IonQ and DESY Research Highlights Quantum’s Potential Benefits for Airport Flight Gate Optimization
14 März 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Collaboration between Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and IonQ lays the foundation for how
quantum technologies can be used to solve some of the most complex
challenges faced by airports worldwide
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in the quantum computing industry,
today announced early results from its work with Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) – a German-based research center for
fundamental science – to run combinatorial optimization problems on
IonQ Aria. The results demonstrate quantum computing’s potential as
a more effective solution than traditional classical computing when
tackling equations with multiple variables in a dense environment,
such as a bustling airport.
IonQ collaborated with researchers from DESY to explore how to
better match inbound and outbound flights at airport gates.
Specifically, IonQ and DESY were interested in reducing the time
travelers spent going from arrival to departure gates and the time
planes sat idle at gates before taking off again, while also
increasing the number of planes serviced per day at a gate. The
novel approach used ‘logarithmic-linear encoding’ to execute
flight-gate optimization algorithms on IonQ Aria. In an
illustrative example, the team showed how to best cycle nine
flights through four gates (up to 36 variables in total) on IonQ
Aria. IonQ expects to run future algorithms on IonQ Forte and IonQ
Tempo, processing equations sufficient enough to cover the
optimization needs of a local European airport.
“The results of our work with DESY are indicative of the
real-world value quantum computers can deliver when addressing
optimization problems that factor dozens of variable scenarios,”
said Peter Chapman, CEO and President of IonQ. “Optimization
problems are ubiquitous across all industries, including
manufacturing, logistics, finance, pharma, and more. Quantum
computing presents a huge opportunity for businesses to innovate
across this problem space and remain at the forefront of
innovation, tackling problems once deemed unsolvable.”
"We are pleased by the initial results we’re seeing in running
quadratic assignment problems across IonQ’s quantum hardware and
our collaboration with the IonQ team,” said Dr. Karl Jansen, the
head of the Center for Quantum Technology and Applications (CQTA)
at DESY. "The learnings gathered here can easily apply to other
research and industries where the presence of multiple variables
creates too complex of a problem for classical systems to
handle."
A preprint explaining IonQ and DESY’s research is available
here, with the final report expected to be published in the coming
months, and a summary of these results is available on IonQ’s blog
here.
These research results mark the latest effort by IonQ to support
the development of quantum applications for the airline industry.
In 2022, IonQ and Airbus partnered on a project to develop smarter
algorithms based on quantum computers to achieve cost savings due
to more efficient cargo loading and distribution. Additionally,
Hyundai Motors and Thompson Machinery have partnered with IonQ to
develop quantum applications for use cases like image recognition
in autonomous vehicles and predictive maintenance for construction
machinery.
To learn more about how you can get started on an IonQ system
today, please contact us directly at:
https://ionq.com/get-ready.
About IonQ
IonQ, Inc. is a leader in quantum computing that delivers
high-performance systems capable of solving the world’s largest and
most complex commercial and research use cases. IonQ’s current
generation quantum computer, IonQ Forte, is the latest in a line of
cutting-edge systems, boasting 36 algorithmic qubits. The company’s
innovative technology and rapid growth were recognized in Fast
Company’s 2023 Next Big Things in Tech List and Deloitte’s 2023
Technology Fast 500™ List, respectively. Available through all
major cloud providers, IonQ is making quantum computing more
accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at
IonQ.com.
About DESY
DESY is one of the world’s leading accelerator centers.
Researchers use the large-scale facilities at DESY to explore the
microcosm in all its variety – from the interactions of tiny
elementary particles and the behavior of new types of nanomaterials
to biomolecular processes that are essential to life. The
accelerators and detectors that DESY develops and builds are unique
research tools. The facilities generate the world’s most intense
X-ray light, accelerate particles to record energies and open
completely new windows onto the universe.
That makes DESY not only a magnet for more than 3000 guest
researchers from over 40 countries every year, but also a coveted
partner for national and international cooperations. Committed
young researchers find an exciting interdisciplinary setting at
DESY. The research center offers specialized training for a large
number of professions. DESY cooperates with industry and business
to promote new technologies that will benefit society and encourage
innovations. This also benefits the metropolitan regions of the two
DESY locations, Hamburg and Zeuthen near Berlin.
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