Tremendous Boost for Quantum Research in the Amsterdam Ecosystem
Quantum Delta NL, the public-private foundation that was launched in 2020 with the mandate to coordinate and execute the Netherland’s National Agenda for Quantum Technology (NAQT), has been awarded €615 million from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy to power the advancement of quantum technology. This gives a tremendous boost to quantum […]
Quantum Delta NL awarded 615 million euro from Netherlands’ National Growth Fund to accelerate quantum technology
Funds will be used to train 2,000 researchers and engineers to scale 100 start-ups and to host three corporate R&D labs in the Netherlands by 2027. Monday, April 12, 2021 (Delft, Netherlands): Quantum Delta NL, the public-private foundation, which launched in 2020 with the mandate to coordinate and execute the Netherland’s National Agenda for Quantum […]
De strijd om de beste qubit – Spinnende elektronen en flitsende fotonen
Eind januari lieten onderzoekers van het Delftse QuTech en Microsoft weten dat ze toch niet zeker waren dat ze majoranadeeltjes hadden waargenomen. Ze trokken hun Nature-publicatie hierover terug, een tegenslag voor de Delftse onderzoekers en Microsoft. Dat de toekomst van de quantumcomputer nu onzeker is, zoals Bert Wagendorp schreef in zijn column in de Volkskrant, is echter te pessimistisch. Majorana’s […]
What is it like to research quantum computers and the quantum internet?
Postdoctoral researcher at QuSoft, Yfke Dulek, and Sophie Hermans (QuTech) have recorded an episode together for the podcast “Radio Swammerdam”. In this episode they talk about building quantum computers and the quantum internet, how to secure them, and what it’s like to conduct research in this field. On January 31, the interview was broadcast on the […]
Outsourcing computations to a quantum computer you can’t trust
Quantum computers hold great promise, but to what extent can we trust the outcome of these elusive machines? In her PhD thesis, Yfke Dulek investigates ways to delegate computations to a quantum computer, focussing on the question how trustworthy the outcomes will be. Her research could pave the way for creating security guarantees in quantum […]
Multiparty entanglement: when everything is connected
‘Entanglement’ is a ubiquitous concept in modern physics research: it occurs in subjects ranging from quantum gravity to quantum computing. In a publication that appeared in Physical Review Letters last week, UvA-IoP physicist and senior researcher at QuSoft, Michael Walter and his collaborator Sepehr Nezami shed new light on the properties of quantum entanglement – in particular […]
Students learn how to program for the quantum computer
In a bilingual course, high school students can learn how to program for quantum computers. Two researchers from the QuSoft (established by the University of Amsterdam and CWI) are using this new initiative to introduce students to the kind of mathematics taught at the University. “Alice has a robotic donkey that she wants to program […]
Collaboration between QuSoft, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Dutch banks results in new workshop ‘General Awareness Quantum Computing’
The new monthly workshop General Awareness Quantum Computing addresses the need for companies to explore and develop quantum software and new applications. To create an education and awareness program The Dutch Payments Association, the Dutch Banking Association and the three major Dutch banks ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank asked QuSoft (the research center for Quantum […]
Michael Walter wins KNAW Early Career Award
Twelve young researchers, three from each of the four academic fields of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), received an KNAW Early Career Award. The prize is intended for researchers in the Netherlands who are at the start of their careers and who have innovative, original research ideas. The KNAW Early Career Award will […]
Milestone Quantum Delta NL: Dutch players join forces in building the future of quantum technology
Quantum technology is an important key technology offering great opportunities for the Netherlands in the coming years. To accelerate the leading role of the Netherlands in quantum technology, a new institution was established: Quantum Delta Nederland (QDNL) Foundation. By expanding the current ecosystem of companies, knowledge institutes and governmental institutions QDNL will continue to build a strong […]
