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QCAS 2026: What Does It Take to Scale Quantum Systems?
A look ahead to the third Quantum Computing Applications and Systems Workshop, co-located with IEEE/ACM ICCAD 2026.
Read post →Evernormal: Exploring Intelligence Through a Financial World Model
A closer look at a simulated household economy, the data behind it, and the questions it opens about AI decision-making.
Read post →Comparing Constraint Encoding Methods for QAOA
A numerical study uses the knapsack problem to compare three ways of incorporating linear constraints into QAOA.
Read post →Quantum-Inspired Optimization with QuCS, qBraid and Icosa Computing
A July 2023 workshop connected quantum-inspired optimization with questions from real-world trading.
Read post →Unitary Hack 2023: A Qiskit Time Evolution Tutorial
A FinQ-supported team turned a quantum learning challenge into a tutorial accepted into the Qiskit tutorials repository.
Read post →Quantum Singapore 2026
A community experiment grew into a place where regional institutions and an international quantum network could meet.
Read post →Towards Conscious Artificial Intelligence
A strange question, a quantum sampling idea, and a joint first-place research prize.
Read post →FinQ × QCAS at ICCAD 2024
A workshop, a research paper and a practical question: how can quantum optimization move closer to problems people actually need to solve?
Read post →Quantum Toom–Cook at IEEE QCE 2025
A detailed implementation and resource estimate for recursive quantum multiplication circuits, presented at IEEE Quantum Week.
Read post →FIPS-Compliant Quantum-Secure Communication
A FinQ-affiliated collaboration with Quantropi and DLS Technology on a nested TLS 1.3 approach to quantum-secure communication.
Read post →Case Study 2: Investing in Quantum Technology
A community case study examining how to evaluate a young technical field when the science, market and timelines are all still moving.
Read post →Case Study 1: Aircraft Loading with QUBO
An eight-week, team-based program turning an Airbus optimization challenge into a shared quantum learning project.
Read post →Inside FinQ’s First Quantum Algorithm Journal Club
Twelve participants and five member-led sessions, moving from quantum simulation and benchmarking to coding challenges and reinforcement learning.
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