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BGK agrees with IMF report: “Infrastructure investment is a key priority for the CESEE region to accelerate convergence toward the EU15”

WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 17, 2020 — Infrastructure investment is a key priority for Countries in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe (CESEE) to accelerate the convergence of the living standards toward the level of the more advance European countries, the EU15 – says the IMF report published on 28th Sep 2020. IMF highlights the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF) as an initiative with the "aim to address infrastructure needs in CESEE."

The report estimates that closing 50% of the infrastructure gap until 2030 would require an annual investment of 3-8% of GDP. Attracting private investors should be an important step towards achieving this ambitious challenge.

To engage investors, the state development bank of Poland, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), took the initiative to establish the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF). In the report, the IMF mentions the Three Seas Fund as one of "the several initiatives aim to address infrastructure needs in CESEE".

"The Three Seas Fund is the economic dimension of the Three Seas Initiative. The Fund is the most important financial undertaking in Central and Eastern Europe. We set a clear goal for the Fund – financial support for infrastructure investments in the region. Such support is especially important these days as economies struggle with the effects of the COVID pandemic. The initiator and co-founder of the Fund is the Polish development bank BGK. We established the Fund together with our partners from the Romanian development bank EximBank" – says Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, the 3SIIF Supervisory Board Chairperson and BGK President.

The Three Seas Fund’s main objective is to invest in transport, energy and digital infrastructure on the north-south axis in the Three Seas countries and to offset the regional development differences in the European Union. The Fund is a commercial and market-driven initiative that will grant a diversified investment and an attractive return.

The IMF team also state that, if done right, infrastructure investment could yield significant dividends in the region. More and better public investment can help repair the economic damage of the pandemic, raise potential output, and speed income convergence with the EU15.

"At this time of economic slowdown, its benefits could be even larger. We estimate that for each percent of GDP spent on infrastructure, the output could rise by 0,5-0,75% in the short run and by 2-2,5% in the long run" – the report reads.

See full IMF report here: https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/09/24/na092820-central-eastern-southeastern-europe-after-covid-19-securing-recovery-wise-public-investment

Visit the 3SIIF website here: https://3siif.eu/

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Beijing’s digital economy accounts for over half of GDP in 2019

BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2020 — A report from China SCIO:

The digital economy of Beijing accounted for over half of the city’s GDP in 2019, the highest ratio in China, municipal officials announced on Thursday.

The total added value of the Chinese capital’s new economy last year, including new industries, new types of business, and new business models, reached 1.28 trillion yuan (US$190.4 billion), up by 57% compared to 2016, according to figures released at the National Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week yesterday.

With the goal of becoming a national scientific innovation center, Beijing is accelerating its plan of building national labs, major facilities, and other national-level innovation platforms, said Tan Xuxiang, head of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform.

He said Beijing is conducting the largest number of major science projects and is also dedicating the largest expenditures on those projects throughout the country.

In 2019, Beijing’s R&D spending accounted for 6.3% of its GDP, with over 15% channeled to basic research. The city has 132 patents for every 10,000 citizens, maintaining the highest ratio in China for years. Six COVID-19 vaccines developed by companies based in Beijing have been approved for clinical trials with three entering phase-3 trials. Seven COVID-19 test kits developed by companies in Beijing have been granted approval to market.

According to official data, 27,000 new tech companies, over 200 maker spaces, and more than 150 incubators and science parks in universities were set up in Beijing in 2019.

The city is home to 200,000 startup service providers, 20,000 angel investors, 670 venture capital firms, nearly 500 innovation platforms, 25,000 national-level high-tech companies, and 93 unicorn companies (startups valued at US$1 billion or more).

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Palace Museum at 600: Old palace, new vitality

BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2020 — A news report by China.org.cn on the 600th year of the Palace Museum:

 

This year marks the 600th birthday of the Forbidden City, a magnificent and majestic Chinese palace.

