On Wednesday, June 26, a symposium titled "The Front Line of Quantum Computers" was held at the Fujiwara Hiroshi Hall in the Collaboration Complex on Hiyoshi Campus to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Science and Technology and 150th anniversary of the birth of the esteemed Ginjiro Fujiwara.
This symposium was also an event to mark the one-year anniversary of the "IBM Q Network Hub@Keio University," which was opened at the Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology in May last year. The open innovation activities it carried out through global industry-academia collaborations over the past year were introduced, and during the event, discussions were also held on the new directions for the industrial applications of quantum computers.
At the symposium, Professor Kohei Itoh of the Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, who is also the founder of the "IBM Q Network Hub@Keio University (Hub)," introduced the front line of quantum computer research and developments being carried out in the world (for both hardware and software), and indicated the position of the Keio University Quantum Computing Center. This was followed by Dr. Anthony Annunziata, the IBM Q Network Global Lead, reporting on the most recent status of IBM Q.