Descripción del proyecto
Revolucionar la tecnología de los ordenadores cuánticos
La tecnología de los ordenadores cuánticos es muy prometedora para muchos sectores, por lo que organizaciones de todo el mundo dedican grandes cantidades de fondos a investigar su potencia y utilidad. Por desgracia, a pesar de dichas iniciativas, la investigación ha sido frenada por problemas fundamentales relacionados con su facilidad de uso, su dimensión, la limitación de las aplicaciones y la dificultad para certificar componentes y algoritmos. El equipo del proyecto NeQST, financiado con fondos europeos, ofrece una solución al generar varios avances de impacto en la cadena de valor del procesamiento de información cuántica de cúdits. Dichos avances se traducirán en un «firmware» que permitirá un mejor dimensionamiento, un mayor control por parte del usuario, una mejor optimización y un mayor uso para la investigación.
Objetivo
Quantum computers are extremely promising emerging technologies with inter-disciplinary teams around the globe working on their development and implementation. Yet, progress is hampered by fundamental difficulties in scalability, end-user friendliness, certification of components and algorithms, and limited application scope to real-world problems. To overcome these urgent challenges, NeQST leverages an extended quantum information processing paradigm based on multi-level carriers of quantum information—qudits. Both the quantum hardware at the fundamental level, and many problems of scientific and technological relevance, are expressed in terms of multi-level systems, making this approach the most efficient choice to unlock the full potential of quantum computers and simulators.
NeQST will generate foundational breakthroughs in the full value chain of qudit quantum information processing. These include qudit based firmware with scalable characterization and automatized design tools harnessing a larger Hilbert space; an end-user friendly high-level control and simulation software, enabling non-specialists to utilize the qudit hardware; the efficient simulation of quantum models of scientific relevance, such as gauge theories; the solution of optimization problems in academia and industry naturally phrased in terms of multi-level variables; and certification tools specifically designed for multi-level quantum information, enabling a device-independent validation of data. NeQST results will therefore elucidate the role of dimension in quantum physics and its use as a resource for quantum information processing.
To achieve its ambitious goals, NeQST has assembled an inter-disciplinary team of leading academic and industry partners, and has developed a well-rounded work plan, as well as detailed dissemination and exploitation strategies.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesatomic physics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computers
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applications
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02
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38122 Trento
Italia