Continued Development of the Competence Center Quantum Computung Baden-Württemberg

As part of the project, 13 research institutions, including the FZI, are working together with twelve associated industry partners on the continued development of software and hardware solutions for quantum computing. The project builds on the successful work of the state-funded transfer project KQCBW24 and previous funding phases. A particular focus is on the development of algorithms for quantum chemistry and materials science, the benchmarking of various hardware platforms, and the further development of error mitigation and quantum error correction. To this end, the project partners are making particular use of the IBM quantum computers in Ehningen, which went into operation last year.

Another central component of the project is the establishment of a “KQCBW Quantum Cloud” as a service-oriented platform (“Quantum Computing as a Service”). In the future, this will give companies and research institutions access to quantum hardware developed in Baden-Württemberg, in particular based on Rydberg atoms and spin systems.

The project consortium brings together the expertise of universities and non-university institutions in the state with industrial partners from disciplines such as chemistry, energy, mechanical engineering, logistics, and IT. In this way, KQCBW is making a crucial contribution to further strengthening the innovative capabilities of Baden-Württemberg as a location in a future-oriented field with high economic potential.