BEQAH: Between Quantum Algorithms and Hardware
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Project description
Research in quantum computing has traditionally focused on algorithms for full-scale quantum computers and the development of quantum devices. Research on applications that could be used on existing smaller and noisier quantum computers is still quite limited. Hybrid computing refers to computing that combines the best of both conventional computers and (noisy) quantum computers to achieve a level of information processing that neither can achieve on its own. Combining quantum and conventional information processing is a promising research direction for near future applications. The challenge is to find the most efficient ways to exploit existing hardware and software by improving the interconnecting layers between them and maximising the use of available quantum resources.
The BEQAH project has two main objectives: first, to define the basic constraints of hybrid information processing, and second, to find innovative approaches that exploit quantum resources for practical computing and communication tasks. In addition, the project aims to strengthen and develop joint research and collaboration on quantum information between Finnish and Korean researchers.
The research will be carried out in cooperation between the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä and the KAIST Institute in South Korea. The research teams involved are the QIC team from the University of Jyväskylä and the QIT team from KAIST. The companies involved are QuantrolOx, MiTale, OP Financial Group, Three Point Consulting and Veritas Pension Insurance.
