Quantum News Briefs 22. august: Trio af amerikanske agenturer opfordrer organisationer til at udvikle "køreplan" for kvantecomputere og udgive "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave annoncerer øget ydeevne af den nyeste Quantum Hybrid Solver tilgængelig i Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, Hvordan man beskytter kritisk infrastruktur i kvantecomputerens æra, Fysikere bruger vibrationer til at forhindre tab af information i kvantecomputere + MERE - Inside Quantum Technology

Quantum News Briefs 22. august: Trio af amerikanske agenturer opfordrer organisationer til at udvikle "køreplan" for kvantecomputere og udgive "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave annoncerer øget ydeevne af den nyeste Quantum Hybrid Solver tilgængelig i Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, Hvordan man beskytter kritisk infrastruktur i kvantecomputere-æraen, Fysikere bruger vibrationer til at forhindre tab af information i kvantecomputere + MERE - Inside Quantum Technology

Quantum News Briefs August 22: Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop "roadmap" for quantum computers & publish "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era, Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing + MORE - Inside Quantum Technology PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.
By Sandra Helsel offentliggjort 22. august 2023

Quantum News Briefs 22. august:

Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop “roadmap” for quantum computers & publish “Quantum Factsheet”

Quantum News Briefs August 22: Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop "roadmap" for quantum computers & publish "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era, Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing + MORE - Inside Quantum Technology PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.A trio of government agencies on Monday urged organizations to prepare now for quantum computers’ ability to break through encryption, telling them to develop a “road map” for a future that grows near, according to this morning’s Washington Post in an article with analysis by Tim Starks and research by David DiMolfetta
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology published a quantum “factsheet” on Monday, August 22.

The fact sheet includes several recommendations:

  • Organizations should develop an inventory of quantum-vulnerable technology.
  • They should begin discussions on a road map with their technology vendors.
  • Relatedly, they should examine their supply chains for ways they might depend on quantum-vulnerable technology.
  • Vendors, meanwhile, should start planning for testing and integration.

“Early planning is necessary as cyber threat actors could be targeting data today that would still require protection in the future (or in other words, has a long secrecy lifetime), using a catch now, break later or harvest now, decrypt later operation,” the fact sheet reads.

The Biden administration wants a complete transition for agencies to post-quantum cryptography by 2035. Click here to read the August 22 Washington Post article in-entirety.

D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service

D-Wave Systems har for nylig annonceret en lancering på AWS Marketplace, der tilbyder en mere tilgængelig måde for leverandører at bruge deres teknologi.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. today announced an update to its Constrained Quadratic Model (CQM) hybrid solver in its Leap™ quantum cloud service. D-Wave has introduced algorithmic updates to its CQM solver that deliver increased performance for existing binary problem classes, which can include offer allocation, portfolio optimization, and satisfiability.
Optimeringsproblemer er allestedsnærværende i dagens virksomhed, og nuværende kvantehybridteknologier kan hjælpe udviklere med at tackle disse kvadratiske problemer for at finde bedre løsninger. For at benchmarke ydeevneforbedringerne til den opdaterede hybridløsning, testede D-Wave 2,045 binære kvadratiske problemer, hvor den nye CQM-løsning vandt 80 % af problemerne sammenlignet med 71.1 % og 62.6 % af tidligere versioner. For at lære mere om CQM-hybridløseren og dens seneste præstationsresultater, er den tekniske rapport tilgængelig her.
"Vores mission hos D-Wave er at låse op for kraften ved praktisk kvanteberegning for vores kunder," sagde Trevor Lanting, vicepræsident for software, algoritmer og cloud-tjenester hos D-Wave. "Disse seneste opdateringer til vores CQM hybride løser afspejler vores forpligtelse til at bygge løsninger, der bringer reel virksomhedsanvendelse og effekt i dag. Vi er begejstrede for de præstationsforbedringer, vi ser, og vores hurtige innovationstempo giver os mulighed for at udvide kvantehybride arbejdsgange for at hjælpe med at løse stadig mere komplekse problemer."
CQM-løseren blev først gjort tilgængelig i oktober 2021. Den inkorporerer problembegrænsninger, hvilket giver brugerne mulighed for at drage fordel af et forenklet udtryk for deres begrænsede problemer, hvilket betydeligt udvider størrelsen og kompleksiteten af ​​problemer, som kunder kan løse med begrænsninger i D-Waves hybridløsning for at finde de bedste svar på komplekse forretningsproblemer.

