Bryant University's Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program has advanced in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, vaulting 28 spots to claim the 37th position nationally and placing it among the top 15 percent of online MBAs in the country. In addition to the overall ranking, Bryants Online MBA earned the number 1 spot in the nation for student services and technology a testament to the programs student-centered, hands-on approach to online education.

Introduced in 2019 as a flexible alternative to the in-seat MBA, Bryants Online MBA is the number one program of its kind in Rhode Island, according to U.S. News & World Reports latest analysis. Released February 7, the 2024 report considered engagement, reputation, faculty credentials, student excellence, services and technologies, and assessments by leaders of peer institutions.

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"This new ranking supports the universitys long-standing commitment to transformational learning experiences and strong student outcomes," says President Ross Gittell, Ph.D. Im proud of this recognition, and of our College of Business faculty for their achievement.

The U.S. News & World Report rankings come on the heels of the 2024 Poets&Quants assessment of the countrys best online MBAs, in which Bryant was named among the top 20 percent in the nation. Poets&Quants relied on admissions standards, student surveys on academic experience, and career outcomes as the basis for the rankings.

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Rupendra Paliwal, Ph.D., Bryant Universitys provost and chief academic officer, credits the agility and expertise of College of Business faculty for the programs success.

Our faculty are leaders in their field, and they consistently deploy forward-thinking methodologies that prepare our learners for an ever-evolving business climate, says Paliwal. As technology advances and educational pedagogy shifts, we continue to invest in tools and innovations that ensure our graduates remain ahead of the curve for a long time to come.

Designed for working professionals aiming to enhance their strategic leadership skills, Bryants Online MBA is self-paced, offering five start times throughout the year and student-selected course sequences. Students from across the globe enroll in the Online MBA, with tracks in Strategic Leadership and Innovative Healthcare Leadership, and many complete the 10-course program in a single year while managing full-time careers and personal commitments.

College of Business Dean Madan Annavarjula, Ph.D., says the programs distinguishing features include its small class sizes, live office hours, and academic and career coaching for all students.

"The Online MBAs flexibility, combined with its unmatched commitment to student support as recognized by U.S. News & World Report, prepares our students to succeed, he says. Wherever they are in the world, they have the tools they need to make the most out of their graduate education.

With tuition among the most competitive in the field at $2,331 per three-credit course, Online MBA graduates experience an immediate return on their academic investment. A 2022 outcomes survey revealed that 60 percent of Bryant Online MBA students secured promotions or new positions upon graduation, with an average salary increase of 25 percent.

About Bryants Online MBA

A leader in MBA education for over 50 years, Bryants Online MBA was Rhode Islands first fully online MBA from an AACSB-accredited institution. Bryant began offering a Master of Business Administration in 1969 and became accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International in 1994.

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About Bryant University

For over 160 years, Bryant University has been at the forefront of delivering an exceptional education that anticipates the future and prepares students to be innovative leaders of character in a changing world. The university delivers a uniquely integrated academic and student life experience with nationally recognized academic programs at the intersection of business, liberal arts, and health and behavioral sciences.

Recognized for staying ahead of industry demands, Bryant Universitys graduate programs combine the comprehensive curriculum with valuable hands-on, real-world knowledge that makes it a leading university in student outcomes.

Located on a 428-acre contemporary campus in Smithfield, R.I., and available around the world through its online programs, Bryant enrolls approximately 3,800 undergraduate and graduate students from 38 states and 49 countries. Bryant is recognized as a top 1% national leader in student education outcomes and ROI and regularly receives high rankings from U.S. News & World Report, Money, Bloomberg Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, College Factual and Barrons. Bryant.edu

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Michigan State University online graduate programs continue to receive top rankings in the U.S. News & World Report Online Program Rankings 2024 Edition

After returning to the top 10 in the 2023 report, MSUs online graduate program in the College of Education improved three places to a No. 7 ranking overall and among public institutions.

The program also placed in the top five in the four specific disciplinary areas identified by U.S. News & World Report:

In todays dynamic educational landscape, online education is a catalyst for accessible learning, breaking barriers and offering flexibility, said Jerlando Jackson, dean of the MSU College of Education. The notable improvement of the colleges online rankings underscores the exceptional quality of education that Spartans are experiencing across the globe.

The Broad College of Business online non-MBA graduate program increased two places to No. 4 in the nation and No. 2 among public institutions. This represents the programs highest-ever ranking. The program also jumped one place to No. 2 in the nation, No. 1 among publics, in online business programs for veterans.