As the most important activity in a series of commemorative events, an exhibition titled "Everlasting Splendor: Six Centuries at the Forbidden City" is being held at the Palace Museum in Beijing. With more than 450 cultural relics and historical photos on show, the exhibition brings history to life, and allows visitors to better appreciate the cultural charm of the 600-year-old palace.

The Forbidden City was China’s imperial palace during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. It was completed in 1420 and a total of 24 emperors lived and worked in the compound.

In many people’s eyes, the Forbidden City is both beautiful and mysterious. Its beauty lies in the palace complex being an extremely precious and magnificent artwork. Boasting more than 70 palaces of various sizes and over 9,000 rooms, the Forbidden City is one of the largest and most complete existing wooden structures anywhere in the world. A masterpiece of ancient architecture, the compound features a symmetrical layout, various glazed roof tiles, exquisite corner towers as well as bright and airy courtyards.

The Forbidden City is mysterious, because ancient Chinese philosophies were integrated into its design and construction, including harmony between human and nature, the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, as well as the Eight Trigrams. Previously off-grounds to all but the imperial family, the palace has an air of dignity which has deepened the mystery surrounding it.

However, the sense of mystery has gradually faded since the Forbidden City was transformed into the Palace Museum in 1925, 13 years after the last emperor abdicated.

The Palace Museum is now a world-renowned museum which houses more than 1.8 million artifacts. It is also the world’s most visited museum, receiving over 19.3 million visitors in 2019. In recent years, it has opened a coffee shop named the Corner Tower Cafe, attracting visitors to enjoy drinks named and packaged with "imperial" elements. Creative products inspired by aspects of the museum, such as cosmetics and folding fans, have gone on sale via e-commerce platforms. Court robes in the museum’s collection have appeared in mobile games. "Snowy scenes at the Palace Museum," "Cats living in the Palace Museum," and the names of TV shows featuring the museum are all popular search terms online. The Palace Museum has become a real "online celebrity" on the Chinese internet.

Many foreigners still refer to the Chinese palace as "the Forbidden City." In fact, that name is used less and less in China.

The Forbidden City is now known as the Palace Museum, or "Gugong" in Chinese. "Gu" means "old" or "in the past." Bearing witness to China’s history, the Palace Museum has to some extent shaped the mental world of the Chinese people. But nowadays, it has become a brand-new cultural symbol. Open and vigorous, the palace inspires more people to understand the Chinese nation from a new perspective and cherish the common treasures of mankind.

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Announcing INKR: An International, Immersive World of Comics

INKR offers worldwide access to popular comics as well as all-new original content with the launch of their digital comics platform and publishing service.

SINGAPORE, Oct. 15, 2020 INKR Global’s immersive new comics reading and publishing app, INKR Comics, launches today. This revolutionary new platform features an AI-backed translation technology, tailored content recommendations, a seamless reading experience, and integrated advertising, subscription, pay-per-chapter support, all combining to create one unprecedented global outlet for publishers.

Why limit your content to just one place? We help you bring your titles to millions of comic readers in over 100 countries and regions, on all major platforms.
Why limit your content to just one place? We help you bring your titles to millions of comic readers in over 100 countries and regions, on all major platforms.

 

Every one of our readers has a unique, personalized Home full of relevant content. No matter what type of comic you have, we help you sell it to the right readers.
Every one of our readers has a unique, personalized Home full of relevant content. No matter what type of comic you have, we help you sell it to the right readers.

 

We take care of localization with our proprietary INKR Localize tool and guarantee an optimal release frequency for your content.Our professional in-house localization team ensures the most authentic and natural results for each and every project. We will provide you the distribution-ready, high-quality localized content so you can distribute it anywhere you want.
We take care of localization with our proprietary INKR Localize tool and guarantee an optimal release frequency for your content.Our professional in-house localization team ensures the most authentic and natural results for each and every project. We will provide you the distribution-ready, high-quality localized content so you can distribute it anywhere you want.

 

Our team works with you to understand your goals and provide the ideal monetization plan for your content.
Our team works with you to understand your goals and provide the ideal monetization plan for your content.

