Atos, a major player in France’s national strategy on quantum technologies

By Leora R. Isham 3 years ago

Paris, France – 21 January 2021

Atos welcomes the French government’s initiative and is happy to participate in the progress of the national method on quantum technologies, announced nowadays by President Emmanuel Macron.

With exclusive skills in Europe and progressive technologies this sort of as the Atos Quantum Understanding Device (Atos QLM), the world’s most strong quantum simulator, Atos is now performing intently with national players this sort of as GENCI (Grand Equipement Countrywide de Calcul) and the CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique), as nicely as the start-up Pasqal. The national quantum method now presents Atos the option to speed up its Atos Quantum application and improve its contribution to the French quantum ecosystem, with a view to featuring its consumers the initial benefits of quantum computing in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) period as quickly as feasible.

“The approach announced nowadays for the progress of quantum technologies is quite remarkable and we are pretty honored to have been linked with this announcement. Quantum computing promises substantial progress in strategic locations for our society, this sort of as well being, chemistry, finance and the combat in opposition to world wide warming and decarbonization. Confronted with these major socio-financial troubles, it is essential to set up community-personal partnerships and foster cooperation between governments, educational scientists, end users and personal corporations. France’s national method is equal to the revolution to occur and we are happy to be among the players who will participate in earning it a fact,” mentioned Elie Girard, Atos CEO.

Atos’ contribution to the national quantum method will aim on 4 locations:

  • The progress of NISQ simulators and accelerators built-in into hybrid superior-effectiveness computing platforms: capitalizing on the Atos QLM and its skills in superior-effectiveness computing, Atos has set the aim of providing a quantum accelerator connected to a supercomputer as early as 2023. On the other hand, innovation in quantum computing is not only about components but also about software. This is the path Atos is having with the Atos QLM quantum simulation and software progress platform.
  • Article-quantum cryptography: Atos is now performing on integrating publish-quantum algorithms into its cybersecurity machines. Its operate in this spot will even more speed up the developments essential to prepare the components implementations of upcoming publish-quantum criteria.
  • International cooperation: Atos has produced performing in cooperation with upcoming industrial end users a priority of its Atos Quantum application. The Group is involved in many educational tasks, notably with the Institut d’Optique and INRIA. In parallel, its skills and the Atos QLM lead to many European programs, such as the NEASQC (Future Programs of Quantum Computing) job. As component of the national quantum method, Atos intends to leverage the expertise obtained as a result of these various tasks to foster interactions between lecturers, know-how providers and end users.
  • Benchmarking: the speedy and steady emergence of new technologies and techniques to quantum programming is essential for the progress of the sector, but also a source of complexity for businesses wishing to spend. In 2020, Atos formulated Q-rating, the initial responsible, goal and honest universal metric to simplify the romantic relationship between know-how end users and providers.

Atos proven a Scientific Council committed to Quantum. Associates are:

  • Alain Component, Professor at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School and Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay
  • David DiVincenzo, Professor at the Alexander von Humboldt University and Director at the Institute for Theoretical Nanoelectronics at the Juelich Study Centre
  • Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford and Founding Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the Countrywide University of Singapore
  • Daniel Esteve, Study Director, CEA Saclay, Head of Quantronics
  • Serge Haroche, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, Nobel Prize in Physics.

In the foreground, from still left to ideal: Emmanuel Macron and Elie Girard
In the again, from still left to ideal: Cédric O, Bruno Le Maire, Amélie de Montchalin andFrédérique Vidal

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Atos is a world wide chief in digital transformation with a hundred and ten,000 workers and once-a-year earnings of € 12 billion. European selection one in cybersecurity, cloud and superior effectiveness computing, the team supplies customized end-to-end methods for all industries in seventy three international locations. A pioneer in decarbonization services and goods, Atos is fully commited to a secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos operates below the manufacturers Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), stated on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

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