IBM forms Q Network, collaboration between 12 organizations, to advance quantum computing systems and applications for business and science

Briefing

IBM forms Q Network, collaboration between 12 organizations, to advance quantum computing systems and applications for business and science

December 20, 2017

Briefing
  • Q Network – Partnership between IBM, selected Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, and national research labs to advance quantum computing
  • IBM’s Support – Participating organizations will use IBM’s Q quantum computers and explore quantum computing applications in finance, transportation, and electronics sectors, among others
  • 12 Organizations – Include JPMorgan Chase, Daimler AG, Samsung, JSR Corporation, Barclays, Hitachi Metals, Honda, Nagase, Keio University, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oxford University, and University of Melbourne
  • Regional Quantum Computing Hubs – Quantum computing research hubs will be located in IBM Research, Keio University in Japan, Oak Ridge National Lab in U.S., Oxford University in U.K., and University of Melbourne
  • MIT Collaboration – IBM working with Massachusetts Institute of Technology to introduce online quantum computing courses via edX platform in 2018 H1
  • IBM Q Experience Customers – Over 60,000 users, including have run more than 1.7 million quantum experiments and generated over 35 research publications using publicly-available quantum computing platform IBM Q Experience

Accelerator
Computation and Storage

Market Disruption
Innovation Partnerships

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices
Innovative Partnerships

Sector
Financial Services, Information Technology, Transportation and Logistics

Organization
Barclays Bank Plc, Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz), Hitachi Metals Ltd., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., IBM Research Inc., International Business Machines Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., JSR Corp., Keio University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nagase & Co. Ltd., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oxford University, Samsung, The University of Melbourne

Source

Original Publication Date
December 14, 2017

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