Startup’s Autonomous Security Software Designed to Safeguard Devices From Evolving Cybersecurity Threats, Quantum Included
Photo by pille dougats on Unsplash Expert Insight According to Dr Itan Barmes, a cryptography expert at Deloitte Cyber Risk Services in the Netherlands, “an adversary with a large quantum computer today would be able to break practically all asymmetric cryptography (digital certificates, key exchange etc.) and significantly reduce the security of symmetric encryption (3DES, AES)”. […]
The Project “QHealth: Quantum Pharmacogenomics Applied to Aging”, led by aQuantum, Receives a +3.67 million Euro Grant From The CDTI Missions 2020
On November 27, the Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain, made public the list of the granted projects among those submitted to the call for the 2020 CDTI Missions Program, within the framework of the Spanish program of Business Leadership in R&D. The detailed […]
$35 Million Awarded to 15 Small Businesses During Virtual Quantum Collider 2.0
The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate announced 23 awards to 15 small businesses, totaling $35 million in U.S. Air Force funding, during the Virtual Quantum Collider 2.0 held December 1-2, 2020 in Rome, N.Y. These Phase II Small-Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards were given for proposals covering any of four quantum topics: Timing, Sensing, […]
Montana Instruments Announces Mark Carroll as New CEO
Montana Instruments, a leading global provider of cryogenic systems for the quantum computing industry, has appointed former Blackmore Sensors & Analytics board member and ILX Lightwave-Newport GM, Mark Carroll, to lead the company. Founder and previous CEO Luke Mauritsen will remain with the company as a board member, connecting Montana Instrument’s growth plan to a […]
Anyon Systems to Deliver a Quantum Computer to the Canadian Department of National Defense
Anyon Systems Inc., a quantum computing company based in Montreal, Canada, announced today that it is to deliver Canada’s first gate-based quantum computer for the Department of National Defense’s Defense Research and Development Canada (“DRDC”), according to a news release. The quantum computer will feature Anyon’s Yukon generation superconducting quantum processor. Named after Canada’s westernmost […]
The Vision Conference –The Biggest Tech Conference for Students
For high-schoolers, when thinking about today’s emerging technology like AI, blockchain, and quantum computing, the most positive words might not necessarily come to mind. Daunting. Complex. Impossible. Those are the words that go through the majority of teenager’s heads. However, it’s not as bad as many might think. Almost everyone has the ability to comprehend […]
AlphaRail, a Nashville, Tennessee Based Startup is Using ML and Quantum-Inspired Computing to Enhance Network Rail Systems
Photo by Vincent Ledvina on Unsplash Collection, Analysis, Dissemination One application where quantum information science (QIS) can have an effective influence is in the logistics and transportation industries. The technology for cars and other forms of transport are slowly changing by way of the data we have at our fingertips. The only downside to the amount […]
Seeqc Announces LG Technology Ventures’ Participation in $22.4 million Series A Funding Round
Seeqc, the Digital Quantum Computing company, today announced that LG Technology Ventures, an investment arm of the South Korean conglomerate LG Group, is participating in its $22.4 million Series A round. The Series A round was initially announced in September 2020 and was led by the EQT Ventures fund, one of the largest venture capital […]
IonQ, QC Ware Researchers Team Up to Tackle Quantum Machine Learning Challenge
QC Ware and IonQ report they teamed up to run a machine learning algorithm for classification on an 11-qubit quantum qubit. The experiment is discussed in QC Ware‘s Medium blog and reported in a paper on arXiv, a pre-print depository. According to the post, the teams focused on loading classical data onto quantum states in […]
Research Team Says Nanochip is a Significant Step Toward Quantum Computers That Outperform Classical Ones
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute in collaboration with University of Bochum say they have made a major advance in the creation of a nanochip for photonic quantum computer, according to a university news story. “We now possess the tool that makes it possible to build a quantum simulator that can outperform […]