Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

The Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub, a research initiative at the University of Maryland (UMD), has received over $5 million in funding to continue its operations for three more years. The hub combines thermodynamics, quantum physics, and quantum information science to explore how the everyday world emerges from the quantum realm. The new funding includes a recommitment from the John Templeton Foundation, matched by support from the state via Governor Wes Moore's Capital of Quantum Initiative, UMD campus sponsors, and private companies, including Fidelity Investments and Normal Computing. This initiative aims to strengthen Maryland's position as a center for quantum thermodynamics research. The [...]

QuSecure™ Inc. has announced the launch of QuProtect R3, a fully integrated, production-ready PQC platform. The platform is designed to make encryption modernization simple for organizations by addressing the challenges of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration, including cost, time, and the need for in-house expertise. The QuProtect R3 platform provides three modules. The Reconnaissance module delivers visibility into vulnerable encryption across modern, legacy, and cloud systems. This module is offered as a complimentary tool for qualified companies. The Resilience module fortifies networks with cryptographic protection for both modern and legacy systems, enabling crypto-agility to update encryption methods. The Reporting module is designed [...]

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) have announced the launch of the first Quantum-AI Data Centre in New York City. The data center, located at Digital Realty’s JFK10 facility and built with NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, is a flagship initiative of the UK–US Tech Trade Partnership. This deployment is the first quantum computing system to be installed in New York City and is intended to reinforce the strategic technology alliance between the two nations. The data center integrates OQC’s GENESIS quantum computer with NVIDIA accelerated AI hardware. The platform is designed to support hybrid quantum-AI workloads and [...]

Bluefors, a manufacturer of cryogenic cooling systems for quantum technology, has agreed to purchase up to ten thousand liters of helium-3 annually from Interlune, a space resource company. The deliveries are scheduled to take place from 2028 to 2037. This partnership is aimed at establishing a supply chain for helium-3, which is a critical element for the development and operation of quantum computers. Helium-3 is a necessary component for dilution refrigerators, which are used to cool quantum processors to temperatures below 10 millikelvin for stability and operation. The refrigeration process uses a mixture of helium-3 and helium-4 isotopes to provide continuous [...]

PQShield, a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) company, has been selected by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for a new pilot Assured Cyber Security Consultancy (ACSC) scheme. The scheme is designed to support the UK’s migration to quantum-proof cryptography, with a specific focus on critical national infrastructure (CNI). PQShield has been selected in both key categories of the pilot: "Discovery & Migration Planning" and "Advice." The NCSC has set a PQC adoption deadline of 2035 for general industry, but an earlier deadline of 2031 for the highest-priority upgrades for CNI. Ben Packman, CSO at PQShield, commented that the pilot recognizes the [...]

Aliro, a quantum networking software company, has announced a milestone of supporting over 50 quantum network devices with its software stack. This achievement, announced at the Quantum World Congress, is positioned as a step toward a scalable quantum internet and secure communications. The company's entanglement-based quantum networks are designed to operate by changing how symmetric keys are generated, with no secret key ever traversing the network. Aliro’s vendor-agnostic software stack supports a variety of quantum devices for free-space and fiber connectivity. The software supports devices from hardware developers including Single Quantum, Cisco, Qunnect, IonQ, and Keysight, ensuring multi-vendor compatibility. A deployment [...]

Researchers from Google Quantum AI, the California Institute of Technology, and Purdue University have published a paper introducing families of generative quantum models. The research, available on arXiv, establishes that both learning and sampling can be performed efficiently in the beyond-classical regime, opening new possibilities for quantum-enhanced generative models with provable advantage. The models are designed to be efficiently trainable, with a framework that avoids barren plateaus and local minima in their training landscapes, while being difficult to simulate classically. Using a 68-qubit superconducting quantum processor, the team demonstrated these capabilities in two scenarios: learning classically intractable probability distributions and learning [...]

Ueno Bank, Paraguay’s largest bank, has announced its transition to quantum-resistant cybersecurity to safeguard digital operations and digitally signed documents for its over 2.2 million customers. The bank has implemented a solution from SignQuantum, which utilizes QANplatform’s quantum-resistant blockchain technology. The implementation is being supported by ITTI, the exclusive Latin American distributor for SignQuantum. The solution is a quantum-resistant software add-on for digitally signed documents that ensures their integrity and authenticity. It uses quantum-resistant digital signatures and securely uploads document hashes to QANplatform’s blockchain for immutable proof of timing. This is intended to protect sensitive data from potential falsification through "time [...]

The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the establishment of India’s first Quantum Reference Facility at the Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV), with an estimated investment of ₹40 crore ($4.5 million USD). Concurrently, Amber Enterprises has announced a ₹200 crore ($23 million USD) investment to establish the nation’s first Quantum Cryogenic Components Facility in the same location. These announcements follow a meeting with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, where partners engaged in quantum hardware development expressed their commitment to the AQV initiative. The Quantum Reference Facility is designed to provide testing, benchmarking, and characterization of quantum components, aiming to lay the foundation for [...]

Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum company, has delivered a full-stack quantum computer built using a standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process to the UK National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The system, which consists of a tileable four-qubit unit cell, was installed under the NQCC’s Quantum Computing Testbed Programme, This is the first system of its kind to use mass-manufacturable 300mm silicon CMOS wafer technology and the first silicon spin-qubit computer to be installed at the Centre. The system integrates a Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) with a user interface and control stack compatible with industry standard software frameworks such as Qiskit and [...]