Cambridge University press has released a new textbook on the field of quantum communications. Authored and edited by QSI faculty member, Peter Rohde we along with many others contributed chapters to this fantastic book. Get it now on Amazon
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Simon Devitt elected fellow of the Royal Society of NSW
The Royal Society of NSW — the oldest learned society in the Southern Hemisphere has elected Simon Devitt as fellow.
QTS group awarded more than $40K in quantum server time.
The QTS@UTS group, in collaboration with researchers at Aalto University, Finland and the University of Huntsville, Alabama, have been awarded $30K USD ($42K AUD) on the IonQ hardware platform through Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. This hardware time will be utilised to test several new protocols in quantum communications and Quantum Error Correction.
Australia no longer leads world in quantum computing.
Published in the Australian Financial Review in support of our recent work with ASPI. https://www.afr.com/technology/australia-no-longer-leads-world-in-quantum-computing-20210802-p58f7o
Panel: Building a strong quantum industry in Sydney,
As part of the city of Sydney’s visiting Entrepreneur program, Quantum technology was the featured industry in 2021. This was a panel discussion held at UTS Startups featuring Michael Hush (QCTRL), Chris Ferrie (UTS), Biliana Rajevic (SQA), Nathan Langford (UTS), Michael Biercuk (QCTRL) and Simon Devitt (UTS)
Panel: An Australian strategy for the quantum revolution
To support the release of our collaborative report with ASPI, we participated in a panel at ASPI’s headquarters in Canberra to discuss the possibilities of a national quantum initiative
Paper dance.
ArsoNISQ: Analyzing quantum algorithms on near-term architectures Sebastian Brandhofer, Simon Devitt, Ilia Polian https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9465414
Simon Devitt awarded the inaugural Warren Prize by the Royal Society of NSW
Simon Devitt is the inaugural recipient of The Warren Prize by the Royal Society of New South Wales, in recognition of the national and international significance of his work as a mid-career quantum researcher. In a formal acknowledgement of award letter this month, The Royal Society of New South Wales congratulated Dr Devitt for his outstanding achievements and contributionsContinue reading “Simon Devitt awarded the inaugural Warren Prize by the Royal Society of NSW”
An Australian strategy for the quantum revolution
In collaboration with researchers from Macquarie University and the University of Queensland and sponsored by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), we have released a policy report advocating for an Australian quantum technology initiative. https://www.aspi.org.au/report/australian-strategy-quantum-revolution
Paper dance
Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) Computers—How They Work, How They Fail, How to Test Them? Sebastian Brandhofer, Simon Devitt, Thomas Wellens, Ilia Polian https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9441047
Quantum Technology at Scale 