The College of Social Sciences online masters program in criminal justice is ranked No. 10 in the nation and No. 6 among public universities. The program is also ranked No. 5 among the best criminal justice programs for veterans.

U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on a combination of reputational surveys, data-based metrics and metrics specific to online instruction.

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Three years after abandoning edX, the pioneering open-access online course provider, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are settling into amore conventional route toimprove post-secondary access and completion.

The two elite universities, through anon-profit they call the Axim Collaborative, have begun redirecting slices oftheir $800million (600million) payout from the edXsale towards funding projects designed largely to benefit low-income and non-traditional students.

To lead Axim on that mission, the universities have chosen Stephanie Khurana, a Harvard-affiliated expert in social venture philanthropy and technological innovation who has begun identifying partners largely university-based with demonstratable skills in using technology to improve overall student success.

Some of those things are inside the classroom; sometimes theyre adjacent to the classroom; and sometimes theyre connected to work, MsKhurana said in outlining the strategies that Axim hopes to accelerate. The goal, she said, is to just fill those holes and overcome those barriers, with these innovations.

The need is clearly there. Only about 60per cent of US high school leavers enrol in college, and just about 60per cent of them earn adegree, leaving the country with some 40million people who have spent some time at university but lack aqualification acostly outcome that is substantially worse among racial minorities.

Less clear, however, is whether and how successfully higher education reformers will work with the progeny of two prominent and wealthy educational institutions that already had a promising solution inedX but abandoned itbecause of the cost.

Ms Khurana acknowledged the challenge, saying Axim is really trying to make a difference and, frankly, earn the trust of these broad-access institutions.

Campus resource: open educational resources to make lifelong learning accessible to all

Theyve had a lot of people come in and try to innovate, and a lot of people back out, and were very sensitive to that, she told Times Higher Education.

That concern looks central, given the Harvard-MIT abandonment ofedX, said Kevin Carey, director of education policy at New America Foundation, a left-of-centre thinktank. Itseems like Harvard and MIT sold at the top, and are now trying to figure out what to do with all that money in a way that is in some way connected to the original spirit ofedX, MrCarey said.

Harvard and MIT started edX in 2012, with a combined investment of $60million and a goal of helping universities share their courses globally at little or nocost to students. The edX platform grew to supply more than 3,600 courses from 160 university partners to 42million students worldwide.

But Harvard and MIT sold the main business in 2021, saying its low-fee model was not looking financially viable, and promising to use the proceeds to drive the next iteration of learning innovation. The buyer, 2U, is a for-profit version ofedX that has since seen itscorporate value plummet to below $100million and has pushed out the founder who negotiated the purchase.

The name Axim is a portmanteau combining access and impact. Its initial round offunding beneficiaries shows heavy attention to students in community colleges and the development of artificial intelligence tools. They include such projects as Arizona State University working with the Southwestern Community College District in California to help under-represented students by combining in-person and online services; and MIT, Georgia State University and Quinsigamond Community College testing AI-infused student tutoring.

Maria Anguiano, the executive vice-president of ASUs Learning Enterprise, is among Axims enthusiasts. ASUs Axim-funded work shows how the standard model can be flipped on its head to reach more learners, shesaid.

Mr Carey said he saw some worthwhile goals, but questioned why Harvard and MIT appeared to be largely reinforcing work done by others, and limiting their planned spending on Axim MsKhurana expects an annual budget of $20million to $25million ayear, including the cost of maintaining afree version of the edX course distribution system to the interest generated by edXs $800million sale proceeds. The richest university in the world got richer from this, Mr Carey said of the edX sale, and theyre going to keep the money and just spend the interest.

The appropriate way to evaluate Axim is in relation to the original ideals around which edX was formed and [to] ask: are they doing all they can to live up to this? he said. And Im not sure Ican say the answer is yes.

Ms Khurana, by contrast, sees Axim as giving a substantial boost to worthwhile projects. Trickle-down innovation isnt apanacea for reaching those who could benefit most, she said.

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For the third consecutive year, UNC Charlotte has earned a spot among the top 10 best providers of online bachelors degrees in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Reports 2024 Best Online Bachelors Degrees rankings, released on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

UNC Charlotte ranks No. 7 (tie) and is one of only six universities to be ranked in the top 10 for three consecutive years.

