Quantum predictions for 2024

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Quantum technology allows us to harness the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that are either intractable or even impossible using today's technology, says Dr. Philip Krantz of the Quantum Engineering Solutions team at Keysight Technologies.

www.eenewseurope.com, Dec. 21, 2023 – 

Areas where quantum technology can offer profound impact include complex simulations and computations, secure communication, and more powerful imaging and sensor techniques. Governments and industries have recognised the necessity to invest in quantum research and early adoption of quantum-technological applications to ensure competitiveness and to be prepared for any disruptive advancements within the scope of their interests.

As a response to the steady scientific progress within the quantum community during the past decades, many branches of quantum technologies have moved out of university labs into start-up ventures, high-tech companies, as well as military. Consequently, the community has broadened from mainly being explored by physicists to requiring a wide blend of expertise and backgrounds, ranging from various engineering disciplines to including business professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs.

As part of this transition, academic and industrial quantum hubs, incubators, as well as local and national ecosystems have risen during the past years – most aiming to build up and foster a workforce composition required for long-term success. To this end, there has been an increased need to attract talent, both from outside these ecosystems as well as training of local students and engineers to enable sustainable technological growth.

National quantum technology initiatives

Building up world-leading expertise in quantum technologies takes a long time, requires substantial investments, and is often facilitated through an already existing academic quantum research community. Quantum ecosystems, i.e., collaborative environments of academic and industrial quantum research teams, are often created to support mutual interests in terms of both attracting the workforce, as well as synergistically benefiting from other members' strengths and competencies. These local quantum ecosystems expand both organically via education and inorganically through attracting workforce and industries from other places to get established within the ecosystem. Therefore, access to state-of-the-art technology, beneficial start-up culture, and world-leading research teams are all examples of important factors needed for ecosystems to become successful and self-sustaining.

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