Project
PHASE: Phase 2 in progress
PERIOD: 2022-04-01 — 2028-08-31
LEADER: Ulf Tigerstedt
LINKS:
Web - The project website
Internal wiki - Internal working documents.
DOCUMENTS
Nordic-Estonian Quantum Computing e-Infrastructure Quest - NordIQuEst
Background
Quantum computing is expected to impact all areas of research that could utilise computational modelling. Quantum computers need tailor-made algorithms and software. Quantum programming requires taking advantage of quantum physical phenomena that are absent in classical computing, like superposition and entanglement.
Objectives
Phase 1 of the NordIQuEst project has been a pioneer in the European landscape, establishing the Nordic countries as forerunners in the quantum computing paradigm. Notably, NordIQuEst was the first academic project to demonstrate a connection between an HPC system (LUMI, at CSC FI) and a Quantum Computer in a different country (QAL 9000, at Chalmers SE) already in April 2022.
During phase 2 emphasis will be put on building upon the previously created public application library by maintaining and expanding its algorithms, add examples, as well as covering more Quantum resources. This will go hand-in-hand with the continued efforts to make Quantum computing available throughout the Nordics. Starting with the available Quantum resources Helmi, VLQ, WACQT 25Qubit, Q20 and Magne the aim is to encourage software installations on all connected Nordic HPC resources which simplify connecting to these quantum computers. This increased accessibility from a user point of view will help researchers to smoothly integrate high-end Quantum resources into their computational workflows and again increase the uptake of Quantum technology in a wider range of research communities. Part of connecting the resources will be demonstrating the application of the previously developed algorithms.
Another big focus in NordIQuEst phase 2 will once more be training and knowledge exchange. This will amongst other efforts include tutorial and demo contributions to the now well-established yearly Quantum Autumn School (arranged by ENCCS). As a completely new endeavour NordIQuEst 2 will be looking into developing a set of metrics measuring performance and usability, allowing the possibility for a more objective evaluation of the performance of locally available academic Quantum resources.
Project partners
- CHALMERS University of Technology, SE
- CSC - IT Center for Science, FI
- DeiC, DK
- SINTEF, NO
- Simula Research Laboratory, NO
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI
Previous project partners during Phase 1
- DTU Technical University of Denmark, DK
- University of Tartu, EE