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• B.C. Premier David Eby and Minister Brenda Bailey visited the Burnaby headquarters of D-Wave Quantum Inc.
• D-Wave additionally introduced a brand new quantum coaching program with B.C.-based Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI).
• Vital Quote: “D-Wave is a B.C. innovation success story, driving the worldwide race to unravel the complicated issues of at present and tomorrow by way of quantum computing whereas creating jobs and alternative right here at house. I’m impressed by these technological developments and inspired to see firsthand that purposes on D-Wave know-how might help with a variety of crucial challenges together with local weather change, provide chains and power.” — Premier David Eby.

PRESS RELEASE — B.C. Premier David Eby and Jobs, Financial Growth, and Innovation Minister Brenda Bailey visited the Burnaby headquarters of D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) to have a good time the newest breakthroughs in quantum computing and acquire a deeper understanding into how the modern know-how might be utilized to at present’s societal and enterprise challenges. D-Wave additionally introduced a brand new quantum coaching program with B.C.-based Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI) to speed up the event of a quantum-ready workforce. QAI brings collectively trade, academia and authorities to harness British Columbia’s fame as a pacesetter in quantum computing.

The go to comes following the discharge of the Province’s new StrongerBC: Future Prepared Motion Plan, which positions know-how as a key progress space and appears to companies to foster innovation and combine know-how to enhance the best way providers are delivered. D-Wave, a pacesetter in quantum computing techniques, software program, and providers, and the one firm on this planet constructing each quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computer systems, has been advancing quantum science since its inception at UBC in 1999. The corporate lately achieved a significant scientific milestone demonstrating that its system’s use of quantum delivers a speedup over classical for an vital class of exhausting issues.

We consider that D-Wave’s quantum know-how is properly suited to fixing complicated optimization issues, a lot of that are confronted by the Province at present. From electrical grid reliability to optimization of transportation and emergency response, at present’s quantum computing know-how can be utilized to develop new and modern options to drive efficiencies.

“D-Wave is a B.C. innovation success story, driving the worldwide race to unravel the complicated issues of at present and tomorrow by way of quantum computing whereas creating jobs and alternative right here at house,” mentioned Premier David Eby. “I’m impressed by these technological developments and inspired to see firsthand that purposes on D-Wave know-how might help with a variety of crucial challenges together with local weather change, provide chains and power.”

The brand new D-Wave and QAI joint coaching program will present hands-on quantum computing coaching and experiential studying to B.C. researchers and college students engaged on a few of the most complicated and difficult questions dealing with society.  This system will present entry to D Wave’s main quantum computing applied sciences and assist B.C. develop and retain prime expertise by increase a quantum-ready workforce who might in the end be finish customers of the know-how.  The coaching program will probably be piloted over a two-year interval and serves as a constructing block in supporting B.C. quantum innovation effort and constructing a quantum-knowledgeable and prepared workforce.

“British Columbia and D-Wave have lengthy been on the forefront of world quantum innovation and growing the extremely expert workforce that drives it,” mentioned Mark W. Johnson, senior vp at D-Wave. “We’re excited to host Premier Eby and Minister Bailey at present to offer them a behind-the-scenes have a look at our know-how, focus on real-world purposes of quantum, and spotlight our latest coaching program with the QAI to construct a quantum-ready workforce.”

“One side of our Future Prepared Motion plan is aimed toward constructing the workforce for rising applied sciences, like quantum computing,” mentioned Minister Bailey.  “Our authorities is taking motion to make sure rising tech companies like D-Wave proceed to have entry to a extremely expert and various expertise pool. We have to prepare the workforce to be quantum prepared now to make sure we are able to notice the advantages of this promising know-how.”

“QAI is happy to companion with D-Wave to extend the variety of individuals working with quantum applied sciences and supply sensible, hands-on expertise coaching and entry to quantum {hardware} for college students and researchers,” mentioned Louise Tuner, CEO of the QAI. “The partnership between QAI and D-Wave gives a chance to construct on the aims of the Future Prepared Motion Plan and increase B.C.’s internationally acknowledged quantum computing workforce. QAI works with B.C. firms to assist them notice some great benefits of this high-potential know-how throughout a variety of industries, together with healthcare, transportation and logistics and the pure useful resource sector.”