QUICS

The GWDG will be exhibiting at the Hannover Messe this year from 20 to 24 April 2026. The focus will be on the QUICS (Quantum Innovation and Computing for SMEs), which will be represented at the Quantum Valley Lower Saxony (QVLS) stand.

Quantum computing for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

QUICS supports small and medium-sized enterprises in tapping into the potential of quantum computing through consultancy, training and risk-free access to high-performance computing (HPC). The project offers a vendor-neutral platform for testing specific industrial use cases on real quantum hardware or digital twins. As a Lower Saxony network of excellence, the partner QVLS (Quantum Valley Lower Saxony) brings together expertise from science and industry to develop the region into a leading hub for quantum technologies.

The new quantum computing testing and consulting centers funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) have successfully launched with an initial joint workshop. The GWDG is involved in this project together with other institutions. The aim of the new centers is to bring quantum computing into industry in a practical way and, in particular, to make it usable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thereby strengthening the innovative power of German SMEs.

In this blog post, we aim to encourage the use of quantum computing in quantum many-body-physics. This post is published in the context of the QUICS project, which is a joint project of the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen, the Leibniz University Hannover, and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) funds QUICS to provide consultation and low-threshold access to different quantum hardware and software for testing practical use cases, especially for small and medium enterprises. For more information contact us at quics-info@gwdg.de.