Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light to solve complex problems.

Experimental device harnesses quantum properties for efficient processing at room temperature. Engineers are working to ...

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial ...

Did you consider yourself a mathematician the last time you sat down to solve a Sudoku puzzle? It’s certainly a mentally ...

It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do so for some critical optimization tasks.

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hailed a research breakthrough as the company unveiled an analog optical computer built with ...

Quantum optimization is one of the most promising quantum computing applications with the potential to deliver major enhancements to critical problems in transport, logistics, machine learning, and ...

We investigate the pointwise well-posedness of optimization problems for locally convex cone-valued functions and establish some relations between the kinds of well-posedness. Via the neighborhoods ...

XOM and QBTS are exploring quantum tech to boost efficiency and tackle complex challenges across energy and beyond.