U.S. News metrics for the online undergraduate rankings include student engagement, support given to students and instructor training and credentials.

For Charlotte, U.S. News evaluated its seven fully online bachelors programs, including nursing (RN-to-BSN), elementary education (teaching assistant to teacher), respiratory therapy, engineering technology (fire safety) and professional studies. All of these programs were developed as degree completion programs for students who already have some college credit.

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In separate 2024 Best Online Masters Degrees rankings, also released on Feb. 7, U.S. News recognized four Charlotte online graduate or specialty programs:

Growing to serve working adults

UNC Charlotte provides more than 50 online degree programs, all geared toward working adults.

As enrollment and offerings in UNC Charlotte online programs continue to grow to serve our region, state and beyond, we are pleased to see the University consistently recognized as one of the top providers of high-quality and affordable online programs in the U.S., said Jennifer Troyer, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. This illustrates UNC Charlottes university-wide commitment to supporting working adults as they continue their education and advance their careers. Were proud of the hard work our dedicated faculty and staff have put in to develop online programs.

Online programs are powered by the School of Professional Studies, which launched in 2021 to streamline the student experience for working professionals.

Over the last two years, Charlotte has launched an online MBA and three online bachelors degree completion programs: B.S. in Professional Studies, B.A. in Political Science and B.A. in Sociology: Concentration in Organizations, Occupations and Work.

Enrollment in Charlotte online programs has increased 36% over the past five years.

In its 12th year, the U.S. News Best Online Programs is designed for individuals looking to complete or further their education. U.S. News evaluated more than 1,600 online bachelor's and master's degree programs for the rankings.

According to the publication, while the methodologies are different for each discipline, they all incorporate metrics specific to online learning. Only degree-granting programs that are offered primarily online by regionally accredited institutions are eligible.

This is the latest in a growing number of national rankings that illustrate UNC Charlottes rise as a top-tier global research university. In September, Charlotte climbed 41 spots in the U.S. News 2024 Best College rankings, achieving a spot among the nations top 100 public universities.

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CU Boulder is partnering with Google to offer students and recent graduates the opportunity to earn free online career certificates that are recognized credentials by many major employers. CU Boulder is the first four-year institution in Colorado to partner with Google to offer the Google Career Certificates program.

This innovative partnershipthe first of its kind in the stateallows students to add a quality, industry-recognized credential to their collegiate experience potentially enhancing a students marketability in the workforce, said Angie Paccione, executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. It also aligns with our stackable credentials work, which allows employers to inform postsecondary program curriculum to ensure graduates are developing the skills and competencies most valued by employersa clear win-win for students and employers.

The Google Career Certificates program at CU Boulder will primarily target juniors, seniors and recent graduates who are preparing to enter the workforce. The program will also be offered to employees of CU Boulders Office of Infrastructure and Sustainability as part of this pilot.

The program will help CU learners gain in-demand technical skills and forward-looking credentials to help them succeed in the digital economy.

In todays fast-paced environment, it is critical for students and young alumni to have options to upskill and gain work-based experience alongside their world class CU Boulder education, said Dylan Mark, professional experiences program manager at CU Boulder Career Services. Google Career Certificates offer CU Boulder learners a unique opportunity to explore skills and interests, pursue in-demand fieldsand provide certification of achievement to prospective employers.

The program will be hosted on the Coursera platform and will provide access to six Google Career Certificates in fields such as data analytics, project management, IT support and UX design. These certificates are designed and taught by Google employees and are considered stackable credentials, or part of a sequence of credentials that can be accumulated over time to demonstrate an individuals expanded knowledge and competencies. They are recognized by over 150 employers, including Deloitte, Ford, Verizon, Walmartand Google itself.

These certificates will help CU Boulder students align their skillsets and showcase their talents to employers that value the knowledge, skills and abilities taught in the Google Career Certificates program. The microcredentials that students can earn in this program will be a valuable add-on to the degrees that they are getting from our campus.

This is an exciting partnership for our campus that will support our students and staff in learning new skills that are directly applicable to work-based experience while enhancing their CU Boulder degrees in new ways, said Robert McDonald, dean of University Libraries and senior vice provost of online education. We are so glad that Google wants to offer our students and staff some of their best instructional content in ways that will create new opportunities at graduation and beyond.

CU Boulder has a history of partnership with Google which has grown over the years. The collaboration includes scholarship support for students in the Department of Computer Scienceand support for CU Boulders Media Archaeology Lab.

