Atos, a major player in France’s national strategy on quantum technologies

Paris, France – 21 January 2021

Atos welcomes the French government’s initiative and is very pleased to participate in the development of the nationwide technique on quantum technologies, introduced currently by President Emmanuel Macron.

With exclusive skills in Europe and impressive technologies such as the Atos Quantum Learning Device (Atos QLM), the world’s most highly effective quantum simulator, Atos is by now functioning intently with nationwide gamers such as GENCI (Grand Equipement Nationwide de Calcul) and the CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique), as well as the get started-up Pasqal. The nationwide quantum technique now offers Atos the prospect to speed up its Atos Quantum system and fortify its contribution to the French quantum ecosystem, with a check out to supplying its consumers the first gains of quantum computing in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) period as quickly as doable.

“The prepare introduced currently for the development of quantum technologies is very extraordinary and we are quite honored to have been affiliated with this announcement. Quantum computing promises appreciable progress in strategic spots for our culture, such as health, chemistry, finance and the struggle towards world warming and decarbonization. Confronted with these important socio-financial issues, it is essential to established up general public-private partnerships and foster cooperation involving governments, educational scientists, end users and private organizations. France’s nationwide technique is equal to the revolution to appear and we are very pleased to be amongst the gamers who will participate in making it a truth,” mentioned Elie Girard, Atos CEO.

Atos’ contribution to the nationwide quantum technique will focus on 4 spots:

The development of NISQ simulators and accelerators built-in into hybrid significant-functionality computing platforms: capitalizing on the Atos QLM and its skills in significant-functionality computing, Atos has established the aim of delivering a quantum accelerator related to a supercomputer as early as 2023. On the other hand, innovation in quantum computing is not only about components but also about computer software. This is the direction Atos is taking with the Atos QLM quantum simulation and computer software development platform.
Publish-quantum cryptography: Atos is by now functioning on integrating article-quantum algorithms into its cybersecurity tools. Its get the job done in this region will additional speed up the developments needed to get ready the components implementations of foreseeable future article-quantum standards.
International cooperation: Atos has produced functioning in cooperation with foreseeable future industrial end users a priority of its Atos Quantum system. The Group is associated in a number of educational initiatives, notably with the Institut d’Optique and INRIA. In parallel, its skills and the Atos QLM lead to a number of European packages, together with the NEASQC (Subsequent Apps of Quantum Computing) project. As part of the nationwide quantum technique, Atos intends to leverage the working experience attained by way of these numerous initiatives to foster interactions involving lecturers, know-how companies and end users.
Benchmarking: the immediate and ongoing emergence of new technologies and strategies to quantum programming is essential for the development of the sector, but also a resource of complexity for organizations wishing to commit. In 2020, Atos created Q-rating, the first responsible, goal and reasonable universal metric to simplify the partnership involving know-how end users and companies.

Atos founded a Scientific Council devoted to Quantum. Users are:

Alain Aspect, Professor at the Institut d’Optique Graduate University and Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay
David DiVincenzo, Professor at the Alexander von Humboldt University and Director at the Institute for Theoretical Nanoelectronics at the Juelich Study Heart
Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford and Founding Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the Nationwide University of Singapore
Daniel Esteve, Study Director, CEA Saclay, Head of Quantronics
Serge Haroche, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, Nobel Prize in Physics.

In the foreground, from remaining to appropriate: Emmanuel Macron and Elie Girard
In the back again, from remaining to appropriate: Cédric O, Bruno Le Maire, Amélie de Montchalin andFrédérique Vidal

To study more about Atos’ routines in the field of quantum computing, click on listed here.

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About Atos

Atos is a world chief in electronic transformation with a hundred and ten,000 workers and once-a-year income of € twelve billion. European range 1 in cybersecurity, cloud and significant functionality computing, the group offers customized end-to-end remedies for all industries in seventy three countries. A pioneer in decarbonization solutions and items, Atos is dedicated to a protected and decarbonized electronic for its clients. Atos operates underneath the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The intent of Atos is to aid structure the foreseeable future of the information and facts room. Its skills and solutions aid the development of awareness, instruction and investigation in a multicultural solution and lead to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the group permits its consumers and workers, and users of societies at large to live, get the job done and acquire sustainably, in a safe and sound and protected information and facts room.

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