Keysight Technologies – a provider of advanced design and validation solutions – has partnered Singapore’s Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP) to accelerate research, development and education in quantum technologies.
The two organisations will closely cooperate in the development of quantum instrument packages, as well as the technologies that enable quantum systems to be scalable and deployable.
Besides that, they will establish a programme named “Quantum Joint Innovation Accelerator” that makes it easy for researchers participating in QEP to access several of Keysight’s software design tools and advanced test and measurement equipment. Researchers can apply to evaluate Keysight measurement tools in their laboratories and access equipment hosted at Keysight’s premises in Singapore.
“It’s going to take a team effort to deliver on the promise of quantum technologies, whether that is better computing performance or more secure communication,” says Alexander Ling, director of the QEP and associate professor in the NUS Department of Physics and Principal Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies.
He continues: “We are glad to have Keysight join the partners of the Quantum Engineering Programme to support this work in Singapore.”
BJ Tan, vice president and general manager of Keysight’s general electronics measurement solutions, comments: "Keysight and QEP will establish a collaborative framework to accelerate research and development in the emerging quantum technology ecosystem.
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“Having this leading research partnership upstream will open up new frontiers and developments, which will propel industry innovations for years to come."
Launched in 2018 by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the QEP is hosted at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and aims to support quantum technologies research and ecosystem building.
The programme funds projects in quantum computing, quantum communication and security, quantum sensing, as well as a quantum foundry, that are expected to lead to practical uses.
