IQT The Quantum Dragon Podcast

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Antti Vasara, President & CEO of VTT is live! VTT is a state-owned and controlled non-profit, limited liability company based in Helsinki, Finland with over 2000 people. It is one of Europe’s leading research, development and innovation institutions. Almost two years ago, the VTT Technical Research Centre deployed Finland’s first operational 5-qubit quantum computer in partnership with hardware start-up IQM. The roadmap lays out a plan to get to a 50-qubit machine by 2024. In addition to quantum computers, VTT is also actively involved in developing quantum sensors, quantum networks and quantum cryptography solutions leveraging QKD and PQC. VTT is also a member of Institute Q - the Finnish Quantum Institute whose goal is to raise the readiness of Finnish society for the disruptive implications that quantum technologies will have on both society and the economy at large. To learn more about quantum innovation in Finland - check out his conversation with Dr. Vasara! #quantumcomputing #VTT @VTTFinland #quantumsensors #quantumnetworks Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Duncan Earl, President & CTO of Qubitekk, Inc., and David Wade, President & CEO, EPB is live! Chris led a roundtable discussion on the exciting partnership between EPB and Qubitekk to develop the EBP Quantum Network in Chattanooga, Tennessee - America’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum network. EPB Quantum Network offers quantum-as-a-service to provide quantum technologists with fiber optic infrastructure using the latest quantum equipment and software to accelerate bringing quantum technologies to market. The network leverages Qubitekk, Inc.’s Bohr-IV, a proprietary system that generates, transmits, and measures qubits. The team is also partnering with Aliro Quantum to use their quantum network controller. To address workforce challenges, they launched Gig City Goes Quantum, an event designed to introduce, educate, and encourage more people to pursue careers in this emerging technology. Check out Chris’s conversation on the future of quantum networks with Duncan and Dave. #quantumcommunication #quantumnetworks #quantumtechnology Inside Quantum Technology #Chattanooga #GigCityGoesQuantum #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Aurélie Hélouis, CEO and Founder infinityQ Technology Inc is live! At age 24, Aurélie was the Deputy Head Officer of the Rafale jet aircraft maintenance workshop for the French navy where she served for 16 years. After moving to Montreal, she received her MBA from McGill and then worked at the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute where in 2019, she founded infinityQ. Aurélie described how skills she learned in the Navy have helped her as a tech entrepreneur - managing complicated situations in a stressful environment, the importance of anticipating problems and doing whatever it takes to complete the mission. Her advice to women interested in getting into quantum? "Don’t let anyone define who you are or what you want to do. If you want to do quantum, don’t let anyone stand between you and your dreams – just do it!" Her company’s proprietary #Ising machine is fast and easy to use compared to other current quantum-inspired technologies. They create artificial atoms that make circuits that behave like a quantum system. Check out Chris's conversation with Aurélie! #quantumcomputing infinityQ Technology Inc Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #artificialatoms #quantuminspired

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alexander Keesling, CEO, QuEra Computing Inc. is live! Alex is an expert in quantum computing and quantum simulation with neutral atoms. While at #Harvard , he pioneered the development of programmable Rydberg atom arrays into a leading technology for quantum information processing. Among his accomplishments are the creation and coherent control of systems with hundreds of neutral atom qubits as well as the demonstration of high-fidelity entangling gates with neutral atoms. QuEra Computing Inc. was founded in 2018 based on pioneering research at Harvard and #MIT and is based in Boston. The company came out of stealth mode in November 2021 with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, and other investors. QuEra is building the industry’s most scalable quantum computers to tackle useful but classically intractable problems for commercially relevant applications. Their signature machine, Aquila, is available now for general use on Amazon Braket. Check out Chris's conversation with Alex. #quantumcomputing QuEra Computing Inc. #neutralatoms #Rydbergatoms #AmazonBraket #Aquila Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Matt Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO, QC Ware is live! Matt was a captain in the Air Force on active duty for five years and then worked as a managing director in private equity at Apollo Management. His company, QC Ware, is a quantum and classical computing software and services company focused on delivering enterprise value through cutting-edge computational technology. With specialization in machine learning and chemistry simulation applications, QC Ware develops for both near-term quantum and state-of-the-art classical computing hardware. The company just introduced an exciting new capability called Promethium providing a SaaS platform that enables customers to simulate molecular properties and accelerate new molecule discovery on powerful classical hardware. Check out the press release. Take a listen to this fascinating conversation! #quantumcomputing @QCWare #quantumchemistry #HPC Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod features Brian Lenahan and Kenna Hughes-Castleberry discussing their latest book “On the Shoulders of Giants” which shares stories of 10 unsung heroes in quantum physics, engineering, and mathematics. Brian is the Founder & Chair of the Quantum Strategy Institute and the author of two seminal books on quantum and business. Kenna is a science journalist and podcaster who currently works as the Science Communicator at JILA. She also writes for Inside Quantum Technology as a freelance staff editor. Worth noting that most of the subjects for this book come from a non white male background, offering new role models to inspire the next generation of the quantum workforce and encourage them to break current stereotypes. You can order the book on Amazon. Check out this very interesting conversation! #quantumcomputing #QSI #JILA Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Andrew Dzurak, CEO & Founder, Diraq is live! Andrew was a key participant over 20 years ago in establishing the Australian Research Council Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Along with his colleague Andrea Morello, they demonstrated the world’s first silicon quantum bits (qubits) in 2012. Today, they are world leaders in building quantum processors using electron spins in CMOS quantum dots. Their goal is to drive qubit numbers on a single chip to the billions, compared to the hundreds of qubits that exist today. His company’s SMART qubit protocol delivers extended coherence times using so-called ‘dressed’ qubits that rock back and forth like a metronome rather than spinning in circles – delivering coherence times of more than 230 microseconds. Take a listen to this great conversation! #diraq #quantumdots #siliconqubits #ARC #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave is live. He became CEO in 2020 and previously served as EVP of R&D and Chief Product Officer. Alan has over 25 years of experience bringing new products to market at leading technology companies and software startups. He was the 1st president of JavaSoft at Sun Microsystems and oversaw the growth and adoption of the Java platform from its infancy to a robust platform supporting mission-critical applications in nearly 80 percent of Fortune 1000 companies. D-Wave's 2X Quantum Computer with more than 1,000 qubits was installed in 2015 at the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA Ames – over 8 years ago! Today, D-Wave is the only company developing both annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Take a listen to this fascinating conversation! @DWavesystems #quantumannealing #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Shai Machnes, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Qruise is live! Shai’s team is using machine learning & Quantum Optimal Control to improve control of the current generation of noisy intermediate scale quantum computers (NISQ devices). His company is also developing Machine Learning for Science as a productized toolset to make ML-driven discovery accessible to all. They are starting with a junior quantum control physicist, similar to the capabilities of a 2nd year PhD student and growing from there. Take a listen to this interesting conversation! #Qruise #ML #machinelearning  #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Inside Quantum Technology is delighted to support Black History Month with Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod - an interview with Charles Robinson, Public Sector Leader IBM Quantum Computing & World Wide leader Quantum Safe Team. Charles is a veteran and a graduate of Howard University with over 30 years’ experience in information technology, business development, engineering, and management in commercial, DOD and intelligence organizations. He has worked on all aspects of information and communications infrastructure. Charles was instrumental in the formation of the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center, enabling talented Black students to get involved in this exciting new technology. He currently leads IBM’s Quantum Safe Team focused on securing the world’s digital infrastructure for the era of quantum computing. Take a listen to this great conversation! @IBMQuantum IBMQuantumSafe #BlackHistoryMonth #HBCU #quantumsafe #PQC #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology