Seven innovation projects in AI and quantum technology receive grants

The seven projects have been granted grants within the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation's Proof of Concept program. The purpose of the program is to bridge the gap from academic basic research to innovations. 

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"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

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Photo Magnus Bergström
Supernovae – powerful explosions that mark the end of massive stars – play a crucial role in the evolution of the universe. But how the explosions occur is not fully understood. Josefin Larsson is improving our understanding about supernovae by combining new observations and methods with a treasure hunt in astronomical archives.
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Photo Magnus Bergström
Wallenberg Scholar Per Ahlberg is taking a further step back in our evolution – and a big step at that. New fossil finds from Greenland and Australia show how vertebrates moved from water to land many millions of years earlier that had been thought.
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Photo Johan Wingborg
Per Delsing aims to solve some of the problems facing global quantum technology. As a Wallenberg Scholar, he will be taking Swedish quantum bits (qubits) underground, and finding ways to better read out information from quantum computers.