Hvordan man beskytter kritisk infrastruktur i kvantecomputerens æra

Quantum News Briefs August 22: Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop "roadmap" for quantum computers & publish "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era, Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing + MORE - Inside Quantum Technology PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.Unikke spørgsmål er involveret i cybersikkerhed for kritisk infrastruktur (CI) såsom olierørledninger, kraftværker, elværker, vandbehandlingsanlæg, dæmninger, havne og massetransportsystemer. Quantum News Briefs opsummerer og 21. august artikel i Federal Times af

Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing

Quantum News Briefs August 22: Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop "roadmap" for quantum computers & publish "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era, Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing + MORE - Inside Quantum Technology PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.The tiniest vibrations creeping in from the outside world can cause a quantum system to lose information. Quantum News Briefs summarizes August 21 SciTech article discussing the use of vibrations to stop information loss.
For instance, even light can cause information leaks if it has enough energy to jiggle the atoms within a quantum processor chip.
“Everyone is really excited about building quantum computers to answer really hard and important questions,” said Joe Kitzman, a doctoral student at Michigan State University. “But vibrational excitations can really mess up a quantum processor.”
However, with new research published in the journal Nature Communications, Kitzman and his colleagues are showing that these vibrations need not be a hindrance. In fact, they could benefit quantum technology.
“If we can understand how the vibrations couple with our system, we can use that as a resource and a tool for creating and stabilizing some types of quantum states,” Kitzman said. What that means is that researchers can use these results to help mitigate information lost by quantum bits, or qubits (pronounced “q bits”).
Johannes Pollanen, the Jerry Cowen Endowed Chair of Physics in the MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy. “It’s almost like junk you don’t want to deal with, but you can learn all kinds of cool stuff about the quantum world when you do.”
Pollanen also leads the Laboratory for Hybrid Quantum Systems, of which Kitzman is a member, in the College of Natural Science. For the experiments led by Pollanen and Kitzman, the team built a system consisting of a superconducting qubit and what are known as surface acoustic wave resonators.
The team’s resonators allowed the researchers to tune the vibrations experienced by qubits and understand how the mechanical interaction between the two influenced the fidelity of quantum information.
“We’re creating a paradigm system to understand how this information is scrambled,” said Pollanen. “We have control over the environment, in this case, the mechanical vibrations in the resonator, as well as the qubit.”
“If you can understand how these environmental losses affect the system, you can use that to your advantage,” Kitzman said. “The first step in solving a problem is understanding it.”
MSU is one of only a few places equipped and staffed to perform experiments on these coupled qubit-mechanical resonator devices, Pollanen said, and the researchers are excited to use their system for further exploration.  Click here to read the SciTechDaily article in-entirety.

Bidens kantsten på Kina kan sløve Singapores forspring inden for kvanteteknologi

Quantum News Briefs August 22: Trio of US agencies urge organizations to develop "roadmap" for quantum computers & publish "Quantum Factsheet"; D-Wave announces increased performance of newest Quantum Hybrid Solver available in Leap real-time Quantum Cloud Service, How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era, Physicists use vibrations to prevent information loss in quantum computing + MORE - Inside Quantum Technology PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.Singapores begyndende kvanteteknologisektor kan lide skade af de mange restriktioner, som Biden-administrationen indfører for at nægte Kina fordelen på nøgleteknologiske områder, ifølge Marvie Basilan skriver i International Business Times den 14. august.
Nogle bekymrer sig om, at Biden-administrationens nylige forbud mod visse amerikanske investeringer i Kina, specifikt rettet mod halvledere og mikroelektronik, AI og kvanteinformationsteknologi, kan komme i Singapores vej til storhed. Singapore er forblevet en vestlig allieret på trods af den polarisering, verden har set efter Ruslands invasion af Ukraine sidste år.
Dimitris Angelakis, grundlægger af Angel Quantum Computing, en hovedefterforsker ved National University of Singapores Center for Quantum Technologies og lektor ved Technical University Crete, fortalte International Business Times at visse kvantestartups i Singapore, der modtog "en vis kinesisk opbakning i fortiden", kan blive viklet ind i sparringen mellem Kina og USA, og dem, der anskaffer kvantehardware til eksperimentelle formål, kan møde udfordringer.
Han sagde, at Washingtons restriktioner ikke vil have en større effekt på den singaporeanske kvanteteknologiscene, så længe grundlæggende videnskabeligt samarbejde og kommunikation forbliver "frit og ukontrolleret."
Kantstenene "understreger Singapores behov for at styrke vores lokale økosystem, fremme knowhow og udvikle kvanteteknologier internt," Tommaso Demarie, medstifter og administrerende direktør for det Singapore-baserede kvanteoptimeringsfirma. Entropica Labs fortalt HIH.
Singapore har en mulighed for at tjene som et kvante-hub for ikke kun Sydøstasien, men også det større asiatiske teknologiske rum, herunder Japan, Indien og Sydkorea, hvis det kan navigere på den geopolitiske arena. Det kan blive en strategisk partner for lande, "der vil blive fanget i dette teknologikapløb mellem supermagter," sagde Demarie. Klik her for at læse artiklen i sin helhed.

Sandra K. Helsel, ph.d. har forsket og rapporteret om grænseteknologier siden 1990. Hun har sin ph.d. fra University of Arizona.

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