IBM Q Experience

The Coding School, IBM Quantum Provide Free Quantum Education to 5,000 Students Around the World

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coding School is collaborating with IBM Quantum to offer a first-of-its-kind quantum computing course for 5,000 high school students and above, designed to make quantum education globally accessible and to provide high-quality virtual STEM education.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coding School is collaborating with IBM Quantum to offer a first-of-its-kind quantum computing course for 5,000 high school students and above, designed to make quantum education globally accessible and to provide high-quality virtual STEM education.
  • Taught live by MIT and Oxford University quantum scientists, the course has been developed for students with no prior quantum computing experience and introduces students to the foundational concepts of quantum computing, including quantum mechanics, quantum information and computation, and quantum algorithms.
  • Students will work with Qiskit , an open-source quantum software development kit, and the IBM Quantum Experience platform to run quantum circuits on real quantum computers.
  • Beyond increasing accessibility to quantum education, TCS and IBM Quantum are dedicated to ensuring the future quantum workforce is diverse and inclusive.

IBM Delivers Its Highest Quantum Volume to Date, Expanding the Computational Power of its IBM Cloud-Accessible Quantum Computers

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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug.20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, IBM has unveiled a new milestone onitsquantum computing roadmap, achieving the company's highest Quantum Volume to date.

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  • YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug.20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, IBM has unveiled a new milestone onitsquantum computing roadmap, achieving the company's highest Quantum Volume to date.
  • Combining a series of newsoftware and hardwaretechniquesto improveoverall performance, IBM has upgraded oneofits newest 27-qubit client-deployed systems to achieve a Quantum Volume 64.The company has made a total of 28 quantum computers available over the last four years through IBM Quantum Experience.
  • Quantum Volume measures the length and complexity of circuits the higher the Quantum Volume, the higher the potential for exploring solutionsto real world problems across industry, government, and research.
  • The IBM Quantum team has shared details on the technical improvements made across the fullstack to reach Quantum Volume 64 in a preprint released on arXiv , today.

Cambridge Quantum Computing Partners With IBM to Expand Industry Engagement in Quantum

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Friday, July 17, 2020
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CQC and its hub member organizations will collaborate on chemistry, optimization, finance, and quantum machine learning and natural language processing using IBM Quantum systems and the open source Qiskit framework to advance and grow the industry's quantum computing ecosystem.

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  • CQC and its hub member organizations will collaborate on chemistry, optimization, finance, and quantum machine learning and natural language processing using IBM Quantum systems and the open source Qiskit framework to advance and grow the industry's quantum computing ecosystem.
  • Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing hardware.
  • Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is a world-leading quantum computing software company with offices in Cambridge (UK), London, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Tokyo.
  • IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build commercial universal quantum computing systems for business and science applications.

Quantum Machines Joins the IBM Q Network

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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Quantum Machines (QM), creators of The Quantum Orchestration Platform, a complete hardware and software solution, has announced that they have agreed to join IBM's Q Network .

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Quantum Machines (QM), creators of The Quantum Orchestration Platform, a complete hardware and software solution, has announced that they have agreed to join IBM's Q Network .
  • As part of the IBM Q Network, organizations have access to IBM's quantum expertise and resources, open source Qiskit software and developer tools, as well as cloud-based access to the IBM Quantum Computation Center, which now includes 15 of the most-advanced quantum computers commercially available to explore practical applications for business and science, including a 53-qubit system the most in the industry.
  • According to QM Co-Founder & CEO, Dr. Itamar Sivan "QM's inclusion in the IBM Q Network positions us to advance the prospects for useful quantum solutions.
  • This collaboration brings together corporate giants and startups to rapidly accelerate a new path towards the Golden Age of quantum computing and QM is excited to add our expertise and quantum advancements to the Q Network."

