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IonQ is pleased to announce its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and offer users from around the world with continued access to IonQ’s newest systems, features and on-demand support. Customers across life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, and more will continue building real quantum applications at scale through one of the world’s largest cloud providers. Learn more about IonQ’s portfolio of systems on Amazon Braket, and upcoming IonQ Forte availability, here: https://lnkd.in/gS-Gj5if

At this year’s #QuantumWorldCongress, IonQ CEO Peter Chapman will be hosting a plenary session on Wednesday, September 11, to share his perspective on the overall growth of the quantum computing industry and the speed of innovation. He will be joined by SVP, Engineering and Technology, Dean Kassmann, as they also highlight how IonQ’s product roadmap drives the industry towards delivering enterprise-grade quantum computing. Additionally, other IonQ executives that will be present at the event include: • Rima Alameddine, Chief Revenue Officer – Participating in a panel at the Quantum for Sustainability workshop, where she will provide recommendations in collaboration with an international cohort on using quantum technologies to address sustainability; • Nicole Barberis, Senior Director, and Tim Rogers, Quantum Solutions Engineer – Leading a workshop that delves into the promise of quantum network scalability and interoperability; • Lamont Silves, Senior Government Solutions Manager – Participating in a panel to discuss quantum workforce development and share industry perspectives. View the full conference details here: https://lnkd.in/gxAa6SXJ

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year’s UK Quantum Hackathon and to the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) for organizing the event! A special congratulations to the winning teams that selected to use IonQ’s QPUs and Classiq’s software as the preferred pairing among several other quantum systems, when developing solutions for novel quantum applications. The UK Quantum Hackathon is the NQCC’s flagship annual event, delivered as part of their user engagement program, SparQ. From students to early career researchers, the event brought together teams of aspiring coders with industry mentors to tackle practical challenges and develop solutions using quantum computing. During the three-day event, 13 teams, including over 70 coders, displayed innovative spirit and creativity. The winning teams presented quantum application use cases for areas like risk aggregation, evaluation for insurance losses, network design, and National Health Service (NHS) forecasting. Each team’s approach was evaluated for scalability and how each application could address challenges in healthcare, energy, and engineering. Incredible team effort and results all around! Read more about their successful demonstrations here! https://lnkd.in/g6jZFsx4

This week, IonQ team members John Gamble, Edward (Denny) Dahl, and Heidi Nelson-Quillin, Ph.D. presented at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) annual Quantum Computing User Forum, where they led keynotes and workshops using IonQ’s quantum computers. Attendees learned about IonQ’s native gates, quantum circuits, compiler software, and the impact of different problem encodings. IonQ looks forward to participating again in future ORNL events!

IonQ has unveiled a novel, efficient approach to quantum error correction that could fill the gap between today's quantum error mitigation techniques and the longer-term promise of fully error-corrected, fault-tolerant quantum computers. IonQ’s new method, called CliNR (pronounced ‘cleaner’ and short for Clifford Noise Reduction), is a low-overhead, scalable approach that can improve performance for the noisiest subset of quantum gates on today’s quantum computers. Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/e7s_xwsE

Yesterday, IonQ celebrated the delivery of its first overseas ion trap to the Switzerland-based QuantumBasel facility, marking a key milestone in the buildout of a joint Quantum Innovation Hub for EMEA. IonQ specialists working out of IonQ’s Basel headquarters were on site to receive the trap, which they will install over the coming months. Delivery of the ion trap puts quantum computing one step closer for the European technology community, government agencies, and research institutions, and opens the door for the development of novel quantum applications. Thank you to Baschi Dürr (CEO, uptownBasel), Thomas Kramer (CFO, IonQ), Noam Zakay (Managing Director, EMEA, IonQ), Damir Bogdan (CEO, QuantumBasel), Dr. Thomas Staehelin (Investor and Chairman, uptownBasel), Hans-Jörg Fankhauser (Architect and Developer, Fankhauser), and Aalay Patel (Mechanical Engineer, IonQ) for their participation in the event. Learn more about the ion trap delivery here: https://lnkd.in/gTRudfr2

IonQ Forte Enterprise is on the move ✈️

Today, IonQ announced an exciting new technique that moves quantum computers one step closer to running large applications for customers. The Clifford noise reduction (CliNR) technique for partial error correction reduces noise in some of the most common and noisy operations used in quantum applications, called Clifford gates. CliNR uses a modest 3:1 qubit overhead, compared to other techniques that require tens, hundreds or even thousands of qubits for error correction. The technique offers the potential to supercharge the accuracy of near-term quantum computers, bringing #IonQ much closer to commercial advantage. Read more about today’s announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gArKuKi9 #quantum #quantumcomputing #Nicolas Delfosse

Today, IonQ announced it has won a new multi-million dollar contract with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) to design a first-of-its-kind, networked quantum computing system for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). ARLIS will conduct hands-on research into the cybersecurity of multi-party quantum computation, including blind quantum computing protocols – a process where quantum computers remain ‘blind’ to what information is being processed through them. Read more about today’s announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gUcqpcww

IonQ CMO Margaret Arakawa recently appeared on Hamish Johnston's weekly Physics World podcast to discuss her journey into the quantum computing industry, the wide range of opportunities present for non-physicists interested in the space, and some of the day-to-day challenges of marking quantum solutions to customers who might not fully understand the underlying physics of the technology. Click the link below to listen! https://lnkd.in/gHWyCPJY