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The quiet race to useful quantum panel | Web Summit Qatar

Michael Biercuk, our CEO and Founder, recently joined executives from Atom Computing and the Qatar Investment Authority Advisory for a panel at the Web Summit Qatar to discuss what it takes to move beyond hype and build quantum systems that can be trusted in practice

Accelerate quantum device bring-up with Boulder Opal Scale Up

Boulder Opal Scale Up delivers AI-powered autonomous calibration and characterization for quantum systems, helping HPC centers and hardware teams achieve fast, repeatable high-performance results without manual tuning

Careers in quantum tech

As quantum technology continues to advance, there will also be rapid growth in career opportunities in the industry

SXSW Austin | How the AI Revolution Is Making Quantum Tech a Reality | Q-CTRL and Fortune

Quantum tech – harnessing the physics of tiny things – represents the next true frontier in human innovation and AI changes everything

An introduction to quantum computing applications | Black Opal Applications skill and AI Assistant

Quantum computing is at the forefront of emerging technologies, but how can quantum technology make an impact in the real world? In this webinar, we’ll discuss quantum applications showing promise for industries such as logistics, materials science, cryptography, and more

New feature | Introducing AI Assistant, from natural language to quantum code

We’ve launched a powerful new AI Assistant inside Q-CTRL’s documentation to help quantum developers, researchers, and engineers work faster and smarter

Q2B Tokyo | Case Study | Unlocking new capabilities in quantum chemistry

Q-CTRL’s Fire Opal helped Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation set new records for performance in quantum chemistry using quantum phase estimation (QPE)

Economist Impact | Panel: The quantum workforce of tomorrow - skills, jobs and training

Preparing a workforce skilled in quantum technology is critical

Flipped learning: How to deliver Black Opal quantum computing education to any kind of classroom

Quantum computing is on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days, with rising interest across industries, government, and education

Economist Impact | Quantum navigation: Charting a new flight path beyond GPS with quantum sensing

Quantum navigation is breaking free from the constraints of traditional GPS

Visualizing quantum concepts: Your cheat sheet for getting up to speed quickly

The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

How quantum-enabled PNT is helping Airbus to navigate unreliable GPS | Aravind Ratnam | Q2B

In this talk, we cover the work from our quantum sensing division on how quantum-assured navigation is helping Airbus navigate challenges associated with unreliable GPS - a major challenge for aerospace and defense

Building the quantum workforce panel | Aravind Ratnam | Q2B Silicon Valley 2024

This panel brings together leading experts to discuss the future of #quantum talent development

Diagnosing critical network failures using quantum machine learning | Rowen Wu on behalf of SoftBank

In a world with high-capacity and low-latency networks, the ability to efficiently handle huge volumes of data is critical to preventing service disruptions

Accelerating the path to useful quantum error correction | Case study | Yuval Baum | Q2B

Quantum error correction (QEC) holds promise for revolutionizing the utility of quantum computers

From optimization to error correction - transforming the path to quantum advantage | | Q2B SV 2024

Yuval Baum, Head of Quantum Computing Research, presents a keynote at Q2B Silicon Valley

Quantum kernel learning for network service fault diagnosis | SoftBank case study | Q2B Tokyo 2024

Our friends at SoftBank and Keio University have made an exciting advance in quantum machine learning (QML) applied to telecom networks! These results combine novel advances in algorithm design and leverage the powerful combination of IBM utility-scale quantum computers augmented with our performance-management solution to enhance algorithmic performance

Unlock maximum performance on IBM Quantum services

In this webinar we discuss our world-first partnership integration with IBM Quantum services

How quantum computers can improve logistics problems | Australian Army

Logistics optimization challenges are common across many industries, including defense

Q-CTRL X IBM Quantum - Powering the quantum future

Explore the quantum future with Q-CTRL performance management on IBM Quantum services

Make quantum computing useful with the world's first performance management software | Q2B Keynote

Discover how you can boost #quantumcomputing algorithmic success with Fire Opal - a complete, zero config performance management software solution for cloud quantum computers

Accelerating the path to useful Quantum Error Correction | Nord Quantique

While #quantumcomputing research progresses and moves us closer to quantum advantage, it also faces the challenge of error and decoherence

Build a quantum-ready workforce with the industry-leading quantum education platform

Quantum computing is on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days, with rising interest across industries, government, and education

How to find true value from quantum algorithms with Fire Opal

Get started with Fire Opal's automated error suppression in this how-to guide

Accelerate quantum business advantage with automated error suppression | Capgemini

The goal of driving quantum computing forward is to deliver tangible value to enterprise

Northwestern looks to the heart of the universe with robust quantum sensors | Boulder Opal

Operating an atom interferometer to probe fundamental physics relies on suppressing noise to extreme levels in order to detect vanishingly small signals

Boulder Opal - Autonomous cold-start system bringup in less than 90 minutes

Boulder Opal Scale Up package hardware automation demonstration

How leading companies are enabling enterprise-level quantum adoption via breakthrough software

Our Chief Strategy Officer presents how leading companies are enabling enterprise-level quantum adoption via breakthrough software products at Quantum

Characterize your quantum computer faster and easier with automated system identification | USyd

Save time and resources by characterizing your quantum hardware and discover why your modeling doesn’t match your device's measurements

Quantum computing demonstration at QTC21 Brisbane

For QTC 2021, our team addressed the problem of optimally resupplying multiple distributed force elements from a central depot using unmanned ground vehicles

Get meaningful results from today's quantum computers with automated error suppression | Q2B Keynote

Learn more about what our technology can do to advance enterprise #quantumcomputing using Fire Opal from our CEO and Founder Michael J

Three ways to leapfrog your competition using quantum computing – without a PhD

Quantum computing is everywhere you look — in mainstream press, tech news, investor newsletters

Black Opal | Making quantum computing more accessible than ever

Black Opal is an educational tool for students, developers, and businesses who want to learn quantum computing to gain a strategic advantage

Quantum sensing demonstration at QTC22 Adelaide

At QTC22 Adelaide, we successfully demonstrated the potential for quantum magnetometers to detect and localize an electromagnetic emitter in the battlespace

Chalmers achieves 8x faster quantum logic using Boulder Opal

The challenge: Hardware decoherence and leakage error prevented the team at Chalmers from performing high-fidelity gates on their superconducting quantum circuits

Black Opal - The first interactive quantum computing learning platform

Black Opal is designed to help anyone begin their quantum journey: https://q-ctrl

Making quantum technology useful with Q-CTRL

The fundamental challenge facing quantum technology is decoherence and error

Q-CTRL in South Australia | Australian Space Park

Four companies are partnering with the South Australian Government to develop the space sector in South Australia through the purpose-built facility, the Australian Space Park – Fleet Space Technologies, Q-CTRL, ATSpace and Alauda Aeronautics

A Trip to the Future: A Q+A Science Special | 23rd September 2021

Q+A takes a trip to the future to ask what comes next, with some of Australia’s finest scientific minds

Choosing a quantum control strategy

Watch this webinar and gain expert insights that empower you to apply quantum control to automate and improve the performance of your hardware, even in the presence of large uncertainties, noise, and decoherence

Quantum sensing with cold atoms

In this webinar we provide the basics in quantum sensing and its applications, and share how a “software-first” approach leveraging quantum control is essential for realizing the true potential of this emerging technology

Building a strong quantum industry in Sydney, Visiting Entrepreneur Program

Hear from a panel of experienced researchers and entrepreneurs as they debate, discuss, and plan Sydney's present and future quantum industry

[APS March Meeting] Pulse optimization for error-robust control on cloud-based hardware.

In this APS March Meeting 2021 video we describe an experimental effort designing and deploying error-robust single-qubit operations on IBM Quantum hardware

From automation to algorithms

This webinar introduces Q-CTRL's new tools to build autonomy in the operation of quantum computing hardware, and how the improved error rates we achieve impact on algorithmic success

[APS March Meeting] Reinforcement learning for error-robust control on cloud-based hardware [II].

