Events

In 2020, PlanQK - Platform and Ecosystem for Quantum Applications - was launched. Our vision was to pilot over 30 use cases for the use of quantum computing and to create a platform where researchers, quantum developers and users come together to easily access expertise, quantum algorithms and hardware.

The vision has now become reality: With the content created on various use cases, the PlanQK community has been able to sustainably attract more members: Today, more than 100 companies, scientific institutions, associations and public administrations are active on the open beta version of PlanQK, and new partners join every week.

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Look forward to exclusive insights into the work of a German lighthouse project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK):

From vision to reality: Discuss with policy makers, academia and industry the results achieved through PlanQK. Gain insights into the impact on research, industry and policy. Share with the community your journey from research to realized use case.

PlanQK in the future: Learn more about the roadmap and how PlanQK will evolve. Explore how the results will enable commercial deployment. Join us in developing ideas for commercial use and utilization of your results.

Network and collaborate: Join the Community Mile where quantum pioneers come together to tackle challenges using quantum computing. Exchange ideas with experts who are driving innovation. Find concrete approaches to collaboration and joint projects.

Experience quantum computing "live": Immerse yourself in the potential of quantum technology in the historic setting of the Academy of Sciences. Experience how quantum technology becomes tangible and commercially viable in exchange with the PlanQK community.

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We are very pleased to invite you to the final event of the PlanQK project and to witness the transformation from research project to productive Minimum Viable Product.

The event is aimed at researchers and research projects; interested parties from industry who want to dive into quantum computing or deepen their work and the general public who want to learn more about the work of a renowned research project and experience first-hand the innovative features of the first community-driven platform and ecosystem for quantum applications.

The event is an ideal opportunity to meet innovators in the field of quantum computing and make valuable contacts.

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In 2020, PlanQK – Platform and Ecosystem for Quantum Applications – was launched. Our vision was to pilot over 30 use cases for the use of quantum computing and to create a platform where researchers, quantum developers and users come together to easily access expertise, quantum algorithms and hardware.

The vision has now become reality: With the content created on various use cases, the PlanQK community has been able to sustainably attract more members: Today, more than 100 companies, scientific institutions, associations and public administrations are active on the open beta version of PlanQK, and new partners join every week.

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Look forward to exclusive insights into the work of a German lighthouse project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK):

From vision to reality: Discuss with policy makers, academia and industry the results achieved through PlanQK. Gain insights into the impact on research, industry and policy. Share with the community your journey from research to realized use case.

PlanQK in the future: Learn more about the roadmap and how PlanQK will evolve. Explore how the results will enable commercial deployment. Join us in developing ideas for commercial use and utilization of your results.

Network and collaborate: Join the Community Mile where quantum pioneers come together to tackle challenges using quantum computing. Exchange ideas with experts who are driving innovation. Find concrete approaches to collaboration and joint projects.

Experience quantum computing “live”: Immerse yourself in the potential of quantum technology in the historic setting of the Academy of Sciences. Experience how quantum technology becomes tangible and commercially viable in exchange with the PlanQK community.

We are very pleased to invite you to the final event of the PlanQK project and to witness the transformation from research project to productive Minimum Viable Product.

The event is aimed at researchers and research projects; interested parties from industry who want to dive into quantum computing or deepen their work and the general public who want to learn more about the work of a renowned research project and experience first-hand the innovative features of the first community-driven platform and ecosystem for quantum applications.

The event is an ideal opportunity to meet innovators in the field of quantum computing and make valuable contacts.

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Together with Bayern Innovativ, PlanQK will be represented at this year’s international trade fair World of QUANTUM. In a programme designed for two half days, industrial application examples of quantum computing from the fields of energy, medicine, finance, manufacturing and logistics will be presented and discussed in plenary sessions with representatives from leading German companies.

Information on participation and the agenda can be found under this link.

