(Photo By: Erik Lucero, Martinis Group, University of California, Santa Barbara via Wikimedia Commons)

(Photo By: Erik Lucero, Martinis Group, University of California, Santa Barbara via Wikimedia Commons)

By: JNS - April 12, 2021

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Amazon Web Services announced on Monday the establishment of a joint quantum computing research agreement.

The agreement is the first of its kind between AWS and an Israeli academic institution, according to a statement from the university.

The AWS Center for Quantum Computing, created in 2019 and based at the campus of the California Institute of Technology, brings together quantum computing researchers and engineers for the purpose of accelerating development of relevant algorithms and hardware. Its activities include collaborating with universities for sponsored research in “cutting-edge domains,” according to the statement.

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