Applications of Quantum Computing
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionise heavily-demanding information processing in science and industry. During the last decade, great strides have been made in the design and manufacture of quantum hardware allowing the first experimental demonstrations of quantum advantage, where a quantum computer solves a problem that is impossible for a classical computer within a feasible amount of time.
This has created intense interest, attracting researchers, businesses and investment from a broad range of disciplines and domains. The trans-disciplinary expertise of Imperial’s quantum algorithms community and our existing industrial partnerships present an opportunity to define the problems that can be addressed in practice, benchmark the near-term hardware capabilities and match these to industry needs, becoming a trusted partner for businesses seeking to explore applications of quantum computing.
These areas overlap strongly with interest across the College in applying quantum computing in finance, fluid dynamics, high-energy physics, molecular and materials simulations alongside leaders in theoretical and algorithm developments in quantum computing.
Our researchers:
Dr Vitali Averbukh
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Dr Vitali Averbukh
Department of Physics
Dr Ryan Barnett
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Dr Ryan Barnett
Department of Mathematics
Professor Michael Bearpark
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Professor Michael Bearpark
Department of Chemistry
Roberto Bondesan
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Roberto Bondesan
Department of Computing
Professor Oliver Buchmueller
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Professor Oliver Buchmueller
Department of Physics
Dr Chris Cantwell
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Dr Chris Cantwell
Department of Aeronautics
Professor Carlo Contaldi
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Professor Carlo Contaldi
Professor in Physics
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Dr Zahid Durrani
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Dr Zahid Durrani
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor Fay Dowker
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Professor Fay Dowker
Department of Physics
Professor Matthew Foulkes
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Professor Matthew Foulkes
Department of Physics
Dr Liam (Jianliang) Gao
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Dr Liam (Jianliang) Gao
Graduate School and Business School
Dr Gerard Gorman
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Dr Gerard Gorman
Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Dr Kevin Gouder
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Dr Kevin Gouder
Department of Aeronautics
Professor Geoffrey Hall FRS
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Professor Geoffrey Hall FRS
Department of Physics
Professor Nicholas Harrison
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Professor Nicholas Harrison
Department of Chemistry
Professor Peter Haynes
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Professor Peter Haynes
Department of Materials
Professor Sandrine Heutz
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Professor Sandrine Heutz
Department of Materials
Professor Michael Huth
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Professor Michael Huth
Department of Computing
Dr Antoine Jack Jacquier
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Dr Antoine Jack Jacquier
Department of Mathematics
Dr Johannes Knolle
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Dr Johannes Knolle
Department of Physics
Dr Sylvain Laizet
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Dr Sylvain Laizet
Department of Aeronautics
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Jongseok Lim
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Jongseok Lim
Department of Physics
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Professor Emil Lupu
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Professor Emil Lupu
Department of Computing
Dr Luca Magri
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Dr Luca Magri
Department of Aeronautics
Professor Jon Marangos
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Professor Jon Marangos
Department of Physics
Professor Florian Mintert
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Professor Florian Mintert
Department of Physics
Professor Francesco Montomoli
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Professor Francesco Montomoli
Department of Aeronautics
Professor Arash Mostofi
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Professor Arash Mostofi
Department of Materials
Professor Ramana Nanda
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Professor Ramana Nanda
Business School, Finance
Professor Ben Sauer
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Professor Ben Sauer
Department of Physics
Dr Raj Patel
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Dr Raj Patel
Department of Physics
Professor Simon Schultz
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Professor Simon Schultz
Department of Bioengineering
Dr Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani
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Dr Mansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani
School of Public Health
Professor Richard Thompson
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Professor Richard Thompson
Department of Physics
Dr Felice Torrisi
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Dr Felice Torrisi
Department of Chemistry
Professor Ian Walmsley FRS
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Professor Ian Walmsley FRS
Department of Physics
Professor Wolfram Wiesemann
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Professor Wolfram Wiesemann
Analytics, Marketing and Operations (Business School)
Dr Herbert Wiklicky
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Dr Herbert Wiklicky
Department of Computing
Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco
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Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco
Department of Life Sciences