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IBM’s first ‘retail’ quantum computer in the US headed to Cleveland Clinic – CNET
IBM Q System One is a 53-qubit quantum computer.
IBM on Monday announced a 10-year partnership with Cleveland Clinic to develop the Discovery Accelerator, a lab that will research health care and life sciences using quantum computing and artificial intelligence. As part of the partnership, IBM will install its first ever private sector IBM Quantum System One in the US at the clinic's campus in Cleveland.
The quantum computer will help "transform medicine," Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, CEO of Cleveland Clinic, said in a statement. "These new computing technologies can help revolutionize discovery in the life sciences."
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Some of the research will look at genomics, chemical and drug discovery, single cell transcriptomics, population health and clinical applications. Researchers will also look at protecting privacy while using big data to improve patient care and responses to global health crises such as COVID-19.
IBM said it will also install its first next-generation 1,000+ qubit quantum system at a client facility in Cleveland in the next few years.
IBM last month unveiled improvements to quantum computing software that it said will increase performance by 100 times.
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Honeywell says quantum computers will outpace standard verification in 18 to 24 months – VentureBeat
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Honeywell expects that as advances in quantum computing continue to accelerate over the next 18 to 24 months, the ability to replicate the results of a quantum computing application workload using a conventional computing platform simulation will come to an end.
The companys System Model H1 has now quadrupled its performance capabilities to become the first commercial quantum computer to attain a 512 quantum volume. Ascertaining quantum volume requires running a complex set of statistical tests that are influenced by the number of qubits, error rates, connectivity of qubits, and cross-talk between qubits. That approach provides a more accurate assessment of a quantum computers processing capability that goes beyond simply counting the number of qubits that can be employed.
Honeywell today provides access to a set of simulation tools that make it possible to validate the results delivered on its quantum computers on a conventional machine. Those simulations give organizations more confidence in quantum computing platforms by allowing them to compare results. However, quantum computers are now approaching a level where at some point between 2022 and 2023 that will no longer be possible, Honeywell Quantum Solutions president Tony Uttley said.
Honeywell has pursued an approach to quantum computing that differs from those of rivals by focusing its efforts on a narrower range of more stable qubits. Each system is based on a trapped-ion architecture that leverages numerous individual charged atoms (ions) to hold information. It then applies electromagnetic fields to hold (trap) each ion in a way that allows it to be manipulated and encoded using laser pulses.
The company makes its quantum computers available via a subscription to a cloud service and counts BMW, DHL, JP Morgan Chase, and Samsung among its customers. Systems residing outside of Boulder, Colorado and Minneapolis are made available to customers for up to two weeks at a time before being taken offline for two weeks to add additional capacity.
Subscriptions for the System Model H1 service are currently sold out, and each Honeywell quantum computing customer has previously tried to employ a different platform before switching to Honeywell, Uttley said. The company is now moving toward making a third-generation System Model H2 service available that will offer higher levels of unspecified quantum volume, Uttley added.
Honeywell has committed to delivering a tenfold increase in quantum volume every five years. The company has been able to deliver a fourfold increase in the amount of quantum volume it can make available in the last five months alone, Uttley said.
Quantum computers can process bits that have a value of both 0 and 1 at the same time, which makes them more powerful than conventional computing platforms. Advances in quantum computing, however, will by no means signal the demise of conventional computers, Uttley added. Instead, its becoming apparent that quantum computers and conventional computers are simply going to be better suited to running different classes of workloads, Uttley said.
These systems will run side by side for decades, Uttley added. Conventional computing platforms are not going to be replaced anytime soon.
Quantum computers, however, are better suited to addressing complex computational challenges involving chemistry, routing optimizations using, for example, logistics and traffic management applications, and even the training of AI models. In the latter case, a quantum computer can identify the starting point for the training of an AI model that would then be completed by a conventional computer. Other more intractable problems involving, for example, applications for ways to reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere are only feasible to run on a quantum computing platform.
It may still be a while before quantum computing delivers on its full promise, but while the way quantum systems work may not be widely understood, there is now no turning back.
