The Quantum Application Lab (QAL), a collaboration of six scientific organizations across different domains of expertise under coordination of UvA, has received a “Subsidie Economische Structuur en Arbeidsmarktversterking” (SESA) grant from the Municipality of Amsterdam. This significant financial boost of 1.2 million euros is a strategic investment in QAL to reinforce the local economic structure and labor market and to amplify the value of quantum technologies for end-users across various sectors, such as life-science & health, energy, automotive, and finance.
The SESA grant marks a pivotal moment for QAL, enabling it to scale operations and intensify activity in quantum computing application development. With these funds, QAL is poised to appoint new Quantum Innovation Officers, a role crucial in translating high-level academic knowledge to tangible end-user benefits and ensuring that quantum solutions are aligned with market needs. QAL’s current innovation officer, Koen Leijnse, reflects: “With the support of the Amsterdam municipality and the existing support by the National Growth Fund consortium Quantum Delta NL (QDNL), QAL will not only contribute to the economic structure by creating high-value jobs and fostering a skilled workforce adept in the latest quantum technologies, but also by bringing closer the advent of practical advantage from using quantum computers.”
Quantum computing is a complex and emerging technology and as such, stands to benefit greatly from specialized expertise that spans multiple disciplines and sectors. Recognizing this, QAL leverages the diverse proficiencies of its consortium members to demystify and streamline the implementation of quantum computing application into practical workflows, making the intricacies of quantum algorithms more accessible to a broader range of industries.
The QAL consortium spans the whole range of quantum application development from fundamental quantum algorithms knowledge found at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), to high-performance computing expertise through SURF, software development proficiency at the Netherlands eScience Centre, applied research at The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), and Dutch quantum-computing-in-the-cloud provider Quantum Inspire (provided by QuTech – a collaboration between TNO and TU Delft). On top of that, QAL is partnered with additional quantum-hardware providers, such as IBM, QuiX Quantum, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
QAL invites partners to be part of the journey as to bring quantum computing to its full potential. More information on QAL’s initiatives can be found on the QAL website
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