Insider Brief Cisco and KETS Quantum Security have integrated KETS’ chip-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology with Cisco IOS XR routing infrastructure in a joint demonstration. The integrated system combines KETS QKD with Cisco routers using MACsec to provide automated key exchange and encryption across existing Ethernet-based networks. The companies plan to continue developing the … Read more

Insider Brief Yenepoya University and Edutecnicia, through its REYRA AI initiative, have signed an MoU covering research, training and innovation in quantum computing, quantum AI and quantum-inspired AI. The partnership will establish a Quantum AI Catalyst Lab for joint research, proof-of-concept projects, hardware accelerator development, training and student skill-building. Yenepoya will launch a certification programme … Read more

Insider Brief George Mason University is establishing the Virginia Quantum Hub to expand quantum research, workforce training, infrastructure and industry partnerships in Northern Virginia. The hub will include open-architecture quantum hardware and shared facilities, including a TreQ-designed quantum computer, cryogenic laboratory and quantum optics facility. George Mason has been approved for a GO Virginia grant, … Read more

Insider Brief Xanadu has appointed Tara Deakin as Chief People Officer as the photonic quantum computing company expands its global workforce. Deakin joins Xanadu from Spin Master, where she served as Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President, while Rebecca Laramée moves to Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Xanadu CEO Christian Weedbrook also disclosed … Read more

Insider Brief Stony Brook University hosted a congressional briefing on September 16 focused on U.S. quantum research, innovation and workforce development. The event brought together researchers from Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, the University of Missouri and Ohio State University for discussions on quantum science and workforce needs. The briefing also … Read more

Insider Brief Fermilab is joining Microsoft Quantum as an initial partner in Microsoft’s quantum hardware makerspace at its new quantum research center in the University of Maryland’s Discovery District. Fermilab and Microsoft will work to expand the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK), an open-source toolkit for controlling and reading out quantum hardware. The collaboration will … Read more

Insider Brief University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers designed a theoretical quantum-emitter nanostructure that could supply the nonlinear operations needed for energy-efficient optical neural networks. Simulations indicated the approach could reduce the power needed for optical nonlinearity by seven orders of magnitude compared with conventional optical materials. The work remains computational, but the researchers said advances in … Read more

Insider Brief QuEra Computing will open an office in Discovery District Maryland as part of Maryland’s Capital of Quantum initiative. The move builds on QuEra’s agreement with the University of Maryland’s National Quantum Laboratory, giving researchers cloud access to its neutral-atom systems, including the 256-qubit Aquila platform. QuEra will join a growing quantum hardware cluster … Read more

Insider Brief IonQ reported that its real-time error-correction decoder ran on a single conventional CPU while supporting simulated circuits of up to 408 logical qubits and more than 31.5 million quantum operations. The company said the dual-decoder system added as little as 0.02% processing delay under standard operational noise, aiming to prevent classical decoding from … Read more

Insider Brief Microsoft opened a 15,000-square-foot quantum research center at the University of Maryland that will support hardware research, partner integration, workforce training and government collaboration. The center will give DARPA on-site access to Microsoft’s latest topological quantum system, including qubits built on its Majorana 2 chip, for independent testing under the agency’s utility-scale quantum … Read more