 

We create additional materials -- cover photos, banners, and more -- in various locations to maximize the chance that readers will check out your title.
We create additional materials — cover photos, banners, and more — in various locations to maximize the chance that readers will check out your title.

"From our love for comics came the drive to build a platform that could leave a large-scale positive impact," said Ken Luong, INKR CEO. "With all the learning and experience in building products we have accumulated throughout the years, we realized that we are in a unique position to efficiently bring all types of comics to readers across the globe."

INKR offers readers universal access to comics from around the world, including Japanese manga from Kodansha and Tokyopop, Korean webtoons from Mr. Blue and Toons Family, Chinese manhua from Weibo and FanFan, and American comics from publishers such as Image, an unparalleled catalog of diverse works available to read on one app.

INKR also offers INKR Localize, AI-assisted localization software which allows comics to be translated and posted by their authorized creators in record time. INKR Localize will effectively end issues with the practice of unpaid, unauthorized scanned translations.

Alongside Localize, INKR for Publishers is every creator’s gateway to global distribution for their comics catalog. INKR for Publishers allows flexible monetization and in-app content promotion. For more details, please visit https://inkr.com/publishers.

The app is currently available on iOS and Android.

About INKR Global Pte. Ltd.

INKR Global is a human-centered, design-driven tech company aiming to make comics universally accessible. INKR helps comic publishers and creators reach readers globally by making awesome content available to consumers, no matter where they are.

Based in Singapore with a team working out of Vietnam, INKR was created by passionate readers of comics and manga. They believe in the potential of the medium as not only an avenue for storytelling but also as a means of education and communication. Other apps created by the team include Fuzel Collage, Woodpost, Wikly and KeepShot.

To find out more about INKR, please visit https://inkr.com.

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Consumer Electronics and Automotive Sectors to Push Adoption Potential for Electrically Conductive Materials

Development of nanomaterials to manufacture electrically conductive materials will unlock new growth opportunities, says Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 15, 2020 — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Growth Opportunities for Conductive Materials, finds that increasing demand for high-efficiency electronics and components such as electrical circuits is sparking innovation in the electrically conductive materials industry. The demand for materials such as conductive polymers, conjugated polymers, quantum dots, metamaterials, conductive hydrogels, and shape memory alloys is expected to increase in the next five years. Extensive miniaturization efforts and anticipated electric vehicle penetration will result in the consumer electronics and automotive sectors securing the highest adoption potential for electrically conductive materials.

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"Enhanced material properties such as thermal management improved electrical conductivity, and better mechanical properties will result in significant operational efficiency upgrades," said Aarthi Janakiraman, TechVision Research Manager at Frost & Sullivan. "The development of nanomaterials for manufacturing electrically conductive materials will open up new avenues for adoption. This will improve the application scope by addressing the key consumer demand for compact and energy-efficient devices."

Janakiraman added: "Effective mergers and acquisition (M&A) can significantly improve geographic reach and help create techno-commercial synergies, which is critical for long-term sustenance by catering to a broad customer group. Additionally, collaborations  with  electrically  conductive  material  manufacturers  can  help  product  developers  attain a  unique market position as, in this case,  know-how and a large-scale production facility for nanomaterials can ensure efficient pricing."

To tap into growth opportunities exposed by conductive materials, market participants can focus on:

  • Collaborating with material developers to improve cost performance.
  • Adopting electrically conductive materials such as graphene, quantum dots, and conductive polymers to improve electrical performance and meet the demand for new capabilities.
  • Using electrically conductive materials such as poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and polyimide conductive polymers to noticeably increase the process’s energy efficiency.

Growth Opportunities for Conductive Materials is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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Planon signs partnership with MazeMap

BRIGHTON, England, Oct. 14, 2020 — Planon and MazeMap are partnering to integrate Planon’s software for real estate, space, and asset management and MazeMap’s digital wayfinding solutions. This will enable organisations to offer an improved real-time user experience to building occupants and visitors.

