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Former National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon on Friday spoke out strongly against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the nullification of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at an event in the Capital, Menon said that what Indias recent actions had achieved were international isolation even among traditional allies which can lead to no good end.

There has been no meaningful international support for this series of actions, apart from a few committed members of the diaspora and a ragtag bunch of Euro MPs from the extreme right, said the former diplomat and foreign secretary who served as NSA during former PM Manmohan Singhs tenure.

The list of critical voices from abroad is really long. From President Macron to Chancellor Merkel to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to visitors like the King of Norway whod normally be polite, he said.

Referring to the recent instance of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar skipping a meeting with the foreign affairs committee in the US due to the presence of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal who has been critical of CAA and Article 370, Menon said, We seem to know that we are isolated. Rather than attending this meeting and rebutting her charges, we chose to duck this. He also added that Jayapals resolution which was critical of India now had 29 co-sponsors that included Republicans and the only Indian origin lawmaker who attended the Howdy Modi conference.

The former NSA also raised an issue with the slogan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trumps joint event in the US- Abki Baar Trump Sarkar.

We have actually broken the bipartisan consensus that used to exist for the last 25 years in the US. NDA or UPA doesnt matter on improving India- US relations, he said adding, All the significant democratic Presidential candidates have spoken out on these issues.

Striking a note of caution, Menon said that India was violating Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with the newly passed CAA. This prevention of discrimination is for all persons present on the territory, not just citizens...thats exactly what the CAA does. We seem to be in violation of our international commitments, he said adding, You must consider the political and other consequences of being perceived as violators of International law.

What we have achieved in the recent past, is to hyphenate our image with Pakistan in a fundamental way, as religiously driven and intolerant states. We have gifted our adversaries, platforms from which to attack us, he said.

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 9, 2020Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today at CES 2020 that it is joining the cloud-based IBM Q Network as part of the Laboratorys research initiative into quantum computing, including developing quantum computing algorithms, conducting research in quantum simulations, and developing education tools.

Joining the IBM Q Network will greatly help our research efforts in several directions, including developing and testing near-term quantum algorithms and formulating strategies for mitigating errors on quantum computers, said Irene Qualters, associate laboratory director for Simulation and Computation at Los Alamos. The 53-qubit chip will also allow us to benchmark our abilities to perform quantum simulations on quantum computers and perhaps to push beyond the limits of classical computing. Finally, the IBM Q Network will be a tremendous educational tool, giving students a rare opportunity to develop innovative research projects in the Los Alamos Quantum Computing Summer School.

Researchers at Los Alamos have been working with quantum devices for many years, including accessing small-scale gate-based devices on the order of 16 qubits or less over the cloud. The IBM Q Network offers not only more qubits than other gate-based quantum computers, but potentially less time waiting in the queue for cloud access.

The 53-qubit chip is approaching the quantum-advantage region, where it becomes very difficult for a normal, classical computer to perform a comparable quantum simulation, so were hoping we will be able to use the IBM quantum computer to study things that push the limits of classical computing, Qualters said.

The IBM Q Network comprises Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions and research labs working to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications. Through the cloud, IBM makes available 15 universal quantum computing systems, including a 53-qubit qubit system the largest commercially available system in the industry.

AboutLos Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Triad, a public-service oriented, national security science organization equally owned by its three founding members: Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), and the Regents of the University of California (UC) for the Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration.

Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.

About IBM Q

IBM Q is an industry-first initiative to build commercial universal quantum systems for business and science applications. For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full list of all partners, members, and hubs, visithttps://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/network/.

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Ultra-powerful quantum computers hold the potential to transform everything from manufacturing to medical research, but until now they have not found any commercial uses. This could be about to change, after transport giants Daimler and Delta partnered with IBM to develop real-world applications for the nascent technology.

For the Mercedes manufacturer, it could result in electric vehicle batteries capable of travelling more than 1,000kmwithout needing to recharge.

For the worlds most valuable airline, it could mean vastly improved route scheduling, with Delta CIO RahulSamantsaying the partnership with IBM would allow the airline to draw the blueprints for quantum computers within theindustry.

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Quantum computers promise to make such advancements possible by combining the peculiar properties of quantum physics with computer science to achieve processing power that is exponentially more powerful than traditional computers.

But realising this promise is still a long way off. Quantum computers were first theorised in 1982 but it took until last year for one of these machines to perform a calculation that would be impossible with a classical computer.

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This milestone, known asquantum supremacy, was touted by the Google researchers who achieved it as heralding a much-anticipated computing paradigm that had finally demonstrated the technologies capabilities, albeit in an extremely narrow way.

As a result of these developments, quantum computing is transitioning from a research topic to a technology that unlocks new computational capabilities, the researchers wrote in theNaturepaper detailing their achievement. We are only one creative algorithm away from valuable near-term applications.

