The University of South Carolina Joins IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State

The University of South Carolina has joined the IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State University.

NC State became the first North American university to host an IBM Quantum Innovation Center for quantum computing in 2018. NC State’s industry partners include health care company Elevance Health, which joined the Hub in 2020, and financial company Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, which joined this year. In addition to supporting industry and university partners, the IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State also focuses on educating the next generation of quantum computing users and developers.

With membership in the Quantum Hub, U of SC will gain access to IBM’s largest quantum computing systems for commercial use cases and fundamental research. The university’s faculty and students will have the opportunity to develop and test new algorithms for quantum hardware as well as collaborate with leading-edge experimental efforts to develop and test new capabilities.

Being a member of the Quantum Hub also offers U of SC students unique educational opportunities. Students will gain real-world experience in algorithm development and data analysis using state-of-the-art quantum information processors — and enter the workforce as quantum-ready graduates. Quantum computing has far-reaching potential for research, and exposing students, faculty and researchers across the country to this promising new field will reap benefits for NC State, U of SC and IBM alike.

More than 180 clients — including ‎Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, academic institutions and research labs — work with IBM Quantum technology to advance ‎quantum computing and explore practical applications. The IBM Quantum team and clients are researching and exploring how quantum computing will help a ‎variety of industries and disciplines, including finance, energy, chemistry, materials science, ‎optimization and machine learning, among many others.