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In a remarkable demonstration of educational progress, Texas Tech University has made significant strides in the U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Online Programs rankings. The institution's online bachelor's programs have surged to No. 50, marking an impressive leap of 79 spots from the previous year and a total ascent of 110 spots since 2022.

Beyond its achievement in online bachelor's programs, the university's online master's education program has climbed to No. 121, improving by 21 places from 2023 and 41 spots from 2022. The online MBA programs have secured a No. 22 ranking, elevating 11 positions from last year. Illustratively, the online engineering program advanced 20 spots to No. 37, realigning with its 2022 ranking.

Adding to its accolades, Texas Tech has been recognized for its significant commitment to veterans. The institution ranks No. 19 for best online MBA for veterans, up eight spots, and No. 13 for best non-MBA online master's of business programs for veterans. The university's non-MBA master's of business online program and online master's computer information technology program also featured in the rankings, at No. 28 and No. 63, respectively.

The rankings by U.S. News & World Report are grounded in a thorough evaluation of distance learning programs. They consider a range of factors like student excellence, services, technologies, expert opinions, student engagement, admissions selectivity, and faculty credentials and training.

Texas Tech attributes much of its success in online education to the faculty's ability to adapt their teaching methods to engage with the demands of students' busy lives and the benefits of earning a degree. As emphasized by Provost and Senior Vice President, Ron Hendrick, the university is committed to meeting students where they are and helping them be successful, even if they can't make it to a physical campus.

In conclusion, the remarkable rise of Texas Tech University in the online program rankings is a testament to the institution's commitment to quality education and its adaptability in the evolving educational landscape.

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HOUSTON In what scientists are calling a quantum coup, a team at Rice University has made a revolutionary discovery in the realm of quantum materials, unveiling a first-of-its-kind 3D crystalline metal. This new material has the remarkable ability to halt the movement of electrons, a phenomenon brought about by the unique combination of quantum correlations and the materials geometric structure.

The study not only details the discovery but also outlines the innovative design principles and experimental approaches that led to this significant finding. The material, a mix of copper, vanadium, and sulfur, forms a 3D pyrochlore lattice a structure made up of corner-sharing tetrahedra.

We look for materials where there are potentially new states of matter or new exotic features that havent been discovered, says study co-corresponding author Ming Yi, an experimental physicist at Rice University, in a university release.

Quantum materials, especially those facilitating strong electron interactions leading to quantum entanglement, are ripe for such discoveries. Entanglement, a quantum phenomenon, can result in electrons being locked in place due to their movements becoming highly correlated.

The study focuses on how these interactions and the materials structure can lead to electron localization, creating what are known as flat electronic bands. Until now, the occurrence of flat bands, which limit the energy range electrons can occupy, making them more likely to interact, was primarily associated with 2D materials. This research, however, provides the first empirical evidence of such an effect in a 3D material.

Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), a technique that allows scientists to observe the arrangement and energies of electrons in materials, the team was able to detail the band structure of this novel material. They discovered a unique flat band at the Fermi level, the energy level at which electrons occupy states in a material.

It turns out that both types of physics are important in this material, explains Yi. The geometric frustration aspect was there, as theory had predicted. The pleasant surprise was that there were also correlation effects that produced the flat band at the Fermi level, where it can actively participate in determining the physical properties.

The discovery was made possible through the collaborative efforts of 10 Rice researchers across four laboratories, with significant contributions from the research groups of physicist Pengcheng Dai, who produced the samples, and Boris Yakobson, whose team performed calculations to quantify the effects of geometric frustration. The ARPES experiments were conducted at prestigious facilities, including the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory.

This materials unique properties stem from a mix of geometric frustration, where the arrangement of atoms prevents electrons from settling into a stable configuration, and strong electron interactions that magnify this effect.

Its the very first work to really show not only this cooperation between geometric- and interaction-driven frustration, but also the next stage, which is getting electrons to be in the same space at the top of the (energy) ladder, where theres a maximal chance of their reorganizing into interesting and potentially functional new phases, says study co-corresponding author Qimiao Si, a theoretical physicist at Rice.

The implications of this discovery are vast, opening new avenues for research into pyrochlore crystals and potentially leading to innovations in quantum computing, electronics, and materials science.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, concludes Yi. This is 3D, which is new, and just given how many surprising findings there have been on Kagome lattices, Im envisioning that there could be equally or maybe even more exciting discoveries to be made in the pyrochlore materials.