The hype around quantum computers means it risks becoming another tech buzzword that companies arbitrarily include to promote products, similar to the way terms like AI and blockchain have in recent years.

In 2016, IBM was the first company to make quantum computers accessible via another buzzword the cloud meaning that computer scientists could conduct experiments and carry out research using the machines from anywhere in the world.

[Daimler and Delta] join more than 100 clients already experimenting with commercial quantum computing... to tackle problems like risk analytics and option pricing, advanced battery materials and structures, manufacturing optimisation, fraud detection, chemical research, logistics and more, said Jamie Thomas, general manager of strategy and development for IBM.

One of the first challenges quantum computerswill work on at Daimler is in improving the capacity and charge speed of batteries, referred to by IBM researchers as the "Achilles Heel of electric vehicles".

Next-generation lithium-sulphur batteries offer a solution to the limitations of lithium-ion batteries, which are currently used in everything from smartphones to electric cars. Theoretically, lithium-sulphur batteries are capable of holding up to five-times more energy than lithium-ion batteries, but until now they have been hugely impractical for commercial use.

Daimler and IBM will use a quantum computerto simulate molecules on a previously impossible scale in order to figure out a way to make this battery technology suitable for every-day use.

"A quantum computing breakthrough could help tackle this challenge," said Jeanette Garcia, a senior manager in the quantum applications, algorithms and theory team at IBM Research.

"As they improve, the machines will become exponentially more powerful. So while we haven't yet achieved quantum advantage, this type of research is the foundational work that will eventually get us there."

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New York University Partners with IBM to Explore Quantum Computing for Simulation of Quantum Systems and Advancing Quantum Education

Newswise NYU to Join the IBM Q Hub at the Air Force Research Lab

New York University will join the IBM Q Hub at the Air Force Research Lab to advance the fundamental research and use of quantum computing in simulation of quantum systems and advancing quantum education. IBM will provide NYU with access through the cloud to the worlds largest fleet of quantum computing systems for commercial use case exploration and fundamental research.

The announcement of the agreement was made during CES 2020, the annual global technology conference and showcase in Las Vegas.

Together with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and IBM, NYU will explore quantum computing research to study measurement-based quantum computing, materials discovery withvariational quantum eigensolver, and emulating new phases on small quantum systems.

We are excited to join AFRL and IBM to transform quantum computing concepts into a powerful technology by educating a new quantum workforce, expanding our scientific partnership and engaging in cross disciplinary collaboration, said Javad Shabani, an assistant professor of physics at NYU.

Under the agreement to join the AFRL hub, NYU will be part of a community of Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions, and research labs working to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications. NYU will leverage IBMs quantum expertise and resources, Qiskit software and developer tools, and will have cloud-based access to IBMs Quantum Computation Center. IBM offers, through the cloud, 15 of the most advanced universal quantum computing systems available, including a 53-qubit qubit systemthe largest commercially available system in the industry.

Since the IBM Q Networks launch in 2017, it has grown to more than 100 organizations, collaborating with IBM and one another to advance fundamental quantum computing research and to develop practical applications for business and science. For more information about the IBM Q Network, as well as a full list of all partners, members, and hubs, visit https://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/network/.

About New York University

Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the worlds foremost research universities and is a member of the selective Association of American Universities. NYU has degree-granting campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, and has 11 other global academic sites around the world. Through its numerous schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and performing arts, music and studio arts, public administration, engineering, social work, cities, global public health, big data, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.

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About IBM Q

IBM Q is an industry-first initiative to build commercial universal quantum systems for business and science applications. For more information about IBMs quantum computing efforts, please visit http://www.ibm.com/ibmq.

IBM Q Network and IBM Q are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

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https://radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode260/RFHPC260_QuantumQuantum.mp3In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at how Quantum Computing is overhyped and underestimated at the same time.

The episode starts out with Henry being cranky. It also ends with Henry being cranky. But between those two events, we discuss quantum computing and Shahins trip to the Q2B quantum computing conference in San Jose.

Not surprisingly, there is a lot of activity in quantum, with nearly every country pushing the envelop outward. One of the big concerns is that existing cryptography is now vulnerable to quantum cracking. Shahin assures us that this isnt the case today and is probably a decade away, which is another way of saying nobody knows, so it could be next week, but probably not.

We also learn the term NISQ which is a descriptive acronym for the current state of quantum systems. NISQ stands for Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum computing. The conversation touches on various ways quantum computing is used now and where its heading, plus the main reason why everyone seems to be kicking the tires on quantum: the fear of missing out. Its a very exciting area, but to Shahin, it seems like how AI was maybe 8-10 years ago, so still early days.

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