Experts in quantum technology industry from various countries were invited by the National Science and Technology Council to visit NCHC

The National Science and Technology Council hosted the 2023 Taiwan Quantum Technology International Symposium on December 4 with invited top academic and research and industry leaders from Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, France, the United States, other countries, and Taiwan in attendance. Those experts come to Taiwan to share and discuss the latest progress and applications of quantum technology around the globe. Chairman Wu Tsung-Tsong of the National Science and Technology Council indicated that Taiwan has actively deployed key core technologies for quantum computers and communications hardware and software, and government ministries and committees have collaborated to form a national quantum team. At the same time, he hopes that international collaborations in research and development will become the approach in which Taiwan advances quantum technology.  This approach will create a global collaboration platform, bring together experts, researchers and industry leaders from all over the world, promote the progress of quantum R&D and quantum technology industrialization through exchanges with global quantum technology elites, and make Taiwan one of the important leaders in the development of quantum technology. After this international symposium, the National Science and Technology Council arranged for attendees to visit and interact with research institutes in related fields in Taiwan.

On the afternoon of December 5, they visited the NCHC of NARLabs, where they were received by Dr. Lin, Chun-Yu, who explained and shared the collaboration model between NCHC and Taiwan's quantum national team, as well as the relevant project results of the NCHC's participation in quantum technology research and development. And also the NCHC associate researcher, Charlie H. Chang, from vimL (Visualization and Interactive Media Laboratory) team, demonstrated medical and scientific simulation achievement.


Gwo, Shan-Gjr (3rd from right), convener of the Quantum System Promotion Group, led the National Science and Technology Council-invited scientists and professors from IQM of Finland, RIKEN of Japan, and TU Delft of the Netherlands to visit NCHC.

The NCHC of NARLabs is the only shared large-scale computing platform and academic research network facility in Taiwan. It takes on the leading and forward-looking role in cloud technology in computing, storage, network, and platform integration. It provides high-performance computing, high-quality network, high-performance storage, big data analysis, scientific engineering simulation, and other cloud integration services in Taiwan. When the NCHC attended the 2023 ISC High Performance in Hamburg, Germany in May, it also focused on learning about the development of high-performance computing and quantum computer systems in Europe and the United States. There have also been preliminary exchanges with supercomputer centers in Finland, Switzerland, and other countries and IQM company in Finland.

The NCHC of NARLabs held the SEAIP Southeast Asia International Joint-Research and Training Program in Shalun, Tainan from December 4 to 8, 2023, and held an international forum "HPC & Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure: Challenges & Opportunities" on December 5, in which the invited guest Olli-Pentti Saira from IQM had a talk on Quantum Computers: A new computing acceleration for HPC. In the future, we will continue to go deep and strengthen bilateral collaborations to achieve the goal of creating an international development platform for quantum technology as the National Science and Technology Council has planned. We will do our part in the development of high-performance computing in Taiwan.