MazeMap specialises in digital in- and outdoor wayfinding for large campuses such as universities, hospitals, offices, and conference venues. By connecting MazeMap’s technology with Planon’s Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS), building occupants will benefit from enhanced navigation tools.

Thomas Jelle, CEO of MazeMap – explained, ‘We are delighted to partner with Planon and to bring our digital wayfinding solution to the platform. The joint solution enables building occupants to get real-time directions from A to B.’

‘Combining MazeMap’s expertise with Planon’s market leading IWMS allows us to meet the growing demand for an embedded wayfinding solution,’ said Pierre Guelen, CEO of Planon. Iwan van Eldijk, VP Partnering & Alliances at Planon, added ‘Organisations will benefit from the user-friendly integration of MazeMap’s wayfinding solution with their Planon software solutions and will be able to offer a more hospitable experience to building users."

About Planon

With over 35 years of experience, Planon is the leading global provider of innovative software, proven best practices and professional services that help building owners and occupiers, commercial service providers, and financial controllers to streamline business processes for buildings, assets, workplaces and people. Independent market research and consulting firms have consistently rated Planon as a global leader in the market. Planon has implemented its comprehensive solutions for over 2,500 clients, supported by offices and partners around the world.

About MazeMap

MazeMap is a global provider of digital wayfinding solutions for large campuses such as universities, hospitals, offices, and conference venues. MazeMap is paving the way for innovation by accommodating a number of high-tech integrations, which allow for data visualisation, FMS integration, and building management solutions.

Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Intelligent Mobility Summit to Highlight Role of Digital Transformation in Mobility Industry’s Future

LONDON, Oct. 13, 2020 — Digital initiatives are at the core of disruptive innovation across the mobility landscape. Advances in connectivity, autonomous, shared and electric technologies have been accompanied by the emergence of new, digitally-enabled business models and value-added services. To understand how digitalization is moving the needle across various domains in the mobility industry, the theme of Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Intelligent Mobility summit is "The Digital Acceleration."

Frost & Sullivan's Intelligent Mobility 2020 Virtual Summit
Frost & Sullivan’s Intelligent Mobility 2020 Virtual Summit

The annual flagship event, scheduled across two days on November 24-25, 2020, will move online this year. As always, it will feature thought-provoking debates, panel discussions, and networking sessions. An interactive platform will provide attendees with an enriched virtual experience that includes a main auditorium for speaker sessions, a resource library for information on panel topics, sponsor booths with live chat representatives, and downloadable content related to key event themes.

For more information and to register, please visit www.intelligentmobilityevent.com.

"Today, more than ever, digital transformation is emerging as a growth catalyst, propelling the mobility industry to a future beyond the COVID-19 crisis," said Robin Joffe, Partner-President, Frost & Sullivan, Japan. "Digitalization is driving greater resource efficiencies, sparking innovation, and opening up unprecedented opportunities for growth. By upturning traditional value chains, it is encouraging stakeholders to look anew at business models, partnership strategies, and investment focus."

Connectivity technologies are enabling in-vehicle functionalities that improve the overall driving experience. Cars are being converted into lucrative new channels for online retail and, in keeping with current demands, promoting the health, wellness and well-being of vehicle occupants. Simultaneously, digital connectivity is boosting productivity and asset utilization across freight and logistics operations.

This has been a touchstone year for digital retail. A host of select online services and digital elements have amplified the number of customer access points, streamlining the customer journey from purchase to delivery while creating more meaningful customer experiences. As new and used car sales, vehicle-related services, and downstream vehicle functions undergo rapid digital transformation, dedicated digital retailing strategies will become crucial.

Electrification agendas are gaining momentum, compelling automakers to revisit traditional vehicle and platform architectures. Electrification is only one aspect of the move toward a more sustainable future. Circular economy practices will increasingly be part of the industry’s efforts to "Innovate to Zero."