Delta Partners with IBM to Explore Quantum Computing - an Airline Industry First

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Airline joins IBM Quantum Network to accelerate quantum research, application development

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  • Airline joins IBM Quantum Network to accelerate quantum research, application development
    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --IBM (NYSE: IBM )and Delta Air Lines announced today that the global airline is embarking on a multi-year collaborative effort with IBM including joining the IBM Q Network to explore the potential capabilities of quantum computing to transform experiences for customers and employees.
  • "We've done this most recently with biometrics in our international terminals and we're excited to explore how quantum computing can be applied to address challenges across the day of travel."
  • The IBM Q Network is a 100-plus strong global community of Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions and research labs working to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications.
  • For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full list of all partners, members, and hubs, visit https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/network/overview

Delta Partners with IBM to Explore Quantum Computing - an Airline Industry First

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Airline joins IBM Quantum Network to accelerate quantum research, application development

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  • Airline joins IBM Quantum Network to accelerate quantum research, application development
    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --IBM (NYSE: IBM )and Delta Air Lines announced today that the global airline is embarking on a multi-year collaborative effort with IBM including joining the IBM Q Network to explore the potential capabilities of quantum computing to transform experiences for customers and employees.
  • "We've done this most recently with biometrics in our international terminals and we're excited to explore how quantum computing can be applied to address challenges across the day of travel."
  • The IBM Q Network is a 100-plus strong global community of Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions and research labs working to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications.
  • For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full list of all partners, members, and hubs, visit https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/network/overview

IBM and Fraunhofer Join Forces on Quantum Computing Initiative for Germany

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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Under terms of the agreement, an IBM Q System One , owned and operated by IBM, will be located in an IBM facility in Germany.

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  • Under terms of the agreement, an IBM Q System One , owned and operated by IBM, will be located in an IBM facility in Germany.
  • Developed by IBM Research, the IBM Q System One is optimized for the quality, stability, reliability, and reproducibility of multi-qubit operations.
  • Due to these factors and the resulting high Quantum Volume - a measure of the power of a quantum computer - IBM Q System One enables state-of-the-art quantum computational research for science and industry.
  • Now, the IBM Q Network , will have a major, new European hub for quantum computing.

Leading European institutions partner with IBM to accelerate joint research and educational opportunities in quantum computing

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
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These institutions are collaborating with IBM QTM to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula to help train students for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing, across science and business.

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  • These institutions are collaborating with IBM QTM to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula to help train students for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing, across science and business.
  • The IBM Q Network is a global community of forward-thinking companies, academic institutions, startups and research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing and foster a growing ecosystem.
  • Examples of future direction of quantum computing application research and exploration by these universities include:
    Aalto University (Finland):The university plans to work with IBM researchers to extend the quantum computing ecosystem in Finland.
  • For more information about IBM's quantum computing efforts, please visit www.ibm.com/ibmq
    IBM Q Network, Qiskit, IBM Q Experience, and IBM Q are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

Leading European institutions partner with IBM to accelerate joint research and educational opportunities in quantum computing

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
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These institutions are collaborating with IBM QTM to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula to help train students for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing, across science and business.

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  • These institutions are collaborating with IBM QTM to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula to help train students for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing, across science and business.
  • The IBM Q Network is a global community of forward-thinking companies, academic institutions, startups and research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing and foster a growing ecosystem.
  • Examples of future direction of quantum computing application research and exploration by these universities include:
    Aalto University (Finland):The university plans to work with IBM researchers to extend the quantum computing ecosystem in Finland.
  • For more information about IBM's quantum computing efforts, please visit www.ibm.com/ibmq
    IBM Q Network, Qiskit, IBM Q Experience, and IBM Q are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

IBM Expands its Quantum Computing Program to Africa with Wits University

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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JOHANNESBURG, June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa.

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  • JOHANNESBURG, June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa.
  • IBM first made quantum computers available to the public in May 2016 through its IBM Q Experience quantum cloud service and has doubled the power of its quantum computers annually since 2017.
  • IBM established the IBM Q Network , a community of Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions and research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications for business and science.
  • As part of the partnership between IBM and Wits, scholars from the otherfifteen ARUA universities including: Addis Ababa University; University of Ghana; University of Nairobi; University of Lagos; University of Ibadan; Obafemi Awolowo University lle-Ife; University of Rwanda; University Cheikh Anta Diop; University of Cape Town; University of Kwa-Zulu Natal; University of Pretoria; Rhodes University; University of Stellenbosch; University of Dar es Salaam and Makerere University, will have the opportunity to apply for access to IBM Q's most-advanced quantum computing systems and software for teaching quantum information science and exploring early applications.