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\n <\/em>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, President of the \u00cele-de-France Regional Council<\/strong>,<\/span> said<\/strong>:<\/span> \u201cWe want to continue to position the Ile de France region as the leading region in the world on quantum. We will set up the PAck Quantique Ile de France funded to the tune of 1.5 million euros over 3 years, including 0.6 million euros in 2020 for 3 projects, including one between the EDF group and the Paris-based startup Pasqal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \n In this context, the PAQ aims to enable the Ile de France region to strengthen its leadership in the quantum field at European level, to improve the competitiveness of Ile de France businesses internationally and to promote the dynamism and attractiveness of the Ile de France region to promote the establishment of new companies.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n \n The PAQ aims to concretely demonstrate the advantage of quantum technologies for structuring and major industrial issues <\/strong> \n Philippe Lavocat, President of GENCI, says <\/strong> The three<\/span> PAQ<\/strong> projects, proposed for a vote in November, are the precursor to a more general operation similar to the IA Pack, which will finance<\/span> 10 pilots<\/strong> with an average duration of 24 months, with regional funding spread over<\/span> 3 years<\/strong>. In the continuity of the first selected projects, the <\/span>PAQ<\/strong> also wishes to present new projects in the coming years to the regional vote.<\/span><\/p>\n In general, pilots are use cases expressed by industrial customers in sectors such as energy, pharmaceuticals and finance, and<\/span> implemented by startups in Ile-de-France that can work in collaboration with academic members of the SIRTEQ, PCQC and Quantum Saclay network<\/strong>. The 3 pilots voted by the Ile de France regional council bring together two major groups EDF and TOTAL as well as the young company Qubit Pharmaceuticals, the startups Pasqal and QCWare; they aim to demonstrate a quantum advantage for use cases with significant impacts for these companies.<\/span><\/p>\n EDF and Pasqa <\/strong>have established a research collaboration since 2019 with a new objective through the project<\/span> AQUARE<\/strong>: Demonstrate the<\/span> A<\/strong>dvantage<\/span> QUA<\/strong>ntique for<\/span> S<\/strong>olving Complex Problems for the<\/span> E<\/strong>ergie. The installation of smart electric charging stations is a major focus of EDF\u2019s development for electric mobility. <\/span>The allocation of electrical terminals, depending on their availability and the load of the electricity network in real time, is a problem whose complexity evolves exponentially with the demand<\/strong>. Traditional high-performance computing (HPC) today does not have enough power to deal with the problem in real time. the efforts made by <\/span>Pasqal<\/strong> (creator of a quantum processor based on cold atoms) and EDF aim to solve this optimization problem.<\/span><\/p>\n Georges Reymond, Director General of Pasqal, says<\/strong>: “<\/span> We build quantum processors based on neutral atoms, a technology born and developed on the Saclay plateau. Thanks to this program, we will be able to use the computing power of about 200 qubits to solve industrial scope problems and expand their fields of application.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Qubit Pharmaceuticals <\/strong>is a French company specialized in the design of molecules on computer. Its first market is pharmaceutical molecules with other long-term applications (materials, ionic liquids, etc.). its partnership with <\/span>Pasqal<\/strong> through the project<\/span> AQCMED – A<\/strong>dvantage<\/span> Q<\/strong>uantum for<\/span> D<\/strong>esign<\/span> MED<\/strong>icaments – will allow dizzying advances in the availability of drug molecules on the market thanks to the reduction of a factor of 100 of its modeling process on high performance computing resources. The modeling time could thus be reduced to a few minutes on a quantum technology.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Robert Marino, President of Qubit Pharmaceuticals, said: <\/strong> Industrial group <\/span>Total <\/strong>and <\/span>QCWare <\/strong>are committed to the project <\/span>AQMuSE <\/strong>order to prove the<\/span>A<\/strong>dvantage <\/span>Q<\/strong>uantum for <\/span>M<\/strong>ulti-<\/span>S<\/strong>ourcing <\/span>E<\/strong>nergie and, in particular, solve optimization problems related to freight and oil logistics. QCWare\u2019s industrial research project focuses on a problem called <\/span>Generalized Pooling Problem<\/em> (Generalized Pooling Problem) with many possible applications to industrial sectors other than energy such as wastewater recycling.<\/span><\/p>\n Christophe Jurczak, President of Le Lab Quantique, says<\/strong>: ‘<\/span> We are very pleased to be associated with the Quantum PAck, a unique initiative in the world that aims to drastically reduce the obstacles that currently limit, beyond the very performance of quantum processors, co-developments between technology developers (hardware and software) and customers to benefit from quantum acceleration. This is a first step and with GENCI we are thinking of federating all the actors within an embodied place – La Maison du Quantique – to facilitate the linking of industrialists with the quantum ecosystem and ensure its animation. <\/em>\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.hqi.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/genci.jpg” alt=”GENCI” title_text=”genci” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.hqi.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pasqal-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.hqi.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/france-2030.jpg” alt=”France 2030″ title_text=”france-2030″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_top=”1px” border_color_top=”#053062″ border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#053062″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”18px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\n by relying on a <\/span>
\n Ile-de-France quantum ecosystem <\/strong>
\n highly <\/span>
\n rich in startups, expertise and talents <\/strong>
\n and on the other hand on <\/span>
\n quantum means <\/strong>
\n provided in the short term by the <\/span>
\n startup Pasqal <\/strong>
\n and in the longer term on a future European high performance\/quantum hybrid computing infrastructure made available by <\/span>
\n GENCI <\/strong>
\n (Great National Supercomputing Equipment).<\/span>\n <\/p>\n
\n : \u00ab <\/span>
\n The cooperation of GENCI with the 3 selected projects is an exciting challenge that comes at a key moment in the French strategy of calculation and AI, aiming to host soon an Exascale-class machine equipped with a differentiating element, namely a hybrid HPC\/quantum accelerator device. <\/em>
\n \u00bb<\/span>\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe look forward to bringing our codes and algorithms to Pasqal\u2019s quantum computer. Thanks to the computing power implemented, we are getting closer and closer to real time without compromising on the accuracy of the results.\u201d<\/em>\n <\/p>\nPRESS CONTACTS<\/h3>\n