AI Technology & Industry Review
Baidu, Inc. today hosted its annual flagship developer conference Baidu Create 2022. In the meeting, Baidu offered an in-depth exploration of Baidu’s research and analysis of future technology trends, covering a range of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, intelligent search, quantum computing and AI scientific computing.
In the new paper Quantum Self-Attention Neural Networks for Text Classification, a team from Baidu Research and the University of Technology Sydney proposes the quantum self-attention neural network (QSANN), a simple yet powerful architecture that is effective and scalable to large real-world datasets.
Imperial College London researchers show how to optimally train a variational quantum algorithm to represent quantum states and propose a stable variant of the quantum natural gradient, a generalized quantum natural gradient that can be trained free of barren plateaus.
Paddle Quantum is developed based on Baidu’s deep learning platform PaddlePaddle, which has become the first and unique deep learning platform in China that supports quantum machine learning.
The team introduces photon sources fabricated in silicon that meet a variety of requirements for scalable quantum photonics: high purity, high heralding efficiency, and high indistinguishability.
A new study suggests DeepMind’s amazing game-playing algorithm AlphaZero could help unlock the power and potential of quantum computing.
Tech giant Google’s recent claim regarding quantum supremacy created a buzz in the computer science community and got global mainstream media talking about quantum computing breakthroughs.
In a paper recently published in Nature, IBM researchers propose using two quantum algorithms based on superconducting processors to provide a novel solution to classification problems.
Many scientists believe that a quantum computing device will one day perform highly complex computational tasks which are far beyond the ability of today’s classical computers.
A Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team has announced the world’s first software for photonic analog quantum computing and simulation. “Feynman Photonic Analog Quantum Simulation” (FeynmanPAQS) is named after renown quantum physicist Richard P. Feynman.
A team of Chinese quantum physicists has demonstrated the world’s first 18-qubit entanglement. This is the largest entangled state ever in all physical systems, and represents a big step towards large-scale highly efficient quantum computing.
A Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team has developed the world’s largest-scaled 3D photonic quantum chip that can demonstrate a 2D quantum walk.
Yaoyun Shi’s Team at the Aliyun Quantum Laboratory (AQL) today announced that they have developed the world’s most powerful quantum circuit simulator: “Tai Zhang.”
Today Baidu announced Institute of Quantum Computing, which will conduct applied research and development on software and information technologies
Alibaba took a big step towards quantum computing yesterday when its cloud service subsidiary Aliyun (“Alibaba Cloud”) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly launched an 11-qubit quantum computing service.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on September 11 that the respected University of Michigan professor will lead fundamental research on quantum technology at its Seattle lab.
Alibaba Group announced its new DAMO (Dharma) Academy for fundamental and disruptive technology research.
On March 6th 2017, IBM announced the company’s initiative to build the first universal quantum computing system for commercial use in New York.