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IBM欧洲、中东、非洲及增长市场高级副总裁兼董事长安娜·保拉·阿西斯。图片来源:courtesy of IBM

当欧洲环顾东西方时,有一个问题尤为突出:欧洲各国如何协同引领未来技术格局?我们应该在哪些领域集中专业力量?又需做哪些准备迎接未来?

本月,IBM将在西班牙圣塞巴斯蒂安的IBM-巴斯克量子计算中心(IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center)启用欧洲首台IBM 量子系统二号(Quantum System Two),这是IBM最先进的量子计算机。

当人工智能热潮达到顶峰之际,量子计算正悄然成为下一场重大技术变革,预计到2040年其估值将达8,500亿美元。联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)甚至将2025年定为国际量子科学技术年。若欧洲把握此机遇,量子计算有望成为欧洲真正的差异化优势,推动欧洲经济乃至全球格局向更好的方向发展。

实现这一目标需要政策战略支持:保持技术中立性、利用开源软件、优先资助算法与应用开发研究、降低准入门槛。幸运的是,欧洲在物理科学和技术专长的深厚积淀,为这一目标的实现提供了理想的跳板。

或许有人会问:在AI加速计算能力的时代,我们为何还需要量子计算机?简而言之,某些复杂问题是传统计算机无法解决的,例如模拟分子以推进药物研发与材料科学,以及优化金融与物流领域的大规模系统等。

今年,英国金融服务集团汇丰(HSBC)发布研究,其中提供的证据展示了量子计算机在算法债券交易中解决实际问题的潜在价值,这被认为是全球首个相关实证证据。欧洲最大能源公司之一意昂集团(E.ON)正在探索在天气波动或新兴电气化行业用电模式差异的背景下,如何利用量子技术优化能源定价。

除释放能源网络与金融服务的最大效能外,量子技术还在其他诸多领域展现出应用潜力,如优化全球航运、理解复杂化学反应以发现新材料和新药等。

欧洲量子生态系统的基础设施建设

量子系统二号的启动,是继去年我们在德国部署首座欧洲量子数据中心(配备多台最先进的量子计算机)后的又一里程碑。

巴斯克地区的实践堪称整个欧洲发展的缩影。在圣塞巴斯蒂安IBM-巴斯克量子计算中心部署的量子计算机,扩展了该地区从多年前开始在量子计算领域的布局——这项技术同样促进了欧洲各地科学家的协同合作。

这些为满足用户需求激增而进行的快速部署,正是保障欧洲产业、科研机构与政府在量子技术应用领域保持领先地位的关键。最为重要的是,它们将进一步推动欧盟委员会的《欧洲量子战略》(Quantum Europe Strategy)。该战略旨在使欧洲在2030年前成为全球量子技术的领导者。

一百年前,IBM在西班牙成立之初,曾为西班牙的国家电话电报公司安装制表机——这在当时属于尖端科技,是连接人与企业的关键。一个世纪后的今天,IBM为欧洲产业、科研机构与政府提供量子计算数据中心及首台IBM量子系统二号,在这场同样具有变革意义的时代进程中扮演重要角色。现在携手采取行动,欧洲量子生态系统将以前所未有的优势引领这些量子应用的发展。

本文作者安娜·保拉·阿西斯现任IBM欧洲、中东、非洲及增长市场高级副总裁兼董事长。自2022年上任以来,她负责IBM在欧洲、中东和非洲100多个国家的业务运营,同时负责包括印度、印度尼西亚、墨西哥、沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋在内的关键增长市场的业务拓展。她致力于推动营收增长、提升客户满意度与员工参与度,并负责维护IBM与欧盟等机构的战略合作关系。

Fortune.com上发表的评论文章中表达的观点,仅代表作者本人的观点,不代表《财富》杂志的观点和立场。(*)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

当欧洲环顾东西方时,有一个问题尤为突出:欧洲各国如何协同引领未来技术格局?我们应该在哪些领域集中专业力量?又需做哪些准备迎接未来?

本月,IBM将在西班牙圣塞巴斯蒂安的IBM-巴斯克量子计算中心(IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center)启用欧洲首台IBM 量子系统二号(Quantum System Two),这是IBM最先进的量子计算机。

当人工智能热潮达到顶峰之际,量子计算正悄然成为下一场重大技术变革,预计到2040年其估值将达8,500亿美元。联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)甚至将2025年定为国际量子科学技术年。若欧洲把握此机遇,量子计算有望成为欧洲真正的差异化优势,推动欧洲经济乃至全球格局向更好的方向发展。

实现这一目标需要政策战略支持:保持技术中立性、利用开源软件、优先资助算法与应用开发研究、降低准入门槛。幸运的是,欧洲在物理科学和技术专长的深厚积淀,为这一目标的实现提供了理想的跳板。

或许有人会问:在AI加速计算能力的时代,我们为何还需要量子计算机?简而言之,某些复杂问题是传统计算机无法解决的,例如模拟分子以推进药物研发与材料科学,以及优化金融与物流领域的大规模系统等。

今年,英国金融服务集团汇丰(HSBC)发布研究,其中提供的证据展示了量子计算机在算法债券交易中解决实际问题的潜在价值,这被认为是全球首个相关实证证据。欧洲最大能源公司之一意昂集团(E.ON)正在探索在天气波动或新兴电气化行业用电模式差异的背景下,如何利用量子技术优化能源定价。