New work dynamics triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, like work from home; new concepts like Mobility as a Service (MaaS); new markets like food delivery; and new dimensions of mobility, like air taxis, will all have profound implications for the future of the automotive industry.

"In addition, new business models underpinned by a partnership/collaborative approach are set to proliferate across the value chain," said Vivek Vaidya, Associate Partner and Senior Vice President, Mobility Practice, Asia-Pacific, Frost & Sullivan. "These new paradigms will maximize the opportunities created by digital transformation, support greater agility and competitiveness, and set the foundation for a more resilient, future-focused mobility industry."

To learn more about how these trends are likely to play out, Frost & Sullivan has brought together leading representatives from industry and government. Featured speakers at the Summit include Ashwani Gupta, Director, Representative Executive Officer, COO/CPO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.; Peter Veigel, Head of Connectivity, Daimler Trucks Asia, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation; Dr. Jan Wei Pan, Global Vice President, Technology and Partnership, AutoX Inc.; and Timothy Tam, SVP, Regional Head of Motors, Lazada Group.

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244% Percent Return on Investment for Peakon Customers, Total Economic Impact Study Reveals

Study conducted by independent consulting firm reveals how Peakon enables organizations to generate strong return on investment (ROI) through improved productivity, reduced staff turnover, and less absenteeism

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, LONDON, AUCKLAND, New Zealand, BERLIN and NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2020 — Peakon – an employee success platform – today released a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study, conducted by Forrester Consulting, which quantifies the benefits and returns of using Peakon. The study proved a direct correlation between employee success and business success.

A composite organization, made up of interviewed Peakon customers, enjoyed an ROI of 244 percent over three years, equating to a net present value (NPV) of $1.2million.

The study found that, by using Peakon, the composite organization financially benefited in the following ways:

  • Savings of approximately $871,000 driven by a 10% reduction in voluntary staff turnover over three years.
  • Estimated savings of $755,000 as a result of reduced employee absenteeism, with average absenteeism declining by two days after the first year with Peakon.
  • Savings of around $5,200 as HR teams save seven days annually on post-survey analysis: Peakon survey results are delivered directly to managers instead.

When interviewed for the study, one enterprise customer from the recruitment sector said: "The Peakon platform drives engagement results to managers directly through the dashboard. That really empowers them to understand how they’re leading the team, what’s working well, and what improvements they could make."

Another enterprise customer, director of people services in the non-profit industry, said: "The implementation process itself was probably one of the easiest I’ve ever been a part of… It was seamless. It was right on time as promised."

In addition to the quantifiable benefits above, the composite organization also reaped the following unquantified benefits:

  • Improved Employee Experience (EX). Peakon customers interviewed for the study repeatedly stated that their EX scores improved following the implementation. As we know from previous research, engaged employees positively impact customer experience, productivity, hiring, and overall profitability.
  • Empowered managers. The composite organization found that Peakon helps to empower managers. It makes it easier for managers to address difficult issues, implement changes, and to improve team engagement. Peakon provides suggestions for training and follow-up, in addition to the initial data and team insights.
  • Initiating organizational culture change. The study also found that, with Peakon, employees feel heard, and managers can identify and address issues quickly. This helps to facilitate a change in established attitudes and behaviors – and ultimately a culture shift.

All interviewees flagged their appreciation of Peakon’s continued platform development. Ongoing updates provide additional benefits and use cases, allow for greater flexibility, and further cost avoidance.

Commenting on the findings, Peakon CEO and co-founder Phil Chambers said: "More companies are partnering with Peakon as they begin to understand the direct and inextricable correlation between strong employee engagement and better business outcomes.

"As this study shows, Peakon customers enjoy benefits that extend far beyond improved employee engagement scores. This includes reduced staff turnover and absenteeism, better customer experience and productivity, and healthier profits as a result."

Chambers adds: "We’ve long since understood the business benefits of making your people the top priority. We believe that this study by Forrester Consulting just proves it further by quantifying the impact Peakon can have on businesses worldwide."

