The STEM Equity Monitor 2024 reveals that women make up just 29% of the Australian STEM workforce, and their representation in quantum-related disciplines is even lower. Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Kathy Foley, emphasizes the urgency of addressing this imbalance.
In addition to providing $146 million in funding for quantum initiatives such as Quantum Australia, the Australian and Queensland governments have invested $940 million in PsiQuantum to deliver the world’s first ‘utility scale’ quantum computer in Brisbane. A further $1 billion has been earmarked for critical technology and quantum companies through the National Reconstruction Fund.
With quantum making waves in the tech sector, students use their break to discover the emerging technology that they may one day be building and using themselves
A quantum computing innovation developed by researchers at the University of Sydney is being used in Google’s latest quantum chip, called Willow.
Quantum Australia, the national centre for quantum industry growth, today announced the appointment of Petra Andrén as Chief Executive Officer. Ms Andrén brings extensive experience in scaling high-growth technology ventures and accelerating innovation ecosystems, with particular expertise in deep tech commercialisation.
Sydney Quantum Academy and KPMG Australia call for greater understanding of potential impacts, public engagement, and the development of an ethical framework for quantum technologies
PRESS RELEASE — Iceberg Quantum, a quantum computing architecture startup founded by three University of Sydney PhD alumni, has today announced it has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by Blackbird, with participation from UK-based LocalGlobe, and entered its first major partnership with PsiQuantum to apply its fault-tolerant architectures to PsiQuantum’s photonic platform.
The Deteqt team (from left): CEO Jim Rabeau, COO Rupal Ismin, CSO Omid Kavehei, Quantum Physicist Adam Stewart and Hardware Engineer David Katzmarek.What do you get when you pair innovative quantum sensors with silicon transistors?
The NRFC has made a $15 million equity investment in QuintessenceLabs, which the company will use to establish a manufacturing site in Canberra and undertake further technological development. This new site will allow QuintessenceLabs to expand the manufacturing of its ‘qOptica’ product in Australia and mature the product by reducing form factors, streamlining component selection and improving manufacturing processes.
Professor Peter Turner, SQA CEO, explains why November was a big month for Australia’s quantum technology industry, and what needs to happen to realise the technology’s enormous potential