除释放能源网络与金融服务的最大效能外,量子技术还在其他诸多领域展现出应用潜力,如优化全球航运、理解复杂化学反应以发现新材料和新药等。

欧洲量子生态系统的基础设施建设

量子系统二号的启动,是继去年我们在德国部署首座欧洲量子数据中心(配备多台最先进的量子计算机)后的又一里程碑。

巴斯克地区的实践堪称整个欧洲发展的缩影。在圣塞巴斯蒂安IBM-巴斯克量子计算中心部署的量子计算机,扩展了该地区从多年前开始在量子计算领域的布局——这项技术同样促进了欧洲各地科学家的协同合作。

这些为满足用户需求激增而进行的快速部署,正是保障欧洲产业、科研机构与政府在量子技术应用领域保持领先地位的关键。最为重要的是,它们将进一步推动欧盟委员会的《欧洲量子战略》(Quantum Europe Strategy)。该战略旨在使欧洲在2030年前成为全球量子技术的领导者。

一百年前,IBM在西班牙成立之初,曾为西班牙的国家电话电报公司安装制表机——这在当时属于尖端科技,是连接人与企业的关键。一个世纪后的今天,IBM为欧洲产业、科研机构与政府提供量子计算数据中心及首台IBM量子系统二号,在这场同样具有变革意义的时代进程中扮演重要角色。现在携手采取行动,欧洲量子生态系统将以前所未有的优势引领这些量子应用的发展。

本文作者安娜·保拉·阿西斯现任IBM欧洲、中东、非洲及增长市场高级副总裁兼董事长。自2022年上任以来,她负责IBM在欧洲、中东和非洲100多个国家的业务运营,同时负责包括印度、印度尼西亚、墨西哥、沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋在内的关键增长市场的业务拓展。她致力于推动营收增长、提升客户满意度与员工参与度,并负责维护IBM与欧盟等机构的战略合作关系。

Fortune.com上发表的评论文章中表达的观点,仅代表作者本人的观点,不代表《财富》杂志的观点和立场。(*)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

When Europe looks to the East and the West, one question stands out: how can our countries come together to lead in tomorrow’s technological landscape—and in which domains should we focus our expertise? What is needed to prepare for the future?

This month, IBM will launch Europe’s first IBM Quantum System Two, our most advanced quantum computer, at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastian, Spain.

While artificial Intelligence reaches a fever pitch, quantum computing is emerging as the next great technological transformation, with an estimated value of $850 billion by 2040. UNESCO even named 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. If Europe seizes this opportunity, quantum computing has the power to be a genuine differentiator for the continent, and shape our economy, and world, for the better.

Getting there will require a policy strategy that favors technological neutrality, harnesses open-source software, prioritizes funding for algorithm and application development research, and has a low barrier of access. Thankfully, Europe’s strong leadership in the physical sciences and technical expertise provides the perfect springboard.

You may ask, in a world of AI-accelerated computing capacity, why do we need quantum computers? Simply put, there are complex problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, such as simulating molecules for drug discovery and materials science and optimizing large-scale systems in finance and logistics.

This year, UK financial services group HSBC published research that demonstrated what is believed to be the world’s first-known empirical evidence of the potential value of quantum computers for solving real-world problems in algorithmic bond trading. And E.ON, one of Europe’s largest energy companies, is exploring how quantum can improve energy pricing amid volatile weather or different usage patterns from newly electrified sectors.

In addition to unlocking the maximum efficiency of energy grids and financial services, other opportunities are being explored in how quantum could optimize global shipping, and to help understand the complex chemical reactions that could lead to the discovery of new materials and medicines.

Quantum Infrastructure for Europe’s Quantum Ecosystem

The launch of Quantum System Two follows the deployment last year of our first European quantum data center with multiple installations of our best quantum computers in Germany.

Efforts in the Basque Country represent a microcosm of what could happen across all of Europe. The quantum computer at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastian expands the region’s embrace of the technology that started years ago—one that has also served to unite scientists across the continent.

These rapid deployments to meet the increasing user demand are exactly what Europe needs to ensure its industries, research institutions, and governments play a leading role in the successful use of the technology. Most importantly, they will further the European Commission’s Quantum Europe Strategy, which seeks to position Europe as a global leader in quantum by 2030.

One hundred years ago, IBM got its start in Spain setting up tabulating machines for the country’s national telephone and telegraph company—peak technology at the time that was key in connecting people and enterprises. A century later, IBM offers Europe’s industries, research institutions, and governments a data center of quantum computers, and the continent’s first IBM Quantum System Two, as important pieces in an equally transformative moment. Taking action together now, the continent’s ecosystem can lead in the development of these quantum applications with advantages never before possible.

Ana Paula Assis is Senior Vice President and Chair, EMEA and Growth Markets at IBM. Since her appointment in 2022, she is responsible for IBM’s business operations across more than 100 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She also has responsibility for market development for key Growth Markets including India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Ana Paula Assis drives revenue growth, client satisfaction, and employee engagement, and oversees IBM’s strategic relationships with institutions such as the European Union.

The opinions expressed in Fortune.com commentary pieces are solely the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of Fortune.

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