With the predictive methodology developed, researchers now have a new tool for identifying materials where similar phenomena could arise, promising further exciting discoveries in the quantum realm.

The study is published in the journal Nature Physics.

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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to identify errors in quantum computers, greatly improving error correction efficiency. This advancement employs real-time error monitoring in quantum computations, marking a significant shift in quantum computing research. Credit: SciTechDaily.com

With a quick pulse of light, researchers can now find and erase errors in real time.

Researchers have developed a method that can reveal the location of errors in quantum computers, making them up to ten times easier to correct. This will significantly accelerate progress towards large-scale quantum computers capable of tackling the worlds most challenging computational problems, the researchers said.

Led by Princeton Universitys Jeff Thompson, the team demonstrated a way to identify when errors occur in quantum computers more easily than ever before. This is a new direction for research into quantum computing hardware, which more often seeks to simply lower the probability of an error occurring in the first place.

A paper detailing the new approach was recently published in the journal Nature. Thompsons collaborators include Shruti Puri at Yale University and Guido Pupillo at the University of Strasbourg.

Physicists have been inventing new qubits the core component of quantum computers for nearly three decades, and steadily improving those qubits to be less fragile and less prone to error. But some errors are inevitable no matter how good qubits get. The central obstacle to the future development of quantum computers is being able to correct for these errors. However, to correct an error, you first have to figure out if an error occurred, and where it is in the data. And typically, the process of checking for errors introduces more errors, which have to be found again, and so on.

Quantum computers ability to manage those inevitable errors has remained more or less stagnant over that long period, according to Thompson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. He realized there was an opportunity in biasing certain kinds of errors.

Not all errors are created equal, he said.

Researchers led by Jeff Thompson at Princeton University have developed a technique to make it 10 times easier to correct errors in a quantum computer. Credit: Frank Wojciechowski

Thompsons lab works on a type of quantum computer based on neutral atoms. Inside the ultra-high vacuum chamber that defines the computer, qubits are stored in the spin of individual ytterbium atoms held in place by focused laser beams called optical tweezers. In this work, a team led by graduate student Shuo Ma used an array of 10 qubits to characterize the probability of errors occurring while first manipulating each qubit in isolation, and then manipulating pairs of qubits together.

They found error rates near the state of the art for a system of this kind: 0.1 percent per operation for single qubits and 2 percent per operation for pairs of qubits.

However, the main result of the study is not only the low error rates, but also a different way to characterize them without destroying the qubits. By using a different set of energy levels within the atom to store the qubit, compared to previous work, the researchers were able to monitor the qubits during the computation to detect the occurrence of errors in real time. This measurement causes the qubits with errors to emit a flash of light, while the qubits without errors remain dark and are unaffected.

This process converts the errors into a type of error known as an erasure error. Erasure errors have been studied in the context of qubits made from photons, and have long been known to be simpler to correct than errors in unknown locations, Thompson said. However, this work is the first time the erasure-error model has been applied to matter-based qubits. It follows a theoretical proposal last year from Thompson, Puri, and Shimon Kolkowitz of the University of California-Berkeley.

In the demonstration, approximately 56 percent of one-qubit errors and 33 percent of two-qubit errors were detectable before the end of the experiment. Crucially, the act of checking for errors doesnt cause significantly more errors: The researchers showed that checking increased the rate of errors by less than 0.001 percent. According to Thompson, the fraction of errors detected can be improved with additional engineering.

The inside of the ytterbium-based neutral atom quantum computing system developed in Thompsons lab. Credit: Frank Wojciechowski

The researchers believe that, with the new approach, close to 98 percent of all errors should be detectable with optimized protocols. This could reduce the computational costs of implementing error correction by an order of magnitude or more.

Other groups have already started to adapt this new error detection architecture. Researchers at Amazon Web Services and a separate group at Yale have independently shown how this new paradigm can also improve systems using superconducting qubits.

We need advances in many different areas to enable useful, large-scale quantum computing. One of the challenges of systems engineering is that these advances that you come up with dont always add up constructively. They can pull you in different directions, Thompson said. Whats nice about erasure conversion is that it can be used in many different qubits and computer architectures, so it can be deployed flexibly in combination with other developments.