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Forrester developed the Total Economic Impact™ of Peakon, commissioned by Peakon, through four enterprise customer interviews at organizations using Peakon to obtain data with respect to costs, benefits, and risks, and subsequent financial analysis. Forrester conducted customer interviews across recruiting, defense, non-profit and media industries.

Total Economic Impact is a methodology developed by Forrester Research that enhances a company’s technology decision-making processes and assists vendors in communicating the value proposition of their products and services to clients. The TEI methodology helps companies demonstrate, justify, and realize the tangible value of IT initiatives to both senior management and other key business stakeholders.

About Peakon

Peakon is an employee success platform that converts feedback into insights. It makes the employee conversation quantifiable and actionable to increase employee engagement – not simply measure it. Peakon’s core belief is that work should work for people, and with the largest standardised data set of employee feedback in the world, Peakon provides customised benchmarks and personalised insights to support our mission of helping every employee drive the change they want to see. To date, Peakon has helped organisations like Capgemini, Verizon, Pret, Trustpilot, and easyJet make fundamental changes in how they operate to improve employee experience, driving greater business results.

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Drone Industry Powers on in a Post-COVID-19 World to be Worth US$92 billion by 2030


Looking past COVID-19, new regulatory changes and the slow rollout of remote ID and 5G will enable an enormous upscaling of drone operations

LONDON, Oct. 2, 2020 — The small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) market continues to develop at an impressive pace and is unmarred by the challenges of COVID-19. Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, predicts strong growth of the industry worth US$92 billion by 2030. While the pandemic has dented consumer shipments and hindered commercial rollout, this has been mitigated by increased use of drones for public service responses and surveillance by both local and national police forces. Looking forward, new regulatory changes and the slow rollout of remote ID and 5G will enable an enormous upscaling of drone operations, from single remotely operated aircraft to semi-autonomous fleets that will be able to operate beyond visual line of sight courtesy of impending unmanned traffic management (UTM) infrastructure. This will provide the base from which companies like Amazon can launch drone delivery services.

"We have gone through various phases of the drone industry, from its genesis in the military, to the proliferation of consumer drones. Since Chinese developer DJI monopolized that space, the attention has shifted to commercial applications," explains Rian Whitton, Senior Robotics Analyst at ABI Research. "While some of the initial hype has subsided, providers and end users are refocusing on developing the necessary supporting infrastructure and services to make drone technology viable at scale."

Overall, the drone market is set to be worth US$92 billion by 2030, with a CAGR rate of 25% over the US$9.5 billion in annual revenue for 2020. Of this revenue, 70% is in the commercial sector (US$63 billion). The largest number of drone registrations are currently in the United States, where the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) tracks 1.7 million consumer drone pilots and 400,000 commercial operators. China is catching up with 400,000 registered drones, while the European Union (EU) has over 1 million registrants. Among the biggest markets are security and industrial inspection, with growing opportunities in delivery, agriculture, and emergency services.

With their involvement in the public response to the pandemic, drone companies highlighted their value. Now, the story of the next decade will be the development of key technologies like edge computing, cloud services and 5G connectivity enabling mass deployments, in tandem with regulatory harmonization. "While cloud services will help enable the collection and orchestration of massive amounts of data, 5G will significantly reduce latency for mission-critical drone operations. The advancement of edge computing and processing hardware will also be important, as drones can be untethered from remote operation and become truly autonomous," Whitton concludes.

These findings are from ABI Research’s Small Unmanned Aerial Systems: Annual Update application analysis report. This report is part of the company’s Industrial, Commercial and Collaborative Robotics research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights. Based on extensive primary interviews, Application Analysis reports present in-depth analysis on key market trends and factors for a specific application, which could focus on an individual market or geography.

About ABI Research
ABI Research provides strategic guidance to visionaries, delivering actionable intelligence on the transformative technologies that are dramatically reshaping industries, economies, and workforces across the world. ABI Research’s global team of analysts publish groundbreaking studies often years ahead of other technology advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors. 

