Quantum AI for Defence at ANU

Dr. Nils Herrmann, 
 Quantum Brilliance

Greetings from the Australian National University where Dr. Nils Herrmann, from Quantum Brilliance is talking on Quantum Machine Learning on Diamond-based Quantum Computers. Quantum Brilliance is an Australia/German startup building quantum computers using diamond microchips. Their Canberra research center ios at the ANU. What got my attention, and probably did of governments and funders, is using the quantum effect for machine learning. Nils envisions a large quantum computer using training data and then a quantum computer on a plug in board in a desktop computer using the model created. The aim is to have a board rugged enough to be used in an aircraft, with obvious military applications. 

"This talk introduces the concept of Quantum Utility - Quantum Brilliance’s vision for practical quantum advantage - and presents early gate-based QML results achieved on an on-site, room-temperature quantum computer. It then highlights the work of the newly formed Quantum Utility and Exploration (QUTE) team, whose mission is to uncover utility through control modes that operate closer to the physical diamond-based hardware. The talk concludes with an introduction to quantum reservoir computing, showcasing QUTE’s latest simulations on future single- and multi-NV systems that establish a compelling platform for near-term, practical quantum machine learning."