India's leading educational institutions such as multiple IITs, IIIT, IISERs, TIFR, ISI and Calcutta University are tying up with IBM for quantum computing education and research. IBM will provide access to quantum computers and assist in teaching courses.
IBM partners with IITs, others to advance training, research in quantum computing
The selected institutions faculty and students will be able to access IBM quantum systems, quantum learning resources and, quantum tools over IBM Cloud for education and research purposes
BusinessToday.In | May 25, 2021 | Updated 14:33 IST
IBM states that an estimated 100-150 students annually are expected to benefit from this collaboration
Tech giant IBM announced on Monday that it will provide top-tier institutions of India over-the-cloud access to its quantum systems.
The selected institutions faculty and students will be able to access IBM quantum systems, quantum learning resources and, quantum tools over IBM Cloud for education and research purposes. This will allow these institutions to work on actual quantum computers and program these using the Qiskit open-source framework.
Indian educational institutions, IBM partner on quantum research
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Bengaluru, May 25 : IBM on Tuesday announced that it will allow over-the-cloud access to its quantum systems for top-tier educational institutions in India to accelerate advanced training and research in quantum computing.
The faculties and students of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Pune and Thiruvananthapuram; Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras; Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai; University of Calcutta and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata will be able to access IBM quantum systems, quantum learning resources and, quantum tools over IBM Cloud for
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