Within this project we will integrate a quantum computer (QC) directly into an Austrian high-performance computing (HPC) facility, thus realising the first fully integrated, hybrid QC/HPC infrastructure in Europe. Building on top of existing QC and HPC infrastructure in Innsbruck, the consortium aims to improve the QC hardware to achieve performance levels at the edge for QC to provide a computational advantage over HPC systems while developing a dedicated quantum acceleration ecosystem connecting QC and HPC nodes. The developed interfaces will facilitate and increase the speed of development of quantum computers and serve as a building block for the development of high-level languages for the hybrid Quantum/HPC future. This project will thus form a bridge connecting quantum research to computer science, and subsequently strengthen the Austrian and European quantum eco-system.
