Quantum Technologies in Paris Region
The QuanTiP – Quantum Technologies in Paris Region – network, supported by the CNRS (Délégation Ile-de-France Villejuif), has been designated a Major Research and Innovation Area (DIM) by the Île-de-France Region for a five-year period (2022-2026). In the competitive field of quantum technologies, it federates a group of world-class academic teams and a pool of start-ups and companies in the Paris region, with the aim of developing cutting-edge application technologies and accelerating the transfer of quantum technologies to industry, through a dedicated commercialization program.
Quantum technologies exploit the concepts of superposition and entanglement, as well as the control of individual quantum objects, to secure communications, develop ultra-sensitive sensors and revolutionize computing and digital simulation. The manipulation of these subtle degrees of quantum freedom and their potential applications are attracting considerable attention. IT multinationals (IBM, Google, Microsoft) have launched ambitious programs to capitalize on the decisive advantage offered by quantum systems. Europe has made it one of its top priorities with a 10-year Flagship, and France, aware of the considerable stakes involved, has just set up a Stratégie Nationale d’Accélération (SNA) for quantum technologies.
In this highly competitive and stimulating international context, the QuanTiP project aims to promote and structure research and innovation efforts in the field. The QuanTiP players will work to bring quantum technologies to maturity – a key issue for sovereignty and growth – by developing structuring equipment and large-scale interdisciplinary projects, facilitating exchanges between researchers, entrepreneurs and industry, and supporting the training of tomorrow’s quantum engineers through research. In this way, QuanTiP will nurture the regional ecosystem, paying particular attention to the transition between fundamental research and commercialization, in order to bring about breakthrough innovations and new applications that will have a strong impact on the region’s influence. It will help identify new applications for quantum technologies, both in industry and in other scientific fields. Finally, it will play a key role in disseminating knowledge to the general public and the business community.
The QuanTiP DIM is organized into four thematic areas:
Axis 1 – Quantum computing
Axis 2 – Quantum simulators
Axis 3 – Quantum communications
Axis 4 – Quantum sensors and metrology
In addition to these four vertical axes structuring the DIM, fundamental or technological research that constitutes essential tools or stages is developed in a transverse axis:
Axis A – Scientific and technological resources
Two other cross-functional areas are devoted to relations with the academic and industrial communities, value enhancement and entrepreneurship (Area B), as well as to activities, internal and external communications and training (Area C):
Axis B – Scientific and economic spin-offs
Axis C – Animation and training