The federal government is investing $18 million to link the country’s major universities with industry groups and strategic partners to boost the country’s quantum edge.
Australia is a world leader in quantum technology – the cutting edge of advanced computing – and the federal government hopes to extend that lead by funding a new body combining the country’s top experts to help turn innovative research into reality.
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic in front of a trapped ion quantum computer at the quantum labs at Sydney University.“We’ve got a tech edge with quantum. We’re giving Quantum Australia the job of turning that into a competitive edge for our economy,” he said. Quantum computers use quantum physics to store data and perform calculations. Experts believe they could solve some problems much faster than standard computers.
The Quantum Australia consortium includes government-funded bodies such as the CSIRO and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, industry groups including Silicon Quantum Computing and QuintessenceLabs, and the leading universities in the country.Dr Xanthe Croot, University of Sydney Nano Institute, said the consortium would help accelerate research and development as well as support innovation.
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