The Eurecat technology centre has teamed up with the Cervera ARQA Network to drive the development of quantum applications for innovation and sustainable development of the technological and business ecosystem in order to address highly complex industrial challenges for traditional computing with these emerging technologies.
The Cervera ARQA Network of quantum computing technologies applied to innovation and business development is a Cervera Network of Excellence and coordinated by CTIC Technology Centre.
Quantum computing “will help us process large amounts of data more efficiently, solving complex problems which today call for too much time or resources,” said Adán Garriga, principal investigator of Eurecat’s Quantum Computing Research Line, who this week took part in the European Quantum Technologies Conference in Lisbon. “In the coming years, this technology could improve our capacity for analysis and optimise decision-making, making our processes faster and more precise.”
Building on actual market needs, the ARQA Network is developing three demonstrators which will enable companies to visualise how quantum computing can deliver real and transferable solutions in the short to medium term.
Specifically, these tools will demonstrate how quantum computing enhances efficiency and competitiveness in satellite image sorting, energy optimisation and fraud detection with artificially generated images.
In the ARQA Network, Eurecat coordinates developments in pure quantum technology drawing on its experience over the past two years in developing quantum machine learning algorithms and their implementation in quantum computers such as IBM and D-Wave.
This strand will build a library of quantum algorithms to solve sorting, optimisation and generative artificial intelligence challenges for industry and also test the algorithms’ effectiveness in quantum computers.
Eurecat is additionally leading research into post-quantum cryptography to protect information against attacks with quantum computers and studying quantum key distribution protocols and their integration into secure networks.
It is also the technology centre tasked with coordinating the project’s satellite image analysis and sorting demonstrator by harnessing quantum algorithms to improve their processing.
Eurecat is taking part in the project with its Quantum Computing, Audiovisual Technologies, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation, Digital Health, IT&OT Security and Big Data & Data Science technology units.
Quantum computing; emerging technologies for business
The ARQA Network is designed to be the main mechanism in Spain for transferring quantum computing, one of the emerging technologies with the greatest potential impact on business and society over the mid to long term.
