QuSoft: new research center for quantum software

QuSoft, the first research center dedicated to quantum software, has officially been launched on December 3rd, 2016. A joint initiative between Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), QuSoft will be located at Amsterdam Science Park and will complement the research conducted by QuTech, which focuses on the development of quantum hardware.

The main focus of QuSoft will be on the development of quantum software, which requires fundamentally different techniques and approaches to those used to develop conventional software because of the counter-intuitive quantum mechanical properties of the quantum computer such as superposition, interference and entanglement. The chief research objective is to develop software and find applications that exploit the extraordinary power of quantum computers.

For more information, see http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-releases/2015/12/, http://www.cwi.nl/news/2015/qusoft-research-center-quantum-software-launched and http://www.qusoft.org/.