The BMWK Summer Campus 2023 is aimed at all project participants in the AI Innovation Competition. Interested companies, associations and organisations as well as politicians and the media are also cordially invited.On the first day of the event, AI developers and AI user companies will share their experiences in the funded projects using practical application scenarios. The question of what disruptive effects can be expected on value chains and networks in the various application domains will be discussed, as well as the resulting effects and perspectives for companies with regard to their own processes, work and organisational structures. The second day of the event is primarily for internal programme purposes and for networking the project partners.In the platform projects of the innovation competition “Artificial Intelligence as a Driver for Economically Relevant Ecosystems” (AI Innovation Competition), AI solutions with high disruption potential are being developed for important application domains of the German economy. The targeted solutions for production and logistics, for trade, the agricultural, health and construction industries, the financial sector, for smart living and crisis management are to be geared to the concrete needs and requirements of the German economy and in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises. A special feature of the programme is also the topic of quantum-assisted AI. The aim of the technology programme funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) is to create the conditions for the broad, economic application of AI and to promote the development of forward-looking, AI-based business models. Practical benefits, economic added value, trustworthiness and acceptance of the solutions are the focus of the Summer Campus 2023.You can expect exciting reports from the field from:Advanced Bionics GmbH, AMAZONEN WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG, digitales bauen GmbH, dormakaba International Holding GmbH, elevait GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer HHI, Fraunhofer IML, Gemeinschaft für Überwachung im Bauwesen e.V., Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Infineon Technologies AG, Leonhard Weiss GmbH & Co. KG, Marposs Monitoring Solutions GmbH, Mendritzki Holding GmbH & Co. KG, ONSEI GmbH, Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, Spicetech GmbH, tegut… gute Lebensmittel GmbH & Co. KG, Visotec GmbH, X Visual Technologies GmbH (more to follow).

Anaqor is the consortium leader of the PlanQK research project and is responsible in particular for the development and operation of the PlanQK platform. During the webinar, Dr Wagner will explain the functionalities of the PlanQK knowledge platform in order to make it as easy as possible for new users in particular to enter into an exchange with the PlanQK community.  

Target group: Also suitable for beginners

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Science, business and politics are largely in agreement: quantum computing will redefine our digital world in the near future. The demands on computing technologies are continuously increasing and are pushing them to their limits, for example in AI applications.

With quantum computers, complex computing tasks can be solved in much less time, or even at all. Complex tasks that cannot be tackled even with supercomputers can soon be computed with quantum computers. Even if the performance of today's quantum computers is still limited, a wide range of tasks can already be mapped today, from optimal flight routes to ideal robot paths.

With this event, we would like to address IT managers, product managers and developers who already want to set the course for the use of this future technology and open up new business opportunities and solution potential.

Contributions and speakers:

1) Technology beyond horizon. The future of technology consulting through and after AI and QC. | Dr. Sebastian Leder, Senior Manager | BearingPoint

Technology consulting thrives on the latest technologies, their application possibilities, implications and consequences. BearingPoint develops technology consulting offerings, including through partnerships with vendors and academia, to show clients opportunities and benefits. AI and QC are presented in the light of regional networking for use in national and international client scenarios.

2) How to use currently available quantum technology and implement it in concrete solutions with PlanQK - Platform and Ecosystem for Quantum Applications | Matthias Kaiser, Business Development Manager | Anaqor AG

PlanQK is being developed as part of a research project of the German government and is already being tested in an open beta version by around 100 organisations. Users can access a quantum app store, easily use quantum platforms for development and provide specialists with concepts that make quantum computing easily accessible. With the help of more than 30 concrete use cases, the application possibilities for future economic use in companies, financial institutions and public administrations will be tested.

3) The democratisation of chemical simulations: From classical computing to quantum computing | Dr Arturo Robertazzi & Dr Vincent Pohl | Quantistry GmbH

Quantum chemical simulations have been used to accurately predict chemical-physical systems, from molecules to solids, for several decades. However, large-scale use in chemical, materials science and pharmaceutical R&D is severely hampered by poor accessibility, required expertise and insufficient computational power. In this talk, we will show how we are addressing these challenges and will present use cases from different R&D areas that will greatly benefit from quantum computing. These include, for example, battery materials or materials for CO₂ capture.

