Project description
Realising the potential of quantum computing in a photonics computational device
Quantum computers harness the magical possibilities of quantum mechanics to significantly enhance computing power. Their potential to surpass classical computation, demonstrating so-called quantum supremacy, has yet to be realised. Recently, the study of computational problems that produce samples from probability distributions (quantum sampling problems or random circuit sampling) has highlighted a potential path forward to demonstrate quantum supremacy. Random circuits quickly develop long-range entanglement, making them very difficult to simulate with classical algorithms. One promising way to achieve useful quantum computation is by using a hybrid computational model combining classical and quantum processes. The EU-funded PHOQUSING project plans to implement such a hybrid computational system based on integrated cutting-edge photonics, placing Europe at the forefront of a competitive and economically important emerging field.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computers
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsdiscrete mathematicsgraph theory
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
00185 Roma
Italy
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Participants (6)
00185 Roma
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4715-330 Braga
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75794 Paris
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7521 AN Enschede
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
75006 Paris
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92120 Montrouge
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.