Standardization of Quantum Technologies in Norway. This is an initiative lead by Standard Norge, that is promoting Norwegian expertise and interests in the development of international and European standards in quantum technology and big data processing. OsloMet, represented by Sergiy Denysov, takes participation in the committee work.

Q-NRI: Quantum Extension of the Norwegian Research Infrastructure: This is the first QC-dedicated project funded by RCN. The consortium includes OsloMet, Simula Lab, Sintef, and Sigma 2 (coordinating institution). The project’s central goal is to integrate advanced quantum computing resources with the existing classical infrastructures hosted by Sigma2 and Simula, making these powerful hybrid systems accessible to researchers across the country. OsloMet has a lead on the working package dedicated to experiments on cloud-base QC platform (50-qubit computer hosted by VTT, Finland) and for developing a training platform focused on practical skills in quantum algorithm design.

QOpen: Many-body Open Quantum Systems. It is a five-year initiative sponsored by EU within the COST Action framework. The Action aims to address key challenges, such as understanding integrable and chaotic dissipative dynamics, thermalization, and the emergence of new, non-equilibrium quantum states of matter. It seeks to advance characterization and control methods for open quantum platforms and promote the development of novel numerical and analytical approaches for modeling these systems. A significant focus is placed on leveraging noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, which are inherently dissipative many-body platforms, for these investigations. Sergiy Denysov is national manager (Norway) and also leads the work package on NISQ computing.

REGAL: Regularized density-functional analysis. This research project, which is funded by the European Research Council (Starting Grant), has since the autumn of 2022 investigated Moreau-Yosida regularization in density-functional theory. Andre Laestadius is the principal investigator. The project team includes researcher Markus Penz, (senior) postdoctoral research fellow Mihaly A. Csirik and PhD students Vebjørn Bakkestuen, Maryam Lotfigolian and Vegard Falmår. The REGAL project involves several national and international partners, including the Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences and the MatMat group at EPFL.

Andre Laestadius (main supervisor) and Kristin Bergaust (co-supervisor) are co-leading the project “Quantum Theory and Visualization”. PhD student Vegard Falmår is dedicated to this project.

DQUANT: A QuantERA project aiming to use the openness of NISQ computers as a resource. Sergiy Denysov is one of the primary investigators of this project, and our PhD student Kristian Wold is also engaged in this research. This consortium involves several European research institutions.

Sergiy Denysov is also, together with the PhD student Heine O. Aabø, involved in a project aiming to develop personalized cancer treatment optimized using quantum technology.

Quantum Software Engineering is one of the research topics with our member and Simula researcher Shaukat Ali.

Sølve Selstø is heading a project dedicated to develop computational, numerical and mathematical techniques for describing the quantum evolution of matrices. Along with Hårek Haugerud and Sergiy Denysov, our PhD student Bendik S. Dalen is dedicated to this project.

Finally, Sølve Selstø is also heading development work dedicated to producing accessible online visualization tools for quantum phenomena. Eivind H. Omtveit is dedicated to this work.

Much of this research happens in close collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence Lab.