Nadia Carlsten Leaves SandboxAQ to Lead Denmark’s First AI Supercomputer Initiative
Insider Brief Nadia Carlsten, a leader in quantum and AI technologies, is stepping down from her role at SandboxAQ to become the CEO of the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S (DCAI), according to a statement from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Carlsten’s new role will place her at the helm of Denmark’s first AI supercomputer, […]
Guest Post — Quantum Governance: The Need for Policy Innovation in Technology Regulation
By: Brian Moscioni Conversations within the quantum information science (QIS) community are often focused on technical progression and theory, but insufficient emphasis is placed on the social governance aspect of their coming commercialization. In a world where technological capacity largely dictates the trajectories of national prosperity and geopolitical relevance, lawmakers, at the domestic and international […]
Quantum Algorithm Outperforms Current Method of Identifying Healthy Livers For Transplant
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Terra Quantum, a leader in quantum technology solutions, has developed a new image analysis system that performs better than classical methods in identifying healthy livers that are the best candidates for transplantation while protecting patient privacy. Terra Quantum worked with medical and informatics experts to build a diagnostic system that […]
Quantum AI Global and Q-CTRL Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Quantum Technology in India
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum AI Global (QAIG) India’s leading organization in quantum communication & technology, and Q-CTRL the global leader in quantum infrastructure software have announced a strategic partnership to work on various technology initiatives in India- one of the fastest growing technology markets in the world. Earlier this month, Q-CTRL announced a pioneering quantum workforce development initiative […]
PsiQuantum Deal Continues to Roil Australian Government
Insider Brief The nearly $1 billion (AUD) that is bringing California-based photonic quantum computing pioneer PsiQuantum to Australia is still roiling the government with accusations that the process was unfair to the country’s homegrown quantum companies. Recently, Australian media sources are scrutinizing the federal government’s decision making process in funding the US-based company PsiQuantum. The […]
NIST Officially Announces Release of First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards — Plus Quantum Community Reaction
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. Researchers around the world are racing to build quantum computers that would operate in radically different ways from ordinary computers and could break the […]
UCLA Team Develops Unique Superconductor with Quantum Computing Potential
A UCLA-led team has published a study in Nature that presents a new material based on a conventional superconductor, which shows promise for quantum computing. This material retains its superconducting properties under much higher magnetic fields than usual and exhibits the superconducting diode effect, allowing more current in one direction than the other. This effect […]
NIST’s New PQC Standards Online — Awaiting Official Announcement
Insider Brief The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is poised to officially announce the establishment the first-ever standards for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This long-anticipated announcement, expected later today, will set a new global benchmark for securing digital communications in a world increasingly threatened by quantum computing. The newly released standards are already online […]
QMWare Partners with QuEra to Progress Quantum Computing
QMWare, under the leadership of George Gesek as CTO, is at the forefront of progress in the quantum computing landscape through its partnership with QuEra Quantum Alliance, which The Quantum Insider covered earlier this month. QMWare, known for its high-performance hybrid quantum computing cloud services, integrates quantum computing capabilities with classical systems, offering scalable and […]
Scientists Create Protocol for Designing Ultra-Sensitive Quantum Sensors
Researchers North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an algorithmic framework that enhances the design of ultra-sensitive quantum sensors by coupling a qubit with a bosonic oscillator. Qubits, the quantum equivalent of classical bits, can exist in a superposition of two states, while bosonic oscillators are infinite-dimensional systems analogous to […]