The noisy nature of today's quantum hardware limits the ability to realize functioning quantum computers

[APS March Meeting] Reinforcement learning for error-robust control on cloud-based hardware [I].

The noisy nature of today's quantum hardware limits the ability to realize functioning quantum computers

[APS March Meeting] Noise reconstruction in quantum hardware via convex optimization.

In this APS March Meeting presentation, Dr Li Li Senior Quantum Control Engineer at Q-CTRL outlines that interactions between a quantum system and noisy control hardware, or its environment, critically limits the performance and capabilities of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, as well as future quantum computing technologies

[APS March Meeting] Error-robust controls in quantum algorithms.

Current commercial quantum computers are prone to various kinds of noise processes, such as leakage and dephasing, which degrade the performance of quantum algorithms

[APS March Meeting] Noise-robust pulses for parametric entangling gates in superconducting qubits.

For Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, incorporating robustness into computing operations is a critical target for enhancing computational capability

[APS March Meeting] Optimized quantum solutions for vehicle routing problems.

Vehicle routing and scheduling are examples of transportation-network operational tasks that can be cast as optimization problems

Automated closed-loop optimizations

This webinar demonstrates how new features in Boulder Opal allow you to automate performance enhancements in quantum hardware through closed-loop experimental optimization

Improving quantum hardware with quantum controls

In this webinar we share our American Physical Society March Meeting presentations and host a live Q&A session with the speakers

An introduction to robust control II

The 'introduction to robust control' webinar dives into the topic of robust quantum control, providing an introduction to the practical hardware challenges facing quantum computing in 2020 and a discussion of how robust control can help address them

BOULDER OPAL: November 2020 Update

In this video, Dr Michael Hush - Head of Quantum Science & Engineering at Q-CTRL, provides an update on all the exciting new BOULDER OPAL features that have recently been released

How to efficiently characterize quantum computing hardware

In this quantum computing video - part of our Q-CTRL Webinar Series - Dr Michael Hush, Head of Quantum Science & Engineering, and Dr Harry Slatyer, Lead Quantum Product Engineer, will cover the following advanced quantum computing topics: 1) How to use quantum control to characterize unknown system parameters such as Rabi rates, axes of rotation for driven operations, and transmission-line band-limits

BOULDER OPAL: September 2020 Update

This video is the first of many BOULDER OPAL product updates and it is filled with a lot of the features we've been working hard to build over the last several months

Suppressing errors on real quantum computers

The suppressing errors on real quantum computers webinar explores how quantum control can improve the performance of quantum computing hardware - in the lab or in the cloud

An introduction to robust control

The 'introduction to robust control' webinar dives into the topic of robust quantum control, providing an introduction to the practical hardware challenges facing quantum computing in 2020 and a discussion of how robust control can help address them

The NISQ era and beyond (ep5)

In the final instalment of our Educational series, learn how clever quantum algorithm designers are working to achieve Quantum Advantage with near-term machines, targeting applications in chemistry, drug discovery, and industry

Noise in quantum computing (ep4)

In this episode, learn about noise in quantum computing: What is noise? How does noise affect a quantum computer? Does noise matter in conventional computers? What are the impacts of noise in the development of quantum computers? How does Q-CTRL help?

Quantum circuits and algorithms (ep3)

Learn the fundamentals of how we combine qubits and quantum logic operations in quantum computers to compose and run algorithms

Superconducting qubits: Improving the performance of the cross resonance gate

Q-CTRL notebook: Superconducting qubits - Improving the performance of the cross resonance gate

Superconducting qubits: Improving the performance of single qubit gates

Q-CTRL notebook - Superconducting qubits: Improving the performance of single qubit gates This is a code-based demonstration of Q-CTRL's AI and machine-learning tools, making it a great entry to advanced quantum computing concepts for computer scientists and software engineers

Noise characterization and reconstruction

Q-CTRL notebook: Noise characterization and reconstruction

An introduction to quantum computing (ep1)

Quantum computing is discussed nearly every day in the media

Quantum fundamentals (ep2)

In this video we dive a bit deeper into how quantum computers work