We look forward to seeing you there

You can find more info here.

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Prof. Dr. Marius Grundmann from SaxonQ will talk about diamond-based QPUs at the next event. More information will follow.

In this lecture we introduce the fundamental concept of homology as the basis of topological data analysis. Based on this, Betti numbers are introduced as characteristic quantities and it is shown how to calculate them. In order to analyse a data set, its persistent homology is calculated: for this purpose, the corresponding point sets are transformed into simplicial complexes in a scaled manner. Finally, we will outline how quantum algorithms can compute Betti numbers exponentially faster than classically (even on NISQ machines) and why we believe we will soon be able to prove a quantum advantage here.

Target group: Advanced (This talk is very mathematical)

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Non-trivial quantum applications are almost always hybrid, i.e. they consist of both quantum and classical parts. Prof. Dr. Frank Leymann, Dr. Johanna Barzen and Benjamin Weder show that two orchestration technologies are helpful for such applications, namely workflow technology and provisioning technology and how these technologies have to interact. The principle is demonstrated using the Camunda Platform and OpenTOSCA. The connection with the new IBM QisKit Runtime is clarified. As a use case of hybrid applications, the prototype tool QHAna is presented, which allows to compare traditional implementations and quantum implementations of ML algorithms in the domain of film sciences.

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We recall the definition of entanglement (of qubits), discuss the comparability of entangled states as well as their frequency. The importance of entanglement for quantum computing is outlined. That entanglement helps to overcome limitations of classical algorithms is illustrated by the example of approximate algorithms and supervised learning. Finally, we move to "barren plateaus" and briefly show their significance.

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Various PlanQK consortium partners will present both the platform and individual use cases at the Bitkom Quantum Summit. Participation is free of charge; look forward to an exciting program around quantum computing and quantum-assisted artificial intelligence: https://www.quantum-summit.com/programme

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The PlanQK consortium partner Fraunhofer FOKUS is offering an introductory course aimed at a wide audience to provide an applied science perspective on Quantum Computing and Quality Engineering for Quantum Computing. You can register under https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/en/akademie/trainings/quantumcomputing-basic

ENGLISH Webinar

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Dear PlanQK partners and interested parties,

we are looking forward to welcoming you soon at the virtual PlanQK fair! You can expect exciting keynotes and breakout sessions on the progress of PlanQK and the possibilities of quantum-assisted artificial intelligence. More info will follow soon, in the meantime take the opportunity to register for free:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/141829282201

We look forward to your participation and exchange with you.

ENGLISH WEBINAR - Over the last decade we have witnessed a spectacular improvement in the understanding and mitigation of dissipation and dephasing in quantum microwave oscillators based on superconducting circuits. This evolution fueled the optimism of academic and industrial communities alike. Nevertheless, for fault-tolerant quantum computing machines we still require orders of magnitude of improvement in quantum coherence. In this webinar a few emerging research directions will be presented by Dr. Pop, which are believed to be promising in providing the next breakthroughs in quantum hardware.

Speaker: Dr. Ioan Pop, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Topic: superconducting quantum hardware
Recommended previous knowledge: Advanced

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In this webinar, QMware's associated partners present a way in which PlanQK partners can use QMware to implement hybrid quantum computing:

• What exactly is hybrid quantum computing (HQC)?
• What is HQC used for?
• What is QMware's solution for HQC?
• How can PlanQK members use QMware today?
• How will PlanQK Quantum-AI Marketplace customers be able to use QMware?
• Practical example of a hybrid quantum algorithm for solving linear systems of equations on QMware.
• Q&A

Speaker: Georg Geseck & Markus Pflitsch, QMware
Topic: Hybrid quantum computing
Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

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In this webinar, Professor Hellstern from the associated PlanQK partner Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg introduces you to the use of TensorflowQuantum. Tensorflow as a Google-developed product has been adapted especially in the field of machine learning applications. The further development of Tensorflow will enable the use in quantum computer environments.

