The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing over 4.47 million euros in funding for the joint project “QUAntenkommunikation netzweRke Kompetenz für die gesellSchaft” (QUARKS) coordinated by Prof. Frank Fitzek – holder of the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks and spokesperson for the Cluster of Excellence “Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop” (CeTI) – at the TUD Dresden University of Technology (TUD). Leading pioneers of quantum computing gathered at the TUD for the kick-off meeting on June 20, 2024. In addition to Prof. Fitzek, Prof. Holger Boche (Chair of Theoretical Information Technology, TU Munich), Prof. Riccardo Bassoli (Junior Professorship for Quantum Communication Networks, TUD) and Dr. Gopi Balasubramanian took part in the event. His start-up XeedQ is the leading practical partner in the project and aims to pave the way for fault-tolerant quantum computers for the mass market with the XQ1 mobile quantum processor.
