The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has entered a strategic agreement with Quantinuum, a world leader in quantum computing, to accelerate the development and benchmarking of next-generation quantum computing algorithms and commercial applications in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement grants TII’s researchers access to Quantinuum’s quantum computing systems, recognized for having high operational fidelity. This includes access to Helios, the company’s upcoming next-generation system, which is expected to demonstrate improvements in gate fidelity and qubit connectivity. This expands TII’s diverse ecosystem of partner platforms, that includes in-house developed superconducting quantum chips, IonQ’s trapped-ion processors, and access via AWS Braket to devices from QUERA, Rigetti, and IQM, among others. This strategic agreement enables TII to combine state-of-the-art quantum computing systems and research efforts to develop better quantum algorithms, marking an important step in strengthening UAE’s growing position as a global leader in science and technology. Focused on advancing quantum computing applications across diverse domains of regional and global significance, the partnership’s key research areas include:

1. Chemistry and Materials Science: Estimating quantum system properties, such as ground-state energy, for advancements in chemistry and materials, and simulating complex many-body quantum systems, such as superconductors.
   
2. Classical-to-Quantum Data Integration: Identifying efficient methods to encode classical data into quantum states, such as for image processing and data throughput.
   
3. Complex Optimization Problems: Combining Quantinuum’s industry-leading fidelity with TII’s advanced algorithmic techniques for solving large combinatorial optimization problems using very few qubits.

Full report : The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi has signed a strategic agreement with Quantinuum to advance quantum computing research, algorithm development, and commercial applications in the UAE.

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