

Quantum Computing
Microsoft Azure Quantum innovates across every layer of the quantum stack, from software and applications to control and devices. This includes the pursuit of fault-tolerant topological qubits that scale towards a general-purpose quantum computer.
Highlights

GFlowNets and System 2 Deep Learning
GFlowNets are instances of a larger family of approaches at the intersection of generative modeling and RL that can be used to train probabilistic inference functions in a way that is related to variational inference and opens a lot of new doors, especially for brain-inspired AI. Instead of maximizing some objective (like expected return), these approaches seek to sample latent random variables from a distribution defined by an energy function, for example a posterior distribution…

Azure Quantum innovation: Efficient error correction of topological qubits with Floquet codes
This graphic shows the repeating three-step sequence of checks used in Floquet codes. Each circle represents a qubit, and a line between a pair of circles indicates that that check is measured on that time step. The colors indicate the type of operator measured in each check, either XX, YY, or ZZ, so that the type of check measured also changes with time. Learn more about this sequence of checks in the section “Unlocking a new class…

A discussion with Sankar Das Sarma and Chetan Nayak
Dr. Sankar Das Sarma, a Distinguished University Professor of Physics at University of Maryland joins Chetan Nayak, Distinguished Engineer of Quantum at Microsoft to discuss Microsoft’s unique approach to building a fully scalable quantum machine.

Microsoft has demonstrated the underlying physics required to create a new kind of qubit
Quantum computing promises to help us solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges. Yet as an industry, we are still in the early days of discovering what’s possible. Today’s quantum computers are enabling researchers to do interesting work. However, these researchers often find themselves limited by the inadequate scale of these systems and are eager to do more. Today’s quantum computers are based on a variety of qubit types, but none so far have been able…
Research Intern – Quantum Programming
Microsoft Quantum is dedicated to solving the world’s intractable problems and forever altering our economic, industrial, academic, and societal landscape. Where current computers would require billions of years to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems, a scaled quantum computer may find a solution in weeks, days, or hours. This has massive implications for research in healthcare, energy, environmental systems, smart materials, and more. We are focused on ground-breaking innovation at every layer of…
Research Intern – Quantum Computing
Microsoft Quantum is solving the world’s intractable problems and forever changing our economic, industrial, academic, and societal landscape. In just hours or days, a quantum computer can solve complex problems that would otherwise take billions of years for today’s computers to solve! This has massive implications for research in healthcare, energy, environmental systems, smart materials, and more. Our latest thrust Azure Quantum brings scalable quantum system to the broadest set of customers, empowering every person…