Innogrid has formed a consortium with SDT and Korea University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation to begin a project to develop an "integrated monitoring system for superconducting quantum computers," the company said on the 14th.
The project is being pursued after the Innogrid consortium was selected for the Seoul Metropolitan Government's research and development (R&D) support program in the quantum field. The R&D period runs for 12 months, from July 1 this year. The task is significant in securing a domestic foundation for quantum computer operation and management technology and in establishing a management framework needed for the future expansion of quantum cloud services.
Through this task, the Innogrid consortium will begin work to standardize quantum infrastructure operation data, which varies by manufacturer and platform. It will also develop a system that integrates monitoring of the standardized data on a single dashboard. The main scope of development includes quantum cloud application programming interface (API) integration, normalization of operation data, resource status monitoring, and the implementation of real-time anomaly detection and feedback control technologies.
The consortium plans to standardize the operation data of quantum equipment by analyzing platform-specific authentication methods and monitoring API specifications, and to enable device availability status, queue waiting conditions, and job execution statistics to be checked on a single control screen. It will also collect status data from heterogeneous equipment such as coolers and quantum controllers to enhance visibility across the entire quantum computer operating environment.
In this project, Innogrid will lead the development of a system that can collect and normalize quantum infrastructure data and integrate the management of operation status, drawing on its cloud operation management and integrated monitoring technology capabilities. SDT will provide quantum hardware and control infrastructure technology. Korea University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation will support system enhancement and verification based on its quantum computing research capabilities.
Once development of the integrated monitoring system is complete, it is expected to enhance visibility into quantum computer operation status and help reduce the operational burden centered on manual management. It is also expected to be used to build a system for the joint use of quantum resources held by public and research institutions, to operate quantum cloud services, and to expand hybrid service models that link high-performance computing (HPC) with quantum computing.
"For the quantum computing industry to move into a full-scale utilization stage, infrastructure technology that can stably operate and manage resources must develop alongside hardware performance," said Kim Myeong-jin, CEO of Innogrid.
