IBM and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Expand Discovery Accelerator Institute to Advance AI and Quantum Computing

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[{"type":"text","content":"The IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute will launch research on new quantum-centric supercomputing architecture, which will integrate IBM quantum computers and high-performance computing from U. of I.'s National Center for Supercomputing Applications. ","length":264,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Over the next five years, the Institute will pursue breakthroughs in quantum-centric supercomputing to combine the strengths of quantum and classical computing. ","length":160,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Institute will also develop next-generation AI systems and AI-driven engineering, alongside novel algorithms for problems intractable for classical supercomputers today. ","length":173,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"ARMONK, N.Y. and URBANA--CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) today announced an expansion of the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute. This includes deploying quantum-centric supercomputing to Illinois innovators through the integration of U. of I.'s National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Delta and DeltaAI supercomputers with IBM quantum computers.","length":509,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"image","alt":"L-R: Rashid Bashir, Vice Chancellor for Chicago Strategic Partnerships, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering; Illinois Governor JB Pritzker; Jay Gambetta, Director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow (Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"L-R: Rashid Bashir, Vice Chancellor for Chicago Strategic Partnerships, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering; Illinois Governor JB Pritzker; Jay Gambetta, Director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow (Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":267,"height":400,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.com/96e3368f7bb9f1f6c6c9688ba3a4c444"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/529XMev9hnsv_6DCUuLbEg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTYyOQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.co...

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