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Cleveland Clinic, IBM ink a ten-year quantum computing dealhere are 2 ways the tech can be used in healthcare – eMarketer
The news: Cleveland Clinic and IBM struck a ten-year partnership to use AI and quantum computing tech to facilitate healthcare research initiatives, like precision medicine and drug discovery. As part of the deal, Cleveland Clinic will get to install IBMs first private sector quantum computing system.
Heres how it works: Quantum computers process information in a different way than traditional computers: For example, quantum algorithms can outperform regular computers in tackling issues like drug discovery, running searches through all possible molecules at rapid speeds.
Why this could succeed: It appears IBM is learning from its shuttered Watson Health venture: Instead of tackling a wide variety of AI problems, its narrowing its focus on cloud computing.
The bigger picture: Quantum computings presence in healthcare is still unfoldingbesides drug discovery, hospitals could leverage the tech for two key use cases:
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Cleveland Clinic will be IBMs first private sector customer to install a quantum computer on premises – VentureBeat
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IBM today announced it is installing a quantum computer at the Cleveland Clinic, marking the first time the company has physically placed this next-generation system on the premises of a private sector client.
The move marks yet another step forward for quantum computing. It comes as part of a broader 10-year partnership between IBM and the clinic that includes hybrid cloud service and AI.
According to IBM Quantum Network director Dr. Anthony J. Annunziata, including a quantum computer as part of that suite of tools is critical because the company wants to understand which tasks are best suited to quantum computations. Despite rapid advances, quantum computers are still in their infancy, but its still possible they could be more efficient at limited tasks.
The Cleveland Clinic will have the full capacity of a quantum system we purpose-built for them, Annunziata said. Well have a much better ability to integrate it into their existing infrastructure. There will be benefits in doing that as we figure out how quantum can address these really tough problems and also how it can accelerate the application of AI.
The partners have dubbed the program the Discovery Accelerator, and its overall goal is to power new breakthroughs in health care and life sciences. IBMs computing tools are being leveraged to better harness the clinics wealth of data, including genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, population health, clinical applications, and chemical and drug discovery, according to a press release.
The eye-catching part of the announcement, however, is the move to physically place a quantum computer at the clinic. Until now, the company has been focused on its IBM Q Network, a consortium of research and business partners who can experiment with quantum computing via a cloud-based service. IBM has grown increasingly optimistic about quantums potential and has laid out an ambitious timetable for expanding commercial applications.
That will now include its first on-premises Quantum System One in the United States outside of an IBM computation center. IBM currently has a quantum computer on its own campus, as well as one at Germanys Fraunhofer Institute and the University of Tokyo. The Cleveland Clinic is the first private sector client and the first in the U.S.
Annunziata said the clinic will make for a good first private partner, thanks to its recently announced Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health. The new center will assemble teams to focus on viral pathogens, virus-induced cancers, genomics, immunology, and immunotherapies.
If there is anything that we can do as a technology partner to help institutions with the mission to advance life sciences and health care, were very happy to do it, he said.
In many cases, researchers feel progress in these areas is being limited by the ability to gather and analyze massive datasets. The clinic is betting that a system that combines AI, quantum computing, and hybridcloud technologies will remove those hurdles and unleash new health care innovation.
Annunziata said part of the work will be to learn just where quantum computing sits in that computing system. Quantum is not robust enough to replace all computing functions. And even in many best-case scenarios, researchers believe quantum computing will be best suited for particular functions.
Health care has long been touted as a strong potential use case. Quantum proponents are betting that such computers will be able to develop more sophisticated models of the human body, allowing for the development of better hypotheses for designing experiments, as well as models that speed the testing of new drugs.
The key is learning which tasks in the Cleveland system can be offloaded to the quantum computer with the results then fed back into the classic computing architecture, Annunziata said.
At the same time, the Cleveland Clinic partnership will provide an opportunity to train a quantum workforce for the coming years as more commercial partners look for such skillsets.
