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Quantum computing is shifting from theoretical promise to viable strategy. Early pilots have shown breakthroughs, but how do we shift from experiments to an enterprise-wide quantum strategy, before quantum's "AI moment"? Join Ray Harishankar, IBM Fellow & Vice President, IBM, Prof. Urbasi Sinha, Professor, Raman Research Institute, India & University of Calgary, Canada, Prof. Michael Biercuk, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Q-CTRL, Dr. Philip Intallura Ph.D, Head of Quantum Technologies, HSBC, and moderator: Steve Suarez®, Chief Executive Officer, HorizonX at #SFF2025 this November as they explore how first-movers can capture the quantum advantage: from spotting high-value use cases, building talent pipelines, to integrating quantum capabilities securely into core systems. Get your #SFF2025 festival pass: https://lnkd.in/dVy9VHMK Delegate passes include SFF MeetUp, Asia’s largest FinTech meetings programme. Closing soon: 22 Oct! Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) #SingaporeFinTechFestival #sgfintechfest

As a company leader, to me the greatest compliment comes when someone I admire and respect decides they want to work with you. So it's a great privilege to announce that Aaron Canciani - "The Godfather of Magnav" has just joined Q-CTRL as a Principal Navigation Engineer! Aaron comes to us from a career laying the foundations for magnetic navigation at the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, and most recently Leidos. Now at Q-CTRL he'll be turning that scientific expertise into commercial products deployed in the real world. We're proud of the team we're building and excited to make #quantumtechnology useful in the defense of democracy. Welcome Aaron! https://lnkd.in/gXRypcYT

We are excited to welcome Aaron Canciani to Q-CTRL as Principal Scientist in our research team, where he will help advance our quantum navigation and quantum sensing capabilities. Aaron is an internationally recognized expert in magnetic navigation and alternative GPS technologies, bringing more than 12 years of experience developing and testing navigation solutions across U.S. Department of Defense platforms. His pioneering research in magnetic-anomaly-based navigation laid the foundation for today’s advancements in GPS-free positioning. At Q-CTRL, he will contribute to the continued development of Ironstone Opal, our quantum-assured navigation system that provides reliable, GPS-like accuracy even in denied environments. Aaron joins Q-CTRL at an exciting time, following recognition of Ironstone Opal by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2025 and new DARPA and DIU contracts advancing next-generation quantum sensors for defense applications. We’re thrilled to have Aaron join our team as we continue building technologies that deliver navigation resilience and precision for industry and defense. #QuantumSensing #Navigation https://buff.ly/1Tpczy0

Meet Q-CTRL at Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition as part of the Defence NSW stand 2A52, where we will demonstrate how Ironstone Opal enhances mission readiness and resilience for defense and maritime platforms. Proven across domains, our technology ensures dependable navigation for missions where precision and resilience are critical - in the air, on land, and at sea. #IndoPac2025 https://buff.ly/5Y2i5pB

Meet Q-CTRL at Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition as part of the Defence NSW stand 2A52, where we will demonstrate how Ironstone Opal enhances mission readiness and resilience for defense and maritime platforms. Proven across domains, our technology ensures dependable navigation for missions where precision and resilience are critical - in the air, on land, and at sea. #IndoPac2025 https://buff.ly/5Y2i5pB

Concern about the growing unreliability of GPS has seen scientists look to a quantum feature of migrating birds for new global navigation. And Australia has a solution. Quantum physicist Professor Michael Biercuk gave what I thought was one of the most fascinating sessions of SXSW in Sydney, focussing on the intersection of AI and quantum computing. As alarm grows over the increasing failure of GPS systems—particularly in aviation—his company Q-CTRL has used subtle changes in the earth’s magnetic field to create an alternative form of quantum navigation. Part of the inspiration for this comes from migrating birds. Scientific America has reported that they can sense the earth’s magnetic field using quantum entanglement and the spin states of two electrons. Clever birds! Scientists say that cryptochrome proteins in birds’ eyes let them see magnetic fields as faint visual patterns. The increased incidents of GPS failures involve signals being jammed and false signals being manufactured (spoofing) to wrongly position aircraft. It is the result of wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe and concerns such as interference of GPS signals by constellations of low Earth orbit satellites. Last month, Russia was accused of jamming GPS navigation on a flight by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to Bulgaria. The plane was forced to land using "paper maps", says the EC. Should we be worried? Well, we all could be vulnerable. Pilots are shouting about it from the rooftops. Have we been listening? Go to the comments for a link to my story in iTWire ✈️ #aviation SXSW Sydney

Designing a vehicle frame that's both strong and lightweight is one of the toughest optimization problems in automotive engineering. The physics is complex, the simulations are costly, and the design space is massive. Together with leading automotive manufacturer Mazda, we explored how Quantum Machine Learning (QML) could change that, and the results are compelling. Using QML, we achieved a 5X reduction in the amount of training data required to deliver optimized frame designs with improved performance. In this collaboration, Q-CTRL designed a new Quantum-AI model to emulate costly finite-element-method-based simulations and successfully executed key parts of this model on real hardware. Powered by Fire Opal’s performance management capabilities, the quantum computations achieved accuracy on par with ideal simulations. This case study shows that quantum machine learning is no longer theoretical. With targeted data strategies and the right software tools, it’s already finding traction in practical, high-impact engineering workflows today. Read the case study here: https://buff.ly/5AqDpnF #MachineLearning #AutomotiveInnovation #QuantumComputing

If you’re a professional interested in learning how to run applications on real quantum computers or building a team to get quantum-ready, this is for you. We’re partnering with qBraid to launch a new instructor-led, project-based program built on Black Opal and powered by Fire Opal’s error suppression. The course employs a low-code approach, allowing participants to focus on solving business problems rather than the intricacies of coding quantum applications. Express your interest via our website. You can also meet us at the Chicago Quantum Summit and qBraid’s Quantum Developer Day to learn more.

Scaling photonic quantum computing requires tackling one of the field’s biggest challenges: optimizing complex optical circuits. Our latest research shows how AI-enhanced circuit design can dramatically improve scalability and performance for photonic quantum computers. By applying advanced optimization techniques, we’ve automated the design of large-scale interferometers with higher efficiency and accuracy than ever before. This work demonstrates how combining AI with deep physical insight can accelerate progress toward practical, high-performance photonic quantum computing. #QuantumComputing #AI #Photonics