ABI Research提供开创性的研究和战略指导,帮助客户了解日新月异的技术。 自1990年以来,我们已与全球数百个领先的技术品牌,尖端公司,具有远见的政府机构以及创新的贸易团体建立了合作关系。 我们帮助客户创造真实的业务成果。 

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IQM staff publishes a quantum-computer breakthrough in Nature


The new high-speed nanoscale radiation detector is now on par with the best quantum computer readers. Many present IQM employees co-authored the research carried out at Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

ESPOO, Finland, Oct. 1, 2020 — Prof. Mikko Möttönen‘s university research group and collaborators have engineered a fast and ultra-sensitive nanoscale bolometer that detects very faint microwave radiation. In fact, the radiation detected is so weak that heating up a cup of coffee at room temperature, for 1°C in a microwave oven would have taken 50 septillion times more energy. That is a 5 followed by 25 zeroes.

Artistic impression of electric conduction and superconductor proximity effect in a heated graphene bolometer. Credit: Heikka Valja.
Artistic impression of electric conduction and superconductor proximity effect in a heated graphene bolometer. Credit: Heikka Valja.

"The device is so tiny; it could even fit inside a bacterium," says Möttönen who is a joint Professor of Quantum Technology at Aalto University and VTT, and also a Co-Founder of IQM.

The new bolometer can measure the energy of photons much more accurately and faster than before. This is essential for quantum computers, since measuring the energy of qubits, the quantum bits, is an integral part of quantum algorithms. Moreover, the device is small and readily integrable into superconducting quantum processors, providing a clear path towards real-world applications.

"We started the proof-of-concept using gold palladium for the bolometer," says M.Sc. Roope Kokkoniemi, the first author of the Nature paper who just joined IQM. "It worked but at the same time we also figured out how to make it even better. This is where graphene comes in as a replacement. The end result is indeed a much better sensor that can operate at higher speed, so much better that it can be useful in reading out the state of a superconducting qubit, the building block of a superconducting quantum processor," added Roope. This has also been a collaborative effort with Professor Pertti Hakonen‘s NANO group of Aalto University, with VTT, and with National University of Singapore.

Accelerating the development at IQM
In quantum computers such as the ones developed at IQM, this detector technology could prove very useful in replacing conventional readers and enabling the scaling up of future quantum processors due to its relatively small size. By virtue of being at the epicenter of quantum in Finland, IQM is in a unique position to commercialize such breakthroughs through close cooperation with the growing local quantum ecosystem.

"We consider this an exciting milestone in the field of quantum technology. IQM is constantly looking for new ways to enhance its quantum-computer technology and this new bolometer certainly fits the bill," explains Dr Kuan Yen Tan, Co-Founder of IQM who was also involved in the reported research.

Technology from the best research
IQM is a prime example of a successful technology transfer story, epitomizing how research can be commercialized in an expedited way. IQM has become the leading quantum-computer company in Europe in an extraordinarily short time, already making its way towards the first commercial quantum computer sale. The company has managed to establish itself a unique foundation in the field, not only because of it has been able to recruit a major fraction of the highly limited pool of talented quantum engineers, but also because of its ability to cooperate with universities and industry partners all over Europe.

Significant part of IQM’s rapid development and brilliance in the field of quantum computing stems from the close interplay with academia. In fact, IQM is highly integrated in academia and most of its employees have research background. IQM’s team has collectively published over 640 scientific articles with more than 27,000 citations.

IQM’s aim is to become a pan-European quantum-computer company and further expand its partnerships with the best research teams all over Europe.

The link to the Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2753-3

The link to the Aalto University’s press release: https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/new-detector-breakthrough-pushes-boundaries-of-quantum-computing

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Two authors of the Nature paper on the new bolometer at IQM laboratories: Roope Kokkoniemi (left) and Kuan Yen Tan (right).
Two authors of the Nature paper on the new bolometer at IQM laboratories: Roope Kokkoniemi (left) and Kuan Yen Tan (right).

 

 

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