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Quantum Application Team

Worldwide progress of R&D of quantum computers will create new businesses.Establish a business development environment is required for creating use cases of quantum computers and human resources development.

In the short term, building an ecosystem where the benefits from industrial applications is used for investment in new technology development.

In the mid- to long-term, expand the scope and scale of application of quantum computers by using large-scale, gate-based quantum computers that are expected to be used in actual industrial applications.

Integrate Quantum -AI technology into existing informatics research in collaboration with AIST’s diverse fields. Encourage the creation of use cases through cross-industry fusion—such as Quantum x Bio, Quantum x Material, Quantum x Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), and Quantum x Finance—driven by user companies.

Team Research Theme

Theory of Quantum Computers and Quantum Annealing

Simulation technology for superconducting quantum circuits

Exploration of applications such as artificial intelligence, quantum chemical computation, CAE, finance, etc.

To achieve practical quantum computers and quantum annealing machines, essential components include device design, algorithm development, and application exploration using theory and simulation technology. At AIST, we are developing superconducting quantum circuit simulation technology and quantum algorithms, and exploring their potential applications in fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum chemical computation, CAE and finance. Additionally, we conduct theoretical research on quantum sensing, quantum IoT, and quantum control.

Quantum chemical calculations using quantum annealing

Quantum annealing applied to chemical calculations

Quantum circuits for quantum machine learning

Quantum Circuit Automation Powered by Generative AI

Staff Members

photo	position & name	field of expertise
	Team Leader, Yohichi SUZUKI	Applied research on quantum computers, Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics
	Joint Appointed Fellow, Tadashi KADOWAKI	Applied research on quantum computers, Quantum CAE, AI4Science
	Senior Researcher, Yuta MIZUNO	Quantum algorithms, dynamical systems, optimization, chemical reactions
	Researcher, Shunya MINAMI	Statistical machine learning, artificial intelligence, financial engineering, materials informatics
	Researcher, Haruka AKISHIMA
	Researcher, SUDEERA GUNATHILAKA Sudeera Gunathilaka	Unconventional computing architectures (Coherent computing, Quantum computing etc.), Optimisation algorithms (Nonlinear, Combinatorial etc.), High-Performance computing
	Invited Senior Researcher, Yusuke HAMA	quantum algorithms for optimization, machine learning, and materials informatics quantum circuit transpilation quantum error mitigation, suppression, and correction
	Concurrent post, Toshihiro KATASHITA
	Concurrent post, Hisao NAKAMURA	First principles simulation of chemical reaction, optical response, and electric and thermal transport in device materials
	Concurrent post, Katsuhiro ENDO
	Concurrent post, Takeaki TANIGUCHI
	Concurrent post, Naoya OKADA
	Concurrent post, Takenobu NAKAMURA	Application of topological data Analysis for material science ; Molecular dynamics simulation for soft material, Free energy calculation ; Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
	Concurrent post, Kotaro MAKINO
	Concurrent post, Naoki SHIGA	Development of next generation drug discovery technology using quantum computers and AI Elucidation of the role and biosynthesis mechanism of functional RNA and their application towards drug discovery
	Concurrent post, Hisashi ANBUTSU	Development of next generation drug discovery technology using quantum computers and AI Genome analysis of difficult-to-isolate and difficult-to-culture symbiotic bacteria

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