Cleveland Clinic and IBM hope their tech partnership could help prevent the next pandemic – WXII The Triad
Video above: CDC director warns of 'impending doom' if U.S. eases COVID-19 restrictionsAfter a year in which scientists raced to understand COVID-19 and develop treatments and vaccines to stop its spread, Cleveland Clinic is partnering with IBM to use next-generation technologies to advance health care research and potentially prevent the next public health crisis.The two organizations on Tuesday announced the creation of the "Discovery Accelerator," which will apply technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence to pressing life sciences research questions. As part of the partnership, Cleveland Clinic will become the first private-sector institution to buy and operate an on-site IBM quantum computer, called the Q System One. Currently, such machines only exist in IBM labs and data centers.Quantum computing is expected to expedite the rate of discovery and help tackle problems with which existing computers struggle.The accelerator is part of Cleveland Clinic's new Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health, a facility introduced in January on the heels of a $500 million investment by the clinic, the state of Ohio and economic development nonprofit JobsOhio to spur innovation in the Cleveland area.The new center is dedicated to researching and developing treatments for viruses and other disease-causing organisms. That will include some research on COVID-19, including why it causes ongoing symptoms (also called "long Covid") for some who have been infected."Covid-19 is an example" of how the center and its new technologies will be used, said Dr. Lara Jehi, chief research information officer at the Cleveland Clinic."But ... what we want is to prevent the next COVID-19," Jehi told CNN Business. "Or if it happens, to be ready for it so that we don't have to, as a country, put everything on hold and put all of our resources into just treating this emergency. We want to be proactive and not reactive."The promise of quantumQuantum computers process information in a fundamentally different way from regular computers, so they will be able to solve problems that today's computers can't. They can, for example, test multiple solutions to a problem at once, making it possible to come up with an answer in a fraction of the time it would take a different machine.Applied to health care research, that capability is expected to be useful for modeling molecules and how they interact, which could accelerate the development of new pharmaceuticals. Quantum computers could also improve genetic sequencing to help with cancer research, and design more efficient, effective clinical trials for new drugs, Jehi said.Ultimately, Cleveland Clinic and IBM expect that applying quantum and other advanced technologies to health care research will speed up the rate of discovery and product development. Currently, the average time from scientific discovery in a lab to getting a drug to a patient is around 17 years, according to the National Institutes of Health."We really need to accelerate," Jehi said. "What we learned with the COVID-19 pandemic is that we cannot afford, as a human race, to just drop everything and focus on one emergency at a time."Part of the problem: It takes a long time to process and analyze the massive amount of data generated by health care, research and trials something that AI, quantum computing and high-performance computing (a more powerful version of traditional computing) can help with. Quantum computers do that by "simulating the world," said Dario Gil, director of IBM Research."Instead of conducting physical experiments, you're conducting them virtually, and because you're doing them virtually through computers, it's much faster," Gil said.What this means for IBMFor IBM, the partnership represents an important proof point for commercial applications of quantum computing. IBM currently offers access to quantum computers via the cloud to 134 institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Daimler, but building a dedicated machine on-site for one organization is a big step forward."What we're seeing is the emergency of quantum as a new industry within the world of information technology and computing," Gil said. "What we're seeing here in the context of Cleveland Clinic is ... a partner that says, 'I want the entire capacity of a full quantum computer to be to my research mission."The partnership also includes a training element that will help educate people on how to use quantum computing for research which is likely to further grow the ecosystem around the new technology.Cleveland Clinic and IBM declined to detail the cost of the quantum system being installed on the clinic's campus, but representatives from both organizations called it a "significant investment." Quantum computers are complex machines to build and maintain because they must be stored at extremely cold temperatures (think: 200 times colder than outer space).The Cleveland Clinic will start by using IBM's quantum computing cloud offering while waiting for its on-premises machine to be built, which is expected to take about a year. IBM plans to later install at the clinic a more advanced version of its quantum computer once it is developed in the coming years.Jehi, the Cleveland Clinic research lead, acknowledged that quantum computing technology is still nascent, but said the organization wanted to get in on the ground floor."It naturally needs nurturing and growing so that we can figure out what are its applications in health care," Jehi said. "It was important to us that we design those applications and we learn them ourselves, rather than waiting for others to develop them."
