The headquarters of the Integral Domotics Center(CEDINT) and Madrid Supercomputing and Visualization Center (CeSViMa) hosted today the official presentation of the Madrid Quantum Communications Infrastructure (MadQCI) project. The Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, and the Deputy Minister of Universities, Science and Innovation, Fidel Rodríguez Batalla attended the event, organized by the Ministry of Science and Innovation with the support of the Madrid Regional Government. Among other authorities, representatives of the beneficiary organizations were also present. The IMDEA Software Institute was represented by Manuel Carro, as director, and César Sánchez, representing REDIMadrid.
MadQuantum-CM is a project that is part of the “Complementary R&D&I Plans” of the “Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan” within the line dedicated to quantum communication. This is a new instrument to establish collaborations between the State and the autonomous communities in R&D&I actions. For this reason, MadQuantum-CM has joint financing through the execution of regional, state and European funds (NextGenerationEU funds, MRR).
MadQuantum-CM’s main partners include the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM); the IMDEA Software Institute; the Spanish Metrology Center (CEM); the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM); the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM); the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), and the IMDEA Networks Institute.
More than 18.5 M€ will be allocated to provide a unique quantum communications technology development environment with the aim of becoming a permanent node of the European Quantum Communications Infrastructure (EuroQCI). In addition, MadQuantum-CM will also allow realistic demonstrations not only of the capabilities of the technologies in production environments but also of the services that can be provided by quantum networks such as critical infrastructure protection, highly secure database connections, symmetric key distribution for defense services, applications in banking, medicine, etc.
MadQuantum-CM was supported by Ministry of Science and Innovation with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by the Madrid Regional Government.
