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SUMMARY:NGEI’s Initiatives from DSI Regarding the Sovereign Quantum Comp
 uting Decal Plan
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231205T092000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231205T094000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Coral Featherstone (CSIR)\nI will briefly discuss th
 e history of how scientific focus areas are coordinated through the use of
  the national development plan\, aligned scientific white papers\, and the
  decadal plans that are built from the resulting insight. I will also disc
 uss the current academic landscape of quantum computing in South Africa.\n
 \nI will discuss the CSIR and how the clusters within the organisation ali
 gn with the decadal plan. Two units in particular are involved in computin
 g research and are therefore aligned with quantum computing research\, whi
 le other units within the CSIR offer unique insights and potential to expl
 ore the applications of quantum computing. Researchers within the Centre f
 or High Performance Computing (CHPC)\, and the Nextgen enterprises and ins
 titutions units within the CSIR are working on making quantum computing re
 search available and applicable to South Africans. The two units are worki
 ng with each other\, other suitable clusters within the CSIR\, and quantum
 -orientated academic institutions\, and industry.\n\nThe quantum computing
  community in South Africa is too small to work in isolation and working t
 ogether in a coordinated manner is essential. If we work together we will 
 find applicable uses of quantum computing as applied to local problems tha
 t are unique to South Africans. There are many examples of uniquely South 
 African problems applicable to quantum computers that would be ignored by 
 international scientists. As just one example\, applying quantum computing
  to optimisation problems\, such as finding\, predicting\, and treating st
 rains of HIV that are only found in South Africa.\n\nThe universities are 
 providing additional quantum computing research topics\, and academic grou
 ps such as the quantum computing working group also contribute white paper
 s that guide the next round of policy making. Both the universities and th
 e CSIR provide the DSI with indications on how to apply the focus areas as
  suggested in the decadal plan.\n\nAligning quantum computing research wit
 h the focus areas within the decadal plan will help fund and coordinate ca
 refully pre-identified critical research that helps South Africa with iden
 tified problems and potential threats.\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/
 125/contributions/1918/
LOCATION:Skukuza 1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari
URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/125/contributions/1918/
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