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Quantum activities at Amsterdam Science Park

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Research

QuSoft is the research center for quantum software, one of the world’s largest academic group that focuses on the theory of quantum computing. 

The Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam has over 6500 students and 1700 staff members.

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica is the national research center for mathematics and computer science, and is famous for the creation programming language Python. 

SURF is the collaborative organisation for IT in Dutch education and research. They offer high-performance computing (HPC) nodes and offer access to quantum services over the cloud. 

AMOLF is a national institute that performs leading fundamental research on the physics of complex forms of matter, and to create new functional materials, in partnership with academia and industry.

Startups

QuiX develops photonic quantum computers. They have a product line of plug-and-play photonic processors and sold a universal computer to the german DLR.

Optics Foundry designs and manufactures optical circuit boards following your specifications.

EonCore provides software and services to help upgrade to quantum-safe cybersecurity. 


MolKet
offers an integrated cloud services with modular design tools that enable customers to perform molecular design and computations in a modular fashion


Amsterdam Scientific Instruments
builds high-effiency photodetectors for trapped ion and ultracold atom quantum computers. 

Fermioinq offers quantum-inspired software for computational fluid dynamics, and Ava, an emulator the can handle extremely large quantum circuits. 

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Various startups in stealth mode work at Amsterdam Science Park. Check this page at a later time to see who have sprouted!

At nearby locations

The Free University of Amsterdam is a public research university, with notable groups on computational quantum chemistry and on laser physics, among many others. 

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: HvA) offers a summer school, a minor in Applied Quantum Computing, and soon a professional Master’s degree.

Artificial Brain develops quantum software for complex optimization problems, targeting various industries including Space, Energy, and Finance.

Also see:

WIQD (pronounced “wicked”) is a professional network for quantum technology enthusiasts from industry, academia and policy. They to bring together women in quantum in the Netherlands for support, networking, and community growth.

The Amsterdam Science Park’s Science and Business team is a central point of contact for collaborations with the local talent and knowledge centres, and can help locating a new business in on the campus. 

Quantum Delta NL was awarded 615M to grow the Netherland’s quantum ecosystem. Amsterdam is one of the five local hubs, together with Leiden, Delft, Eindhoven and Twente.

TechLeap empowers Dutch tech founders in scaling their companies, strengthening the entire tech ecosystem in the process.

The National Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) has several public-private partnership labs, with a mission to keep the Netherlands at the forefront of knowledge and talent development in AI.