Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO (Project Lead)
How will people work and live in the future? Scientists at Fraunhofer IAO are researching these questions and applying their findings in a results-oriented manner. A large number of projects are being worked on to develop, evaluate and introduce new technologies and application solutions. Data-centric and cloud-based applications and algorithms based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for applications in the service industries [13], [14], [25], [38], energy industry [1], [30] and logistics [6] are a focus in the IT-related research areas. Software engineering methods [23], application centers [10], [11], [12] and application-oriented demonstrators [24], [26] are important elements in many projects and are part of the IAO's student training in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart [27].
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF
High-frequency circuits for communication technology, energy-efficient voltage converter modules for electromobility, laser systems for spectroscopic sensor technology, novel hardware for quantum computers and quantum sensors based on diamond - these are just a selection of the developments with which the Fraunhofer IAF is advancing the research and development of innovative semiconductor technologies. As a leading research institute in the field of micro- and nanostructured compound semiconductors, the IAF develops electronic and optoelectronic components based on III/V semiconductors for a wide range of applications, from materials research, design, technology and circuits to modules and systems. Existing activities in the field of quantum computing and quantum technologies include the development of low-noise cryogenic amplifiers for readout electronics and quantum sensors with NV centers in diamond as qubits.
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Research and development at Fraunhofer IPA focus on organizational and technological tasks in production. It develops and tests methods, components and devices through to complete machines and systems and uses these as examples. With regard to quantum technologies, the IPA has current know-how from application-oriented research and development with a focus on optimization and simulation tasks [15], [16] application of AI/ML [13], [17], [18], [28], [37], development of hybrid cloud/IT architectures based on open source solutions and software engineering processes [18], [19], [44]. In addition, the institute has several test environments and application centers [20], [45], [46], which are available for its own prototype developments of hybrid solutions. From the very beginning, the IPA has supported SMEs and large companies in the development of new business models and technical solutions on the path to digital transformation [21], [22].
Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
The Fraunhofer EMI has expertise in quantifying the resilience of infrastructure networks to disruptions and attack scenarios. A simulation tool has been developed in several EU projects (including RESISTO [50], SATIE [51], SAFETY4RAILS [52]), which calculates the propagation of faults in interconnected networks and analyzes various critical infrastructures, their topologies and their behavior in the event of a fault. Quantum mechanical analogs to these networks were developed in the EFFEKTIF project network with the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Relevant experience in the simulation of quantum networks and their disruption was gained on the IBM Quantum System One.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Institute of Physics, Department of Quantum Optics and Statistics
Prof. Andreas Buchleitner’s department at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. conducts physics research, particularly in the field of complex quantum systems, which are becoming increasingly accessible in quantum optical experiments. Current work ranges from statistical properties of interacting many-body quantum systems in different experimental contexts - from cold atoms [53] to NISQ platforms [54], [55], [56] - to theory and numerical treatment of many-body quantum interference [57] or entanglement phenomena [58] to coherent quantum control using non-classical control fields.
University of Tübingen, Chair of Embedded Systems
The Chair of Embedded Systems of Prof. Bringmann combines expertise from the areas of application-specific hardware architectures and optimised mapping of machine learning (ML) on emergent hardware technologies in SEQUOIA. This includes the realisation of application-specific edge computing platforms with integrated AI/DSP accelerators [3], performance analysis and optimised mapping of embedded software in hardware [4] up to technology-specific circuit optimisations [29]. This builds on the Tübingen lighthouse (DFG Cluster of Excellence, BMBF Competence Centre and Cyber Valley) on the topic of AI and ML as well as expertise in novel semiconductor technologies.
FZI Research Center for Information Technology
The FZI Research Center for Information Technology stands for applied top-level research in the field of computer science and its fields of application. Prof. Reussner's research group at the FZI focuses on the design and quality assurance of software architectures. This includes the modelling of component-based software systems with the Palladio approach [2] as well as the associated analyses for the evaluation and prediction of quality properties such as performance [7] and reliability [5]. The PerOpteryx tool is available for systematic design space exploration [36]. Quality assurance is also being researched with regard to reengineering and evolution of software [40]. The FZI has a first idea for analysing software architecture decisions in the development of hybrid quantum software [42] and has investigated the application of software architecture patterns for fault-tolerant systems to hybrid quantum software in SEQUOIA [43].
University of Stuttgart, High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart
The HLRS operates one of the fastest supercomputers in Europe and has a large team of experts for »High Performance Computing« (HPC). It offers important tools and solutions to top academic and industrial research in this field, especially in the natural sciences and engineering. The research group "Service Management and Business Processes" at HLRS evaluates current and future technologies that have a high significance for high-performance computing. These include in particular the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud technologies and Gaia-X, as well as quantum computing (QC). The aim is always to create synergies and support hybrid workflows, for example HPC/CI, on a single infrastructure [48], [49].
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Informationssicherheit und Verlässlichkeit
Prof. Dr. Schaefer’s research group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is concerned with the quality assurance of software through testing and verification, with a particular focus on configuration and version management. This includes contributions to the development of tools to support constructive correctness in software engineering [59], [60] as well as prioritization of test cases for configurable software systems [61]. Since the beginning of 2022, the group has been building up important expertise at the interface between classical and quantum-based software development as a project partner in the ProvideQ project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the QuBRA project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems (IAAS)
In the first project phase, IAAS dealt with the architecture of application systems. Application systems are software that directly supports one or more of a company's business activities. The architecture is the underlying structure of the application systems, i.e. the building blocks and connections used to create such a system. Through numerous publications in renowned journals and conferences, IAAS has gained a high reputation in the international research community. In addition to publications in the field of classical application architecture (e.g. [8], [47], [31], [39], [9]), IAAS has already been able to place numerous contributions in the up-and-coming research field of software development for quantum computers. Particularly noteworthy are the foundations of a pattern language for quantum algorithms [32], the conception of a platform for quantum software [33], publications on the topic of quantum cloud services and their connection [35], [41] and on the implementation of quantum applications and the associated problems in the NISQ era [34].
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