Application of Quantum Technologies in the German Federal Administration
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Bundesdruckerei runs project Hugo with the Federal Ministry of Finance to build sovereign applications using quantum hardware, staffed by a 10‑expert full‑stack team. Work targets kernel‑based quantum machine learning that actually learns on ion‑trap devices (learning curves shown) and contrasts behavior on superconducting qubits, develops optimal control/error mitigation, and explores QKD post‑processing and generative data synthesis. Germany funds €2.3B across ~500 initiatives and Hugo coordinates until 2027 under a Quantum Innovation thinking approach to applied quantum theory and kernel learning.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:32Who am I
- 1:03Who are we
- 2:03Background
- 4:09Project HUGO
- 5:23Federal Applications
- 7:25Quantum Innovation Thinking
- 13:47Projects
- 16:57Summary
- 17:56Questions
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