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The Quantum Dragon saw D-Wave on the same stage as QuEra and Quantinuum and thought: why? He then realized the hypocrisy of including D-Wave in this newsletter, especially considering the gastrointestinal distress it causes him: it ain’t quantum, so he can’t digest it. Therefore, D-Wave will never again be mentioned in this newsletter.

IQT NORDICS 2025 IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN ANNOUNCES FOUR ADDITIONAL EXHIBITORS

IQT NORDICS taking place at Chalmers University May 20-22, 2025 has added four new exhibitors. Sweden Quantum, Intermodulation Products, ConScience and SLF Svenska Laserfabriken AB will be onsite in a Swedish Pavilion. Several additional exhibitors will be announced shortly. IQT NORDICS offers over 60 speakers, lab tours and several wonderful networking opportunities. For additional information see www.iqtevent.com.

QUANTUM DELTA Based in The Netherlands Is a Platinum Sponsor for IQT NORDICS May 20-22, In Gothenburg, Sweden.

IQT NORDICS is pleased to announce that Quantum Delta has become the Platinum Sponsor of the third annual IQT NORDICS. IQT NORDICS rotates annually amongst Denmark, Finland and Sweden. QUANTUM DELTA will also be the host/sponsor of an evening cruise on Gothenburg’s waterfront on 21 May. Those desiring more information about IQT NORDICS should see www.iqtevent.com.

IQT NORDICS EARLY BIRD SAVINGS FAST APPROACHING

The third annual IQT Nordics takes place May 20-22 in Gothenburg, Sweden at Chalmers University. Significant registration savings are available through 10 April. The speaker program is now available at www.iqtevent.com. The conference offers several unique networking opportunities as well as tours of local quantum computer labs (space is limited for these tours – register now).

Qiskit API documentation lacks understandable examples

Dr. Frank C. Zickert makes the cut for two reasons: 1) The Quantum Dragon appreciates anyone highlighting the many deficiencies of Qiskit, and 2) the illustration belongs here on its own merit. Qiskit really is awful with even moderately complicated circuits. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Eat my shorts!

Dr. Aggie Branczyk guaranteed herself a flight on The Quantum Dragon by invoking Bart Simpson. I’m awarding bonus points for the photo of Astronaut Homer.

How Schrödinger’s Cat Got Famous

Is this a faithful retelling of history? I have no idea. If it is, I wonder how I haven’t encountered this story before. And if it isn’t, it sure is an interesting piece of fiction.

Lasso of Truth American Lasers?

Wonder Woman has her Lasso of Truth, and Vescent’s nondescript cowboy has his Lasso of… American Lasers? It’s a great read by Russ Fein, as usual. I would award Vescent bonus points for “Wrangler of Photons,” but I already know the Dungeon Master of Quantum Computing, Dr. James Wootton, as the “Wrangler of Qubits.”

Nice curves.

No, this isn’t a link to NSFW content. And, no, nobody is being harassed. That being said, Onri Jay Benally has nice curves. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Quantum Bridge’s Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Networks

It is uncanny how well Quantum Bridge’s repeater technology aligns with Spider-Man’s web shooter technology. If you’ll indulge me, I’m going to walk you through it.

For more about Quantum Bridge and the market for this tech, check out the IQT Research report, “Entangled Networks: Enabling Technologies & Future Markets.”

You can apologize for making a prediction in the first place, but you need not apologize for the content of the prediction until you are proven wrong.

What did that prove?

Dr. Bob Sutor published the above comment on March 23, and I’ll go one step further. Not only is NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang not wrong yet, but the panel I listened to didn’t effectively argue that he was. To the contrary, I heard some agreement with that timeline, as well as with other suggestions made by the host.

Lost in Translation

I don’t mean to poke fun, but I couldn’t help noticing that the “Python Programs” page of Blueqat Cloud’s Quantum Circuit Designer is an OpenQASM 2.0 simulator that has nothing to do with Python. We could blame automatic translation, except that the URL and menu show “Python” in English before translation.

Yet analysts warn that IonQ may be more sizzle than steak, calling into question whether its technological and financial trajectory justifies its price.

No quantum of solace

Keith King wrote that IonQ faces scrutiny, and it’s well deserved. I have twice been offered free access to IonQ backends, and they’re not worth using even for free. The capabilities are very limited, and I waited 3 weeks mostly for error messages that still have not been explained months later.

It is missing the “and people will start dying” I saw at a conference a few years ago. As far as I know, no one has mentioned PQ zombies yet.

PQ Zombies

Dr. Bob Sutor makes the cut again with a post-quantum zombies reference. In fact, I’m going to ask Dr. James Wootton, the Dungeon Master of Quantum Computing, how it’s possible that no one has created an apocalyptic post-quantum game of any kind yet, whether with or without zombies.

Dead Cats

Steve Vaile published “Quantum Commercialisation – 12 Reasons Quantum Firms Fail To Drive Revenue” and it features dead cats. Sure, there’s one living cat walking around, but the cats that are in the boxes are deterministically dead. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Qunova’s Quantum J.A.R.V.I.S.

Qunova just announced that its HI-VQE is now available through IBM’s Qiskit Functions Catalog. You know who IBM is and you know what Qiskit is, but what is HI-VQE? This article was originally published on Inside Quantum Technology.

Quantum Quiz

I’ve previously joked about there being a quiz on Monday, but Brian Lenahan actually gave his readers a quiz. He was nice and sent it on a Wednesday, though.

Build Your Brand

I don’t know in advance if this webinar by HKA Marketing Communications and Mike Kilroy is going to be funny or interesting, but your brand can be. Tell them you want to be just like The Quantum Dragon, except that you want to be professional, interesting, and humorous, and you want to use something other than a dragon.

Incubating Awesome

Steve Vaile and Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard of the Quantum Security and Defense Working Group will be talking about “incubating awesome.” I wonder if I can incubate mediocrity? This link might require a LinkedIn account. An honorary mention goes to this post, which might also require a LinkedIn account.

Zapata AI Job Seekers… only 1 left on this list!

If you were laid off by Zapata AI and would like a free listing in this newsletter, please reach out and let me know. I’ll maintain a list in The Quantum Dragon until everyone on the list has been gainfully employed elsewhere or is otherwise no longer actively job seeking. I might extend this offer to all job seekers, but I’ll start with these layoffs.

• Shawn Gibford Industrial PHDc: Quantum Applications in the Life Sciences

Quantum Noise Detector

Alan Ho and Prof. Michael Biercuk inspired the Resuscitated Quantum Bullshit Detector, but the original(?) has resurfaced on Bluesky. It’s back to reposting a simple “bullshit” or “not bullshit,” so The Quantum Dragon will continue to monitor for challenges, controversies, and debates under this new name from Dr. Bob Sutor.

• Does Microsoft have topological qubits? Only if you “join their new religion.” The data is a “Rorschach test.” This is a “dangerous fairy tale.”