Recommended prior knowledge: beginners

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Genetic Algorithms: An overview of the state of research and possible applications
Christoph Roch from PlanQK consortium partner Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich describes in this webinar the basic properties of genetic algorithms. In addition to basic information, the program includes an overview of the current state of research and discussion of possible applications.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

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Fabian Klos of Frankfurt Consulting Engineers will guide you step by step through five papers on the topic of Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), with special emphasis on sample calculations that facilitate the reading and understanding of publications in the field of quantum computing.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6lOsLtSOU

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Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are an established method in the field of machine learning. In this webinar we compare the quality of GANs on quantum systems with classical GANs using the example of anomalies in financial transactions.

Recommended previous knowledge: Advanced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r742b3vqo6w

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This webinar will explain the issues and problems of simulating quantum mechanical systems on conventional computers, how to map these simulations to a quantum computer and what the benefits are. The concrete algorithmic implementations on the quantum computer will also be compared with other discussed applications for the quantum computer, such as solving optimization problems, with a special focus on the feasibility in the NISQ era. This is followed by a short overview and outlook on the work and ideas of HQS Quantum Simulations on the topic of quantum mechanical simulation.

Recommended previous knowledge: Advanced

https://youtu.be/t2nWcrbCxf4

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At the end of 2015, the "Atos Quantum R&D" program was launched by the then CEO Thierry Breton at Atos. The program consists of a Quantum Computing (QC) development department and a Scientific Council, where recognized scientists steer the direction of the program and evaluate the results. This presentation will introduce the Atos Quantum R&D program and in particular the first resulting product, the Quantum Learning Machine (QLM). Based on the observation that it is not yet clear how a practical quantum computer can actually be implemented, but at the same time there is a need for a device to develop QC programs, the most powerful simulator for QC has been developed. The lecture will conclude with a demonstration of the use of QLM.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=903Jq-yaeac

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In this second part of Prof. Dr. Frank Leymann's webinar series, further fundamental quantum algorithms will be presented. HHL, VQE and QAOA are of special NISQ relevance and will be mathematically derived and discussed regarding their fields of application.

Recommended previous knowledge: Advanced

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In a lecture of about 60 minutes the basics of Quantum Annealing are presented. A consistent scenario is used to explain how optimization problems can be solved by a quantum annealer. In particular, the coding of the problem into a binary quadratic model is explained and a demo shows how this model has to be prepared for processing on the D-Wave Quantum Annealer in order to be executed.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

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In this first of two parts Prof. Dr. Frank Leymann from the University of Stuttgart presents fundamental quantum algorithms. During the webinar, quantum Fourier transformations as well as phase determination are mathematically derived and their fields of application are discussed.

Recommended previous knowledge: Advanced

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Many quantum algorithms promise a significant speedup compared to classical approaches. However, we are currently still in the NISQ era of quantum computing, i.e. current quantum computers are still error-prone and do not have any error correction capabilities. Therefore, this talk deals with limitations of NISQ computers and highlights factors that have an essential influence on the (successful) execution of quantum algorithms in the NISQ era. One of these aspects is, for example, the state preparation of data in the quantum computer, or in other words: How do you get the data to be processed into the quantum computer?

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

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In this lecture, an intuitive understanding of qubits and quantum gates will be given first. Based on this, the differences to classical computing will be explained and the special properties of a quantum computer such as superposition, entanglement and decoherence will be discussed. These will be mirrored to limitations of current quantum hardware. Derived from this, the approach of variable quantum algorithms is explained and the applicability on current quantum hardware is demonstrated with an example.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners'

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2MVtuvES4U

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This lecture gives an overview of the quantum platforms and programming languages currently available on the market. The platforms and their core functionalities are presented. Furthermore, the supported programming languages and libraries will be discussed.

Recommended previous knowledge: Beginners

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