Contractor wanted for QuantiCoM | AMQS

16. September 2024

We are looking for a contractor for our QuantiCoM | AMQS project to support us in atomic calculations of water-hydrogen-metal interactions on quantum computers and electronic correlations in metallic environments. Participation in the tender process is possible via TED 544434-2024 | Subreport E68674681. The submission deadline is 15 October 2024 at 2 pm.

We’re also looking for contractors for QuantiCoM | QALPHAD.

The QuantiCoM project, led by the DLR Institute of Materials Research, is driving forward the development of advanced methods using quantum computers for materials science, materials engineering and industry in order to enable rapid material developments in the future and drastically reduce development times. By utilising quantum mechanical effects such as superposition and entanglement, the interactions of atomic systems within material systems are to be made calculable. Since the computing times on quantum computers scale polynomially instead of exponentially, possible quantum advantages are to be identified that contribute to the implementation of quantum algorithms and the associated industrial benefits. New findings in interaction and degradation processes will also promote material development, which will be tested using experimental validation methods.

The aim of QuantiCoM AMQS is to develop modelling approaches to assess the stability of compounds with strong and weak electronic correlations embedded in metallic environments.

Collaboration in the QuantiCoM | AMQS project

Specifically, as part of this mandate, we require, among other things

  • Written presentation of the scientific solution in the field of quantum simulation in the field of material science based on existing atomistic simulations of materials and periodic systems
  • Modelling of transition metal oxides, diffusion of molecules in liquid water phase on metallic surfaces, diffusion velocities,
  • Modelling of corresponding effects where quantum computer calculations provide an advantage,
  • Creation of a modular, expandable and high-performance software package,
  • Development and implementation of methods for atomistic simulation for more precise and faster determination of the electronic structure,
  • Development and implementation of methods for better approximation of global minima and for circumventing bar plateaus,
  • Development and implementation of efficient methods on quantum computers of the NISQ era,
  • Testing the algorithms on quantum hardware, and
  • Optional (only on call by DLR): Testing of quantum algorithms on the quantum hardware of the DLR QCI

All information can be accessed via the tender documents including the specifications via TED 544434-2024 | Subreport E68674681.