Reference: High-fidelity gates and mid-circuit erasure conversion in an atomic qubit by Shuo Ma, Genyue Liu, Pai Peng, Bichen Zhang, Sven Jandura, Jahan Claes, Alex P. Burgers, Guido Pupillo, Shruti Puri and Jeff D. Thompson, 11 October 2023, Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06438-1

Additional authors on the paper High-fidelity gates with mid-circuit erasure conversion in a metastable neutral atom qubit include Shuo Ma, Genyue Liu, Pai Peng, Bichen Zhang, and Alex P. Burgers, at Princeton; Sven Jandura at Strasbourg; and Jahan Claes at Yale. This work was supported in part by the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, DARPA, the National Science Foundation, and the Sloan Foundation.

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LEESBURG, Va., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCi", "we", "our" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative quantum optics andnanophotonics technology company,today announced new leadership appointments as the Company readies for an active 2024 with an anticipated market-disruptive product release schedule. William (Bill) J. McGann, Ph.D., a globally recognized leader in commercialization of innovative technology, has been appointed CEO of Quantum Computing Inc. Dr. McGann succeeds QCi's co-founder Robert Liscouski who remains Chairman of the Board to help oversee the Company's growth and expansion.

Dr. McGann has a decade-long track record for transforming credible science into practical technology in steps of innovation, engineering, and leadership. In his role as QCi's CTO, Dr. McGann has driven the launch of QCi products in the areas of quantum optimization machines, reservoir computing for AI, quantum remote sensing, and quantum random number generation in 2023. Bill and the team are leading the charge in the Company's mission to provide "accessible and affordable" quantum technology to the world. Over the course of his professional career, Dr. McGann has held numerous business and technology leadership positions.

Dr. McGann began his entrepreneurial journey in 1990, where he was a co-founder of a disruptive technology innovation company, Ion Track Instruments. There, he and the team created a revolutionary new explosives trace detection technology and methodology that is widely deployed around the world today. After successfully capturing a majority of the global market share in this industry, he sold Ion Track to GE and formed the GE Security business unit in 2002, where he continued to create new technologies to further grow the industry. Since then, Dr. McGann has led and driven innovative product design in several businesses, both large and small, which include United Technologies, Implant Sciences Corporation, L3 Harris Corp., and then Leidos as CTO of the Security and Automation division.

Dr. McGann received his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Connecticut and holds undergraduate degrees in both chemistry and biology. He has authored over 70 research proposals (SBIR) for the U.S. government, dozens of scientific publications, and 26 patents in the areas of nuclear, chemical and biological detection technologies.

Commenting on Dr. McGann's appointment, Robert Liscouski, co-founder and Chairman of Quantum Computing Inc., shared, "Over the past six years, QCi has evolved into an innovative leader of nanophotonic quantum technologies. We believe we are about to revolutionize the market with another breakthrough technology that delivers processing power, accuracy and speed at minimal energy usage at a reasonable price as true to our mission of providing accessible and affordable quantum technology to the world. I am proud to have led QCi through inception to this inflection point where it is positioned for significant growth in 2024. While I will continue to be meaningfully engaged at QCi going forward, I believe it is time to pass the baton to the next phase of leadership to take this Company to the next level. Bill and the team are poised to introduce value-creation and cost-effective quantum technologies that will change the market as we know it today. We are fortunate to have the right combination of extraordinary talent with a passion and unwavering commitment to this company to carry us into the future."

Mr. Liscouski intends to use his more than 35 years of national security experience, including his service as the first U.S. Assistant Secretary forInfrastructure Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, President of Implant Sciences Corporation, Global Director of Information Assurance at the Coca-Cola Company, and a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. to further support the Company's progress in commercializing its highly innovative technology, while providing strategic direction and corporate governance to grow shareholder value. In his role as Chairman, Mr. Liscouski will remain active in guiding the business strategy and direction.

Dr. McGann added, "Bob has tirelessly led the business and accomplished much in his role as CEO and has built a solid foundation for QCi's success. As the new leader, I will leverage these accomplishments and progress to accelerate the Company's growth through the commercialization of our core technologies and continue to innovate and deliver important technologies for a better world consistent with our moto "Quantum Machines for a Brighter Future".

For additional information on the Company's suite of solutions, please visit our websiteor contact our team directly.

About Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi)

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) (Nasdaq: QUBT) is an innovative, quantum optics and nanophotonics technology company on a mission to accelerate the value of quantum computing for real-world business solutions, delivering the future of quantum computing, today. The company provides accessible and affordable solutions with real-world industrial applications, using nanophotonic-basedquantum entropy that can be used anywhere and with little to no training, operates at normal room temperatures, low power and is not burdened with unique environmental requirements. QCi is competitively advantaged delivering its quantum solutions at greater speed, accuracy, and security at less cost. QCi's core nanophotonic-based technology is applicable to both quantum computing as well as quantum intelligence, cybersecurity, sensing and imaging solutions, providing QCi with a unique position in the marketplace. QCi's core entropy computing capability, the Dirac series, delivers solutions for both binary and integer-based optimization problems using over 11,000 qubits for binary problems and over 1000 (n=64) qubits for integer-based problems, each of which are the highest number of variables and problem size available in quantum computing today.Using the Company's core quantum methodologies, QCi has developed specific quantum applications for AI, cybersecurity and remote sensing, including its Reservoir Photonic Computer series (intelligence), reprogrammable and non-repeatable Quantum Random Number Generator (cybersecurity) and LiDAR and Vibrometer (sensing) products. For more information about QCi, visitwww.quantumcomputinginc.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the near future. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of QCi and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.

QCi undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed conditions. Statements in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements relating to future events, and as such all forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements may contain certain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated or projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations and results. Words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intends," "goal," "objective," "seek," "attempt," "aim to," or variations of these or similar words, identify forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A in QCi's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other factors as may periodically be described in QCi's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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In the realm of quantum computing and molecular science, a new paper by Insilico Medicine, a leader in AI-driven drug discovery, is turning heads.

The researchers, in collaboration with the University of Torontos Acceleration Consortium and Foxconn Research Institute, have unveiled a novel approach that integrates quantum computing with the study of living organisms.

This fascinating work holds the promise of deepening our understanding of complex biological processes like aging and disease.

The foundation for this innovative approach was laid in May 2023 when the collaborative team published their research on quantum generative adversarial networks in generative chemistry in the American Chemical Societys Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

This marked a significant stride in demonstrating the potential benefits of quantum computing in this field.

The latest paper from Insilico builds upon this foundation. It offers a comprehensive view of how a fusion of AI, quantum computing, and the physics of complex systems can lead to new insights into human health.

The researchers highlight the latest advancements in physics-guided AI, emphasizing its potential in revolutionizing our understanding of biological phenomena.

AI has been instrumental in helping scientists process and analyze vast, intricate biological datasets, uncovering new disease pathways and linking aging and disease at the cellular level.

However, applying these insights to more complex interactions within the body remains a challenge.

According to the Insilico team, overcoming this hurdle requires multimodal modeling methods that can handle the complexity of scale, algorithms, and ever-growing datasets.

While we are not a quantum company, it is important to utilize capabilities to take advantage of the speed provided by the new hybrid computing solutions and hyperscalers, says co-author Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder and co-CEO of Insilico Medicine.

As this computing goes mainstream, it may be possible to perform very complex biological simulations and discover personalized interventions with desired properties for a broad range of diseases and age-associated processes. We are very happy to see our research center in the UAE producing valuable insights in this area, Zhavoronkov concludes.

The paper delves into the intricate biological processes that span from cellular to organ to systemic levels, highlighting the need for simultaneous multi-scale analysis.

With the advent of projects like the 1000 Genomes Project and the UK Biobank, which have generated an unprecedented volume of biological data, the necessity for immense computing power to process and analyze this data has never been greater.

Quantum computing emerges as a game-changer in this context. Its ability to augment AI methods, thanks to the unique properties of qubits that hold values of both 0 and 1 simultaneously (unlike classical bits), provides vastly superior computing speed and capability.

This advancement is evidenced by IBMs recent developments in quantum computing, including a utility-scale quantum processor and the first modular quantum computer.

The authors advocate for a physics-guided AI approach to gain a deeper understanding of human biology.

This emerging field, combining physics-based and neural network models, is poised to unlock new dimensions of biological research.

By leveraging AI, quantum computing, and complex systems physics, scientists are better equipped to understand how interactions at smaller scales within cells, organisms, or societies give rise to emergent characteristics observable at larger scales.

In summary, this research represents a significant leap forward in computational molecular science. By harnessing the combined powers of AI and quantum computing, researchers are on the cusp of unraveling some of the most intricate mysteries of life, paving the way for revolutionary discoveries in human health and disease.

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