United States National Quantum Coordination Office Director Charles Tahan joined officials from France, Germany and the Netherlands on a virtual stage Wednesday to discuss how countries intend to drive innovation in the on-the-rise field, particularly in a post-coronavirus world.
The conversation shined a little light on how these nations are thinking about ethical approaches on the front end of quantum technologies’ development, needs to grow and diversify the global talent pipeline—and whether Brexit will impact their collaboration with the United Kingdom's national program.
“Quantum has always been global. It will continue to be global,” Tahan said during the Inside Quantum Technology conference. “We're much better off being first together, than second or last apart.”
This complex realm—sometimes referred to as quantum information science, or QIS—marries concepts around strange subatomic phenomena with theories on storing, computing or measuring information. Nations across the world have been increasingly investing in and organizing quantum-centered initiatives in recent years, as QIS is anticipated to usher in hard-to-visualize possibilities like unhackable communications or supercomputers that could be billions of times faster than today’s.
A recent report from the Canadian-based global research firm CIFAR provides a comprehensive look into ongoing national programs. It counts 12 countries that “have significant government-funded or-endorsed initiatives.” Further, 17 nations have implemented some form of national initiative or strategy to support quantum technology research and development, it notes. The panelists’ home countries are listed among those—as were China, Russi ..
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