On December 5, 2024, Team Leader Seiji Yunoki, Senior Scientist Tomonori Shirakawa, Research Scientist Rongyang Sun, Postdoctoral researchers Kazuma Nagao, Han Xu and Lukas Broers attended the meeting “End of Year 2024 IBM-RIKEN Tech Exchange” held at ThinkLab in IBM Hakozaki Office and discussed the quantum-HPC hybrid system of the IBM quantum computer and the supercomputer Fugaku and its applications with IBM researchers.
Prior to the meeting, specific issues were discussed with IBM Drs. H. Paik, A. Mezzacapo, J. Robledo-Moreno, and Y. Kawashima on December 3 at Riken Wako Campus, and again after the meeting on December 6 at ThinkLab in IBM Hakozaki Office, when Dr. M. Tran of IBM also joined.