Video above: CDC director warns of 'impending doom' if U.S. eases COVID-19 restrictions
After a year in which scientists raced to understand COVID-19 and develop treatments and vaccines to stop its spread, Cleveland Clinic is partnering with IBM to use next-generation technologies to advance health care research and potentially prevent the next public health crisis.
The two organizations on Tuesday announced the creation of the "Discovery Accelerator," which will apply technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence to pressing life sciences research questions. As part of the partnership, Cleveland Clinic will become the first private-sector institution to buy and operate an on-site IBM quantum computer, called the Q System One. Currently, such machines only exist in IBM labs and data centers.
Quantum computing is expected to expedite the rate of discovery and help tackle problems with which existing computers struggle.
The accelerator is part of Cleveland Clinic's new Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health, a facility introduced in January on the heels of a $500 million investment by the clinic, the state of Ohio and economic development nonprofit JobsOhio to spur innovation in the Cleveland area.
The new center is dedicated to researching and developing treatments for viruses and other disease-causing organisms. That will include some research on COVID-19, including why it causes ongoing symptoms (also called "long Covid") for some who have been infected.
"Covid-19 is an example" of how the center and its new technologies will be used, said Dr. Lara Jehi, chief research information officer at the Cleveland Clinic.
"But ... what we want is to prevent the next COVID-19," Jehi told CNN Business. "Or if it happens, to be ready for it so that we don't have to, as a country, put everything on hold and put all of our resources into just treating this emergency. We want to be proactive and not reactive."
Quantum computers process information in a fundamentally different way from regular computers, so they will be able to solve problems that today's computers can't. They can, for example, test multiple solutions to a problem at once, making it possible to come up with an answer in a fraction of the time it would take a different machine.
Applied to health care research, that capability is expected to be useful for modeling molecules and how they interact, which could accelerate the development of new pharmaceuticals. Quantum computers could also improve genetic sequencing to help with cancer research, and design more efficient, effective clinical trials for new drugs, Jehi said.
Ultimately, Cleveland Clinic and IBM expect that applying quantum and other advanced technologies to health care research will speed up the rate of discovery and product development. Currently, the average time from scientific discovery in a lab to getting a drug to a patient is around 17 years, according to the National Institutes of Health.
"We really need to accelerate," Jehi said. "What we learned with the COVID-19 pandemic is that we cannot afford, as a human race, to just drop everything and focus on one emergency at a time."
Part of the problem: It takes a long time to process and analyze the massive amount of data generated by health care, research and trials something that AI, quantum computing and high-performance computing (a more powerful version of traditional computing) can help with. Quantum computers do that by "simulating the world," said Dario Gil, director of IBM Research.
"Instead of conducting physical experiments, you're conducting them virtually, and because you're doing them virtually through computers, it's much faster," Gil said.
For IBM, the partnership represents an important proof point for commercial applications of quantum computing. IBM currently offers access to quantum computers via the cloud to 134 institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Daimler, but building a dedicated machine on-site for one organization is a big step forward.
"What we're seeing is the emergency of quantum as a new industry within the world of information technology and computing," Gil said. "What we're seeing here in the context of Cleveland Clinic is ... a partner that says, 'I want the entire capacity of a full quantum computer to be [dedicated] to my research mission."
The partnership also includes a training element that will help educate people on how to use quantum computing for research which is likely to further grow the ecosystem around the new technology.
Cleveland Clinic and IBM declined to detail the cost of the quantum system being installed on the clinic's campus, but representatives from both organizations called it a "significant investment." Quantum computers are complex machines to build and maintain because they must be stored at extremely cold temperatures (think: 200 times colder than outer space).
The Cleveland Clinic will start by using IBM's quantum computing cloud offering while waiting for its on-premises machine to be built, which is expected to take about a year. IBM plans to later install at the clinic a more advanced version of its quantum computer once it is developed in the coming years.
Jehi, the Cleveland Clinic research lead, acknowledged that quantum computing technology is still nascent, but said the organization wanted to get in on the ground floor.
