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  • Quantum programming models need to enable performance and productivity

    Published: February 22

    Quantum computers are making great strides in quality, fidelity, and size. At the same time, users and application developers are eager to glimpse the expected power of quantum computing for addressing real-world problems, even if routinely delivering superior performance is still years in the future. As an industry, we need to ensure that quantum computers will deliver economic advantage to a broad market. The time is ripe to anticipate the needs of would-be application developers: What programming models will they use? What do they need to be successful? How will they extract performance from quantum processing units (QPUs)? Read more...

  • Quantum Bytes: Labor Updates – The Talent Search

    Published: February 16

    Looking for quantum technology talent? How do other employers advertise their job and internship openings? These questions are answered by studying the distribution of open job in the quantum industry, globally. A complex data query was made of the global database and a surprising fact was uncovered. Of the 3,681 real-time job listings for quantum Read more...

  • Quantum Bytes: Labor Demand – Internships in 2023

    Published: January 7

    One of the big stories in 2023 related to labor demand in the quantum technologies industry is that offering internships is on the rise—big time. In 2022, the number of new internship listings globally was 199, whereas by mid-December 2023 the number of new internships was 739, a 271% increase year-over-year. The YoY growth for Read more...

  • QED-C recognizes Mark Wippich, recipient of Carl Williams Award

    Published: December 20, 2023

    The Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s (QED-C) third annual Carl Williams Award was presented to Mark Wippich for his leadership of the QED-C Quantum Marketplace. The award was given to Wippich at the QED-C annual meeting in Palo Alto, CA on Dec. 14, 2023. “Mark Wippich has made invaluable contributions to QED-C, from launching the Quantum Read more...

  • Upskill to meet quantum workforce challenges

    Published: July 24, 2023

     Obtaining hands-on experience can help you land a job in the quantum industry  Emerging technologies such as quantum and artificial intelligence have a growing demand for workers and seek individuals who can enter the field, learn new skills, and rapidly grow their knowledge base. “Upskilling” existing workers who have some of the needed skills is Read more...

  • The opportunities and constraints of the quantum supply chain

    Published: June 26, 2023

    There’s no doubt that quantum technologies will transform existing global supply chains, providing optimization solutions surrounding labor, raw materials, logistics, management of financial assets, and more. What we seldom hear about, however, is what’s happening to develop the quantum industry’s own supply chain.   Need a component? Make or modify one  With solid roots in Read more...

  • QED-C® recognizes Tom Lubinski, recipient of the Carl Williams Award

    Published: May 1, 2023

    The Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s (QED-C) second annual Carl Williams Award was presented to Tom Lubinski for his long-standing support of QED-C, especially its standards-related efforts. The award was given to Lubinski at the QED-C annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in December 2022. According to QED-C Executive Director, Celia Merzbacher, “The spirit of this award Read more...

  • Quantum patent trends update: 2022

    Published: February 13, 2023

    Authored by: Elliott Mason For a long time, the wonderful world of quantum mechanics has baffled and astounded scientists attempting to understand the universe. This has included understanding its intrinsic phenomena that occur at the smallest possible scale and, as the recent Nobel Prize in Physics to a trio of entanglement pioneers has reminded us, Read more...

  • It takes a (quantum) village 

    Published: January 3, 2023

    The vital role of recruiters in growing the quantum workforce  Finding qualified talent is top of mind for employers in the emerging quantum industry; workers are needed to fill a growing number of positions at all levels. The range of job types and the associated skills and knowledge have been analyzed by QED-C. The current Read more...

  • Breaking down the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act

    Published: December 2022

    A commitment to accelerate research and innovation and develop the workforce for quantum information science Authors: Santanu Basu, QED-C member, and Jacqueline A. Basu On August 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, which had garnered bipartisan support. The CHIPS and Science Act authorizes the largest publicly funded R&D program Read more...

  • Quantum bytes: Labor demand update

    Published: December 2022

    Given the recent inflationary turmoil in the global economy and the unusual behavior of today’s labor markets –including the recent technology-industry layoffs — one might wonder how the labor demand for quantum is holding up.  For QED-C member organizations [industry, academia, etc.] the past 12 months is comparable to the prior 12-months. New job posting during the two Read more...

  • Testing of fidelity and execution run time hypotheses using QED-C suite of application oriented benchmark programs

    Published: August 2022

    As the Quantum computers are rapidly scaling in performance, benchmarking is gaining importance to assess the state of the art. At QED-C, the Standards and Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee (Standards TAC) developed a suite of application-oriented performance benchmark programs which is now open-source. This is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort by a Read more...