Welcome to AIMday Quantum Computing 2025

AIMday Quantum Computing 2025 brings industry-led challenges in quantum computing to a network of academic experts across the QCA Cluster and QCi3 Hub. It will take place in-person in Edinburgh on Thursday, 26 June 2025 at the Edinburgh Training & Conference Centre. This event is part of the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology (IYQ) and the Quantum Fringe 2025; a two-month festival of events in Quantum Computing in Scotland hosted by the Quantum Software Lab (QSL) at the University of Edinburgh.

What is AIMday?

AIMday® (Academic Industry Meeting day) is a successful format for industry and academic workshops. Organisations are invited to submit ‘questions’ in quantum computing. The questions are published online and we begin the matchmaking process with our network of scientists, researchers, and students. On the day of the event, all participants come together for several one-hour workshops delivered in parallel to explore solutions and ways of working together. Workshops are open to all participants of the AIMday, to facilitate interactions between companies, public sector, and academia. Each workshop is facilitated by a member of QCA Cluster, to ensure the event is a valuable experience for all participants. 

More information about the AIMday Concept. 

What ‘questions’ are we exploring?

Quantum Computing has the potential to transform applications of Machine Learning, AI, Simulation, Optimisation, and Cryptography. Challenges in hardware, software, algorithms, and applications must be solved to unlock the value of this new computing resource. We invite organisations working on quantum computing solutions, as well as, end-users looking to solve computationally hard problems to submit ‘questions’ for the AIMday.

Examples of past AIMday Quantum Computing ‘questions’ can be found here.

If you have a ‘question’ in mind, but aren’t sure, please contact us on info@qca-cluster.org.

About QCA Cluster

The Quantum Computing Application (QCA) Cluster brings together the world-class expertise across from University of Strathclyde, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, and EPCC in:

• Hardware:
  • Neutral atom arrays
  • Cold atoms in optical lattices
  • Superconducting circuits
  • Hybrid superconducting-semconductor qubits
• Software, Algorithms, & Applications:
  • Applications: Machine Learning, AI, Optimisation, Simulation, and Cryptography
  • Quantum Error Correction
  • Quantum Algorithms
  • Quantum Security
  • Programming languages, compilers and circuit optimisation
  • Benchmarking, testing and verification
  • Noise mitigation techniques
  • Systems, architectures, and distributed computing protocols
• HPC:
  • Supercomputing
  • Integration of HPC resource & quantum computers
  • Hybrid quantum-classical applications

QCA Cluster aims to help end-users to understand, identify, and adopt quantum computing applications that may provide benefits over classical computing approaches. QCA Cluster can help manufacturers of quantum hardware or developers of quantum software on research and development projects. With support from Scottish Development International and Scottish Enterprise, we can help overseas businesses on expanding operations in Scotland. QCA Cluster, through host universities, plays an integrated role into the wider UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), and Quantum Technology Hubs.