"It naturally needs nurturing and growing so that we can figure out what are its applications in health care," Jehi said. "It was important to us that we design those applications and we learn them ourselves, rather than waiting for others to develop them."
Cleveland Clinic and IBM announce 10-year partnership; includes first quantum computer for healthcare research – WKYC.com
The Discovery Accelerator will aim to advance "the pace of discovery in healthcare and life sciences."
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The Cleveland Clinic and IBM have announced a 10-year partnership that will see the creation of a new center aimed at advancing the pace of "discovery in healthcare and life sciences through the use of high performance computing on the hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies."
The center, the Discovery Accelerator, will serve as "a robust research and clinical infrastructure to empower big data medical research in ethical, privacy preserving ways, discoveries for patient care and novel approaches to public health threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic." It will also see IBM install its first private sector, on-premises IBM Quantum System One in the United States, on the Cleveland Clinic's campus in Cleveland, with additional plans to install the first of IBMs next-generation 1,000+ qubit quantum systems at a client facility in Cleveland in the coming years.
The quantum program will be aimed at actively engaging entities including universities, government, industry and startups. It will also "leverage Cleveland Clinics global enterprise to serve as the foundation of a new quantum ecosystem for life sciences, focused on advancing quantum skills and the mission of the center."
Through this innovative collaboration, we have a unique opportunity to bring the future to life, said Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic. These new computing technologies can help revolutionize discovery in the life sciences. The Discovery Accelerator will enable our renowned teams to build a forward-looking digital infrastructure and help transform medicine, while training the workforce of the future and potentially growing our economy.
Added Arvind Krishna, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM: The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned one of the greatest races in the history of scientific discovery one that demands unprecedented agility and speed. At the same time, science is experiencing a change of its own with high performance computing, hybrid cloud, data, AI, and quantum computing, being used in new ways to break through long-standing bottlenecks in scientific discovery. Our new collaboration with Cleveland Clinic will combine their world-renowned expertise in healthcare and life sciences with IBMs next-generation technologies to make scientific discovery faster, and the scope of that discovery larger than ever."
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IBM brings quantum computer to Cleveland Clinic -- but what is that? The Wake Up for Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - cleveland.com
IBM partners with Cleveland Clinic to build on-site quantum computer | The Burn-In – The Burn-In
Quantum computing technology is still in its infancy. Researchers are working to find ways to make it useful for real-world applications. Thanks to companies like IBM, that is becoming more of a reality every day.
The company is leading the way in terms of quantum research. It has installed several of its Quantum System One machines at its facilities around the world. Now, it is branching out.
IBM and the Cleveland Clinic announced on Tuesday that they have partnered to deploy the first private sector Quantum System One machine. The ten-year partnership will give the Cleveland Clinic access to on-site quantum computing for things like medical research and data processing.
Its a major advancement for the future of commercialized quantum computing.
After a year where medical research became the hot topic on everyones mind, healthcare institutions are investing heavily to further their research capabilities. In January, Cleveland Clinic opened its new Global Center for Pathogen Research and Human Health. The facility is part of a $500 million investment from the healthcare organization and is home to a program called Discovery Accelerator.
Through the program, Cleveland Clinic and IBM will partner to leverage the power of quantum computing to address a wide variety of life science research questions. Its noteworthy that this the first time a private company is purchasing and operating an IBM quantum computer.
Dr. Lara Jehi, Cleveland Clinics chief research information officer, points to COVID-19 as an example of how the institution will use its new quantum resources. She says, what we want is to prevent the next COVID-19. Or if it happens, to be ready for it so that we dont have to, as a country, put everything on hold and put all of our resources into just treating this emergency.
We want to be proactive and not reactive, Jehi adds.
Quantum computing is poised to have a massive impact on the healthcare world in the years to come. Since quantum machines are able to handle far more data than traditional computers, they can help untangle complex problems that scientists are currently struggling to address.
The applications range from gene sequencing to pharmaceutical discovery and cancer research to clinical trial analysis. Since quantum computers are able to test multiple solutions to a problem at once, they are much faster than traditional machines.
