On November 30th, a 20-person delegation from the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation visited the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology at Chalmers University of Technology.
“We see the potential of quantum computers in very many areas of application. And as we know that the research environment here is fantastic, we wanted to come here and listen to the experts,” says Fredrik Sandberg, digital and tech expert at the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.
The visit started with WACQT director Per Delsing giving an overview of WACQT and the quantum computer project, while WACQT principal investigator Katia Gallo spoke about the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), which WACQT would like Sweden to become a part of. Funding from the EU is already granted, but the required Swedish co-financing is still not there, according to Gallo.
The visit finished with a tour in the lab, where the doctoral student Christopher Warren showed the quantum computer and explained its working in more detail.