well-structured and the data is well understood. And then, through a middleware layer, we can get to the graphical user interfaces.

VentureBeat: What does that layer of information mean for the Williams F1 teams engineers?

Hackland: Were covering everything, from what they look at through to the data structure. And the data structure has been one of our biggest challenges. We relied heavily on Microsoft Excel, and pulling data from all these other sources into Excel was very manual it took too long. So thats the piece of work that weve been doing. Weve not made it public who were working with in that area. Talking publicly about some of the stuff were doing around data and computation, were just not ready yet.

VentureBeat: How do you work out the build vs. buy question?

Hackland: When I got to Williams, we were largely buy-only. We built an in-house capability across three groups: manufacturing, aerodynamics, and race engineering. So they have embedded development groups, and I think thats really important. We considered whether we were going to create a centralized development function. But actually, we feel having them in those three groups is really important. And then as you build those groups, the pendulum swings from buy-only because youve got the capability in-house. The default now is that we will always develop our own if we can. Where theres a genuine competitive advantage, wed develop it ourselves.

VentureBeat: Where might you choose to buy data technologies?

Hackland: Some of the tools that we use trackside are off-the-shelf. Its not all in-house-written, because it doesnt make sense to write your own in some areas. But if you dont write your own applications, youre also accepting that these applications are used by multiple teams. If its a race-engineering application, its probably used across Formula 1 and maybe in other formulas as well. So then you cant customize it and you cant get competitive advantage out of it because everyone else has access to it too. So sometimes well use those as maybe a front end and then well be doing other things in the background. When you start to combine that data with other information, thats when theres a real competitive advantage, and thats where weve put our internal resources.

VentureBeat: What about AI? Is that a technology youre investigating?

Hackland: None of the teams are talking about AI except in passing; theyre just mentioning that AI is being used. None of us want to talk about it yet, and where were applying it. But what weve said publicly is that there are some really interesting challenges that AI can logically be applied to and you get benefits straightaway. So pit stops, the rulebook there are roles that AI can play.

VentureBeat: Can you give me a sense of how AI might be applied in F1?

Hackland: Initially, to augment humans to give engineers more accurate data to work with, or to shortcut their decision-making process so that they can make the right decision more frequently. I felt, even five years ago, that it would be possible that AI could make a pit stop decision without any human intervention. So that is possible, but I dont believe any of the teams will be doing it this year, and we wont. The engineers are not ready, and the humans are not ready to be replaced by AI. So that might take a little bit of time to show them that we can. I think theres still that reluctance to completely hand over the decision-making process, and I can understand that.

VentureBeat: What about other areas of emerging technology?

Hackland: From my perspective, quantum computing is a really exciting opportunity to take computation to a whole new level. And if we can get in there early before the other teams, I think well have a real advantage. There are interesting things happening with some [racing] organizations around that. Once again, were not talking about it publicly, but quantum is completely awesome. I think quantum will take a while. I dont want to be sitting here saying that in the next two years that were going to be developing, designing, and running the car and doing the race analytics on a quantum computer. But a hybrid computer that has quantum elements to it? Absolutely, and within a couple of years. Im really excited about what were doing already.

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