For instance, according to the National Institutes of Health, it currently takes about 17 years from the time a new drug is discovered before it is available to patients that need it. Obviously, that is a long time to wait for life-saving or life-changing drugs. Many patients dont have time to wait.
We really need to accelerate, Jehi says, What we learned with the COVID-19 pandemic is that we cannot afford, as a human race, to just drop everything and focus on one emergency at a time.
Indeed, as the world turned its focus to COVID-19, many other problems began to skyrocket. Things like mental health, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes have been swept under the rug over the last year as the healthcare system struggles to keep up with the pandemic.
Moving forward, quantum computing will give scientists the ability to dedicate extra resources to emergent topics as they arise without compromising research in other areas.
Meanwhile, experts believe that this will help speed up medical research and allow scientists to make more discoveries each day. Treatments, cures, and preventative strategies are all on the table.
Thats because quantum computers are able to simulate vast amounts of data to create virtual test environments. IBM director of research Dario Gil says, Instead of conducting physical experiments, youre conducting them virtually, and because youre doing them virtually through computers, its much faster.
While this partnership certainly has huge implications for the Cleveland Clinic, it is equally important for IBM. As noted, this is the first time the company is installing one of its Quantum System One computers outside its own labs. This serves as a signal that the private sector may be nearing the point of readiness for wide-scale quantum computing.
Of course, the technology still needs to be developed to meet that demand.
Much of todays quantum computing is currently handled through cloud-based solutions. Companies like Goldman Sachs and Daimler use IBMs quantum computers through the cloud. This is more than enough power for most firms. However, others need the convenience and added power of a machine on-site.
What were seeing is the emergence of quantum as a new industry within the world of information technology and computing, says Gil, What were seeing in the context of Cleveland Clinic is a partner that says, I want the entire capacity of a full quantum computer to be [dedicated] to my research mission.
Of course, running a quantum computer isnt easy. To address this knowledge gap, IBM will partner with the Cleveland Clinic to provide training to its staff members and researchers. Theyll learn how to manage the system and how it can be used for research.
Since it takes time to build a new quantum computer, Cleveland Clinic will begin its partnership with IBM by using the latters quantum computing cloud. This will take place for about a year while IBM builds the organizations on-site system.
The partnership also allows the Cleveland Clinic to receive an updated quantum machine once IBM is finished developing it in the coming years. Its unclear when the more advanced system will arrive.
In the meantime, its evident that this will be a working partnership between the two organizations. Speaking about quantum computing technology, Jehi said, It naturally needs nurturing and growing so that we can figure out what are its applications in healthcare. It was important to us that we design those applications and we learn from ourselves, rather than waiting for others to develop them.
In the coming years, it will be interesting to see how Cleveland Clinic and IBM partner to impact the world of healthcare with quantum computing. Moreover, keep an eye on the advancements made using the tech since they could spur further adoption.
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In battle with U.S., China to focus on 7 ‘frontier’ technologies from chips to brain-computer fusion – CNBC
GUANGZHOU, China China is looking to boost research into what it calls "frontier technology" including quantum computing and semiconductors, as it competes with the U.S. for supremacy in the latest innovations.
In its five-year development plan, the 14th of its kind, Beijing said it would make "science and technology self-reliance and self-improvement a strategic pillar for national development," according to a CNBC translation.
Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China would increase research and development spending by more than 7% per year between 2021 and 2025, in pursuit of "major breakthroughs" in technology.
China's technology champions such as Huawei and SMIC have been targeted by U.S. sanctions as tensions between Beijing and Washington have ramped up in the past few years.
As such, China has concentrated on boosting its domestic expertise in areas it sees as strategically important, such as semiconductors. And now it has laid out seven "frontier technologies" that it will prioritize not just for the next five years, but beyond too.
China plans to focus on specialized chip development for AI applications and developing so-called open source algorithms. Open source technology is usually developed by one entity and licensed by other companies.
There will also be an emphasis on machine learning in areas such as decision making. Machine learning is the development of AI programs trained on vast amounts of data. The program "learns" as it is fed more data.
