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[IBM Research Blog] Yonsei University and IBM Quantum are building Korea’s quantum ecosystem
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2023.03.15
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2023.03.15
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https://research.ibm.com/blog/yonsei-iqit-anniversary
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Yonsei and IBM Quantum building Korea’s quantum ecosystem — over the cloud, and on campus


Kyungsun Moon, Director, Institute of Quantum Information Technology and Professor, Dept. of Physics, Yonsei University

Hanhee Paik, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Quantum Growth and Business Development, IBM Quantum


Improving access to quantum computing will catalyze the growth of a quantum ecosystem. It will give opportunities to students to learn quantum programming through a hands-on experience, and allow more researchers to conduct cutting-edge research. To that end, we’re excited to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT), and the launch of the Institute’s over-the-cloud access to IBM’s quantum systems.

IQIT gives Yonsei students, researchers, and the university’s industry collaborators access to IBM’s full fleet of more than 20 cloud-based quantum systems, ranging from 5-qubits, up to Eagle’s 127 qubits. And soon, the Institute will break ground on its own IBM Quantum System One, powered by Eagle — the world’s second private, on-premises installation — to be in operation by 2024.


Industry research to benefit Korean society


An on-premises quantum computing system has several outstanding benefits for Yonsei. It will give the university greater flexibility and control over its quantum computing resources, allowing for faster and more-efficient use of the System One.

Yonsei researchers hope that quantum machine learning will lead to a smarter Seoul by efficiently optimizing the big data involved in everyday life. But there’s a bottleneck: transeferring big data from the data center to remote computing systems. With the on-premises quantum computer, Yonsei users will be able to more-efficiently study quantum machine learning algorithms by relieving the burden of transferring a big data between the data center and the quantum computer. Hence it will be able to take full advantage of edge computing.

IQIT is also interested in diverse research areas related to quantum information technology, such as materials science, finance, cryptography, and practical quantum algorithms. And since the IBM Quantum System One will be installed on the Yonsei global campus in Songdo near the Yonsei Bio Complex, we are seeing special interest in applications to healthcare and life science.


Educating Korea’s next generation of quantum scientists


Through IQIT, Yonsei students and researchers will have access IBM's full fleet of quantum systems on the cloud. The Institute aims to provide students with hands-on experience in quantum programming and to train the next generation of quantum scientists and engineers. The Institute hopes to develop a strong quantum education program that spans from undergraduate to graduate levels, and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among students and faculty from different departments and schools within Yonsei.

Through IQIT, Yonsei researchers will advance the frontiers of quantum computing by conducting cutting-edge research in hardware development, algorithm development, application integration, and more. IQIT aims to be a leader in the Korean quantum ecosystem and to work with other institutions to accelerate the development of quantum technologies and applications.


Collaborate with Yonsei to build Korea’s quantum future


Countries around the world are investing in quantum computing because of its potential to solve problems beyond the capability of existing classical computers — problems in the fields from city service optimization, to drug development, materials science, artificial intelligence, and beyond. There’s still plenty to contribute to this nascent field across hardware development, algorithm development, application integration, and more.

But making those contributions require that universities, businesses, governments, and other research institutions have access to quantum hardware, software, and educational resources in order to be successful. It also requires a quantum community working together across different domains and disciplines to make quantum a reality.                   

Pull quote: The IQIT’s mission is to enrich human life through quantum information research, with the goal of preparing for the future information society through quantum information technology education and quantum ecosystem creation.

Other organizations can work with Yonsei by collaborating with our researchers on quantum research projects. IQIT is open to partnering with other universities, research institutions, and industries to foster Korean quantum expertise and accelerate scientific discovery in areas such as biotechnology and machine learning, just to name a few.

These external institutions that partner with IQIT will have access to the Institute's over-the-cloud access to IBM’s full fleet of quantum systems. We believe IQIT will serve as an important quantum community focal point, working with other quantum computing leaders in the country and collaborating with IBM.

As members of the Institute’s steering committee, we are excited that the members of Yonsei University community will have access to a dedicated quantum computing system on campus. We are eager to see how they will scale up their partnership and research collaborations with other universities, research institutions and industries to foster Korean quantum expertise. We are also excited about what Korean researchers and developers will be able to create with quantum computing, and are looking forward to the groundbreaking of the IQIT’s IBM Quantum System One in the coming months.