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Teknikimobil.com – Whether we realize the importance of business in science or not, it is like two sides of a coin, perhaps it could be said that business is science or science is business. At least it would appear that the need for very large funds to develop science depends on how large a business is run, whether directly involved in that development or not. Maybe this is a picture of when IBM collaborated to accelerate quantum computing. Even though the results do not directly become a business, the research carried out is to create a big business for automotive companies in [now] future autonomous vehicles.
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As we reported in autonomousvehicletech , IBM announced the first client to leverage its commercial IBM Q quantum computing system to explore practical applications important for business and science. They include JPMorgan Chase, Daimler AG, Samsung, JSR Corporation, Barclays, Hitachi Metals, Honda, Nagase, Keio University, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oxford University, and the University of Melbourne.
These initial 12 organizations join the newly formed IBM Q Network, a collaboration of leading Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, and national research laboratories working directly with IBM to advance quantum computing. IBM Q Network also plans to develop a thriving quantum computing ecosystem based on IBM’s open source quantum software and developer tools.
“IBM is looking several years ahead as the commercial quantum era dawns – a formative period when quantum computing technology and early use cases are rapidly evolving. The IBM Q Network will serve as a vehicle to make quantum computing more accessible to businesses and organizations through access to the most advanced IBM Q systems and quantum ecosystem,” said Dario Gil, Vice President of AI and IBM Q, IBM Research. “Working with our clients, together we can start to explore ways large and small quantum computing can address previously unsolved problems applicable to industries such as financial services, automotive, or chemicals. There will be a shared focus on finding areas of quantum advantage that can lead to future commercial, intellectual and social gains. ”
Organizations will work directly with IBM scientists, engineers, and consultants to pioneer quantum computing for specific industries and have direct cloud-based access to IBM Q systems. Each IBM Q Network Partner will explore a range of potential quantum computing applications in their respective industries can provide a quantum advantage – a demonstration of a real-world problem that can be solved faster or more efficiently with a quantum computer than with a classical one. computer.
Daimler AG will work with IBM to advance potential quantum computing use cases for the automotive and transportation industries. Some research areas include discovering and developing new materials for automotive applications through quantum chemistry, complex optimization problems such as for manufacturing processes or vehicle routing for fleet logistics or self-driving cars, and the intersection of quantum and machine learning to enhance artificial intelligence capabilities.
“The smart, connected cars of the future require computing capabilities that are not available today,” said Ola Källenius, member of the Daimler AG Management Board responsible for Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. “We believe that quantum computing could be an important element in creating sustainable and highly efficient mobility.”
IBM plans to build regional hubs on four continents to increase access to quantum systems and advanced research. The company said this IBM Q Network Hub will broadly enable their industrial and research collaborators to use IBM Q systems online and engage in joint development to explore quantum computing. The planned locations for the hubs are at IBM Research, Keio University in Japan, Oak Ridge National Lab in the United States, Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Through the publicly available IBM Q Experience, more than 60,000 users have run more than 1.7 million quantum experiments and produced more than 35 third-party research publications using the world’s first suite of quantum computers openly available on the web. IBM Q Experience allows registered users to connect to IBM quantum processors via IBM Cloud, to run algorithms and experiments, work with individual quantum bits, and explore tutorials and simulations around what is possible with quantum computing. Developers also have access to IBM’s open quantum software development kit, QISKit, to create and run quantum computing programs.
IBM Q Experience will also play an important role in an initiative IBM is undertaking with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. IBM will support MIT in producing a comprehensive, cutting-edge curriculum for executives, engineers, scientists and researchers to understand and exploit the coming quantum computing revolution. The first courses are expected to be online in the first half of 2018.
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In addition to supporting the quantum curriculum, IBM has begun working with MIT to explore the intersection of quantum computing and machine learning as part of the recently launched MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. Together, IBM and MIT scientists are investigating the “Physics of AI,” which involves new research into AI materials, devices, and hardware architecture. Focus areas include using AI to help characterize and improve quantum devices, and researching the use of quantum computing to optimize and accelerate machine learning algorithms and other AI applications.[]