AI has been a key field for Chinese companies and the central government over the last few years. Major companies such as Alibaba and Baidu have been investing in the technology.
China and the U.S. are competing for AI dominance. A group of experts chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said China could soon replace the U.S. as the world's "AI superpower."
Semiconductors are a critical area for China and one it has invested a lot in over the past few years but the country has struggled to catch up to the U.S., Taiwan and South Korea.
The problem is the complexity of the semiconductor supply chain. Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung are the two most advanced chip manufacturers but they rely on tools from the U.S. and Europe.
Washington has put SMIC, China's biggest chip manufacturer, on an export blacklist called the Entity List. SMIC cannot get its hands on American technology. And the U.S. has reportedly pushed to stop Dutch company ASML from shipping a key tool that could help SMIC catch up to rivals.
Since China doesn't have the companies that can design and make the tools that its chip manufacturers require, it relies on companies from other countries. This is something China wants to change.
In its five-year plan, China says it will focus on research and development in integrated circuit design tools, key equipment and key materials.
Chips are incredibly important because they go into many of the devices we use such as smartphones but are also important for other industries.
China plans to research areas such as how to stop diseases of the brain.
But it also says that it plans to look into "brain-inspired computing" as well as "brain-computer fusion technology," according to a CNBC translation. The five-year plan did not elaborate on what that could look like.
China laid out seven "frontier" technologies in its 14th Five Year Plan. These are areas that China will focus research on and include semiconductors and brain-computer fusion.
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However, such work is already underway in the U.S. at Elon Musk's company Neuralink. Musk is working on implantable brain-chip interfaces to connect humans and computers.
With the outbreak of the coronavirus last year, biotechnology has grown in importance.
China says it will focus on "innovative vaccines" and "research on biological security."
China's research will concentrate on understanding the progression of cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic diseases.
The government also says that it will research some "cutting-edge" treatment technologies such as regenerative medicine. This involves medicine that can regrow or repair damaged cells, tissues and organs.
China says it will also be looking at key technologies in the prevention and treatment of major transmissible diseases.
Space exploration has been a top priority for China recently. Beijing said it will focus on research into the "origin and evolution of the universe," exploration of Mars as well as deep sea and polar research.
In December, a Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth carrying rocks from the moon. It was the first time China has launched a spacecraft from an extraterrestrial body and the first time it has collected moon samples.
And in July, China launched a mission to Mars called Tianwen -1.
CNBC's Iris Wang contributed to this report.
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Quantum computing, drones and 3D printing what South African schools could be teaching by 2030 – BusinessTech
Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has published the national youth policy (NYP), outlining some of the interventions the department thinks should be made at South African schools over the next decade (2030).
The policy wants to introduce positive youth development outcomes for young people at local, provincial, and national levels in South Africa.
To achieve this, it proposes interventions at the countrys schools to better prepare students for the working world as well as technological changes brought about by the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).
South Africa needs a skilled labour force to increase economic growth. These skills include engineers, health professionals in different occupational classes to deliver quality healthcare, researchers and innovators to play a critical role in creating new products, and new jobs and new ways of producing existing products cheaply and more efficiently, including the delivery of public services, the department said.
A foundation in education and learning is a significant protective factor against negative outcomes and is essential for young people to reach economic empowerment.
The department noted that the 4IR has major implications on the future of work for South African youth, as well as education systems, employment and industrial policies. It said there are predictions that there will be major disruptions in traditional work structures, and that traditional education systems will be made obsolete.
There is a need to build the 4IR capabilities among youth, in line with the Industrial Internet of Things4IR presents new opportunities. Big data is said to be the new gold or new oil. Data is the key enabler of innovation and development, it said.
To address this, the department said the South African education system needs to be reviewed, to ensure that it produces highly skilled individuals relevant to labour market demands. However, it said that this needs to be done without making rapid changes at a basic education level.
While government has already stated its objectives around introducing more tech-driven subjects at schools with coding and robotics already being tested in the curriculum the NYP expands on the fields and skills it believes should be focused on. These include:
Some of the other specific interventions proposed in the policy include:
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