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

Market Disruption

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

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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