DARPA Seeks Expert Input on Quantum-Classical Hybrid Computing

Fault-tolerant commercial quantum computers are years away, but enterprises are achieving practical results using current noisy, intermediate-scale quantum devices (NISQ) combined with classical computers. This is known as hybrid quantum/classical computing.

DARPA is launching the Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (Impaqt) project as part of a

live ARC webinar

on April 11. Panelists are expected to include government experts, university professors and industry-leading quantum hardware providers as well as participate in live question-and-answer sessions.

“We’re billing the webinar as a help day for quantum algorithmists,” said DARPA innovation fellow Alex Place, who is leading the event.

“Building on the successes of DARPA’s optimization

The ARC initiative is designed to accelerate innovation by rapidly exploring and analyzing a high volume of promising new ideas. Impaqt is the first ARC topic to be explored.