Tag: Michelle Simmons

Australia’s quantum leap just got real: Chief Scientist

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As quantum technologies promise to disrupt conventional computing and its underlying semiconductor industry, a Sydney company’s world first offers a chance for Australia to straddle the change while pushing...

Co-investment is key as Husic hands out bouquets

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Newly installed Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has a point to make about the co-investment model that brings government, business and institutional research together to solve challenges and...

We’ll fight to keep quantum ‘heroes’ here: Husic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A small team of physicists in Sydney have been lauded as “national heroes” by new Science and Industry minister Ed Husic after they revealed a quantum computing breakthrough set...

Homegrown quantum breakthrough answers 63-year science challenge

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Pioneering Australian deep tech startup Silicon Quantum Computing has claimed a breakthrough by creating the world’s first integrated circuit manufactured at an atomic scale. The quantum processor allowed the...

Michelle Simmons: double ARC funding and focus on translation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Silicon Quantum Computing chief executive and 2022 Bakerian Medal winner Michelle Simmons says incoming industry minister Ed Husic’s focus on research translation and building Australian-designed and engineered technology here...

Quantum hub follows ‘critical tech’ recognition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s first Quantum Commercialisation Hub will be established with $70 million in federal government funding over the next decade as part of a push to develop and protect certain...

‘A seminal moment’: The AUKUS technology opportunity

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The new AUKUS agreement marks a “seminal moment” for technology access and transfer and Australia needs to be “restlessly ambitious” to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, according...