Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, announced the 10 winners of the Quantum Missions pilot competition this week. The projects, which span the fields of quantum computing and quantum networks, will support the UK’s ambition to have the world’s most advanced quantum network at scale by 2035.
QET Labs' Dr Siddarth Joshi, Lecturer in Optical Communications, will be part of a project titled ‘Packaging Advancements for Quantum Networks (PAQNet)’, being led by Alter technologies UK, and Dr Edmund Harbord, Senior Lecturer in Quantum Communications, will be heading the University’s contribution to Project QUDITS2, which is being led by Vector Photonics and has received £1m in funding through the Quantum Missions pilot competition.
Meanwhile Bristol’s significant contribution to the future of quantum was highlighted by the fact five of the projects include companies that have been supported by the University of Bristol’s QTEC, including Vector Photonics, KETS, Wave Photonics, Nu Quantum and SEEQC UK. It was also announced that SEEQC UK will be developing a new quantum computer prototype at the National Quantum Computing Centre.