IBM and MIT launch MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab adding quantum research

IBM and MIT launched the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab, which grows out of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and adds quantum computing to its research agenda. Planned work covers compact language models, quantum algorithms for materials, chemistry and biology, and mathematical methods for simulation and optimization. No funding amount was disclosed.

• Lab extends the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab to include quantum computing
• Focus areas: AI, algorithms and quantum
• No funding amount disclosed; prior lab reports over 210 projects