Mikko Möttönen selected as finalist for the European Inventor Award 2026
Möttönen is a finalist in the ‘Research’ category for developing an ultrasensitive cryogenic microwave sensor to diagnose interference in quantum computers.
IQM
Full stack quantum computers and applications to HPCs, research institutes, universities and business enterprises.
Status:
Unicorns
SDGs:
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Industry:
ICT
Impact:
Sustainable systems
Origin:
-
School:
School of Science
Established:
2018
About IQM
Quantum computing will revolutionize industries like drug discovery, materials science and finance by solving complex problems in hours instead of years.
New quantum record: Transmon qubit coherence reaches millisecond threshold
The result foreshadows a leap in computational capabilities, with researchers now inviting experts around the globe to reproduce the groundbreaking measurement.
New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors
IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors
IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.
Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications
The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.
Aalto quantum computing spinout secures €11.45m in funding
IQM hopes to commercialise groundbreaking research from Aalto and VTT
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