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By experimenting with designing quantum algorithms, QuAIL hopes to use quantum computers to tackle calculations that otherwise would be impossible. Today, the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL), is where NASA conducts research to determine the capabilities of quantum computers and their potential to support the agency’s goals in the decades to come. Located at Ames, the lab conducts research on quantum applications and algorithms, develops tools for quantum computing, and investigates the fundamental physics behind quantum computing. But enterprises need to realize that it’s early days for gate model quantum computing, and that gate model systems may never be better than annealing systems in solving optimization problems. Unlike annealing quantum computers, gate model quantum computers require error correction—the biggest single engineering challenge for quantum computing. If that state collapses, a quantum system should be able to correct the error and roll back to where it left off.

Essentially, one can think of quantum mechanics as a generalization of probability theory in which probabilities can be negative. Around the same time, other puzzles about matter and light were solved by postulating that atoms and particles behave differently from macroscopic objects. Eventually, this led to the theory of quantum mechanics, which explains … Read More

IBM reportedly produced a 127-qubit superconducting quantum computer in November, intends to unveil a 400-qubit processor this year, and aims to produce a 1,000-qubit processor in 2023. They are building IP, training, learning the development stack, designing algorithms and understanding the likely effect on their business. These firms see the change coming and don’t want to be left behind which is why companies like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Rolls Royce, BMW and VW are investing now. There is no doubt that the field is evolving at a rapid pace and breakthroughs will come sooner than we expect which is why organisations have to start looking a quantum computing now.

In order to protect against this, Lyubashevsky says that organisations and state actors should already be updating their cryptography to quantum-safe algorithms ie. A primary concern is that quantum computers of the future could be possessed of such powerful calculation ability that they could break the encryption protocols fundamental to the security of the Internet that we have today. Quantum technology can address complex societal challenges, but it can also be used maliciously by nation-states during warfare.

For example, quantum computing is expected to excel at tasks such as integer factorization and simulations … Read More