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Draft SRIA 2026: Computing and simulation

Draft SRIA 2026 overview / Technology roadmaps

Draft for consultation. This is the draft Strategic Research and Industry Agenda of the second phase of the public consultation, not an adopted agenda: chapters, goals and figures may change.

Source: Strategic Research and Industry Agenda (SRIA) for quantum technologies, Draft for the second phase of the public consultation (Quantum Flagship, 306 pages, PDF dated 2026-09-19). Summaries are in our own words; years, figures and targets are as stated, with the page.

Public consultation: closed on 2026-10-02, as stated on qt.eu. Comments were collected per chapter through the consultation page. qt.eu gives 2 October 2026 as the closing date for every chapter (consultation page and news post of 19 September 2026, read on 27 October 2026); the draft PDF (page 145) states 16 to 30 September. Responses went through one form per chapter on the consultation page.

Merges computing and simulation, puts more weight on fault-tolerant computing while keeping analogue, annealing and NISQ routes, and sets platform targets for logical qubits, circuit depth and clock rate, plus goals for algorithms, software and HPC integration.

Pages
3–42
Themes
Infrastructure, Standards and benchmarks, Security, space and defence, Supply chain

Drafting status: The chair notes that some sections are not yet fully developed and invites input; the KPI table lists indicators without values and the timeline is still to be generated. Page 4

Goals and milestones

Timeline of Computing and simulation in the draft SRIANumbered items by year. 2028: 2; 2030: 1, 3, 5, 14, 15, 17; 2035: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16.20262027202820292030203120322033203420352135141517467891011121316
Squares are goals, circles are dated milestones; the numbers match the list below.

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KPIs as stated in the draft

KPIs of Computing and simulation: values as stated in the draft
Objective and indicator2026 baseline2030 target2035 targetPage
Quantum utility Number of quantum utility demonstrations with a quantum error corrected gate-based (digital) quantum computerThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Quantum utility Number of quantum utility demonstrations with an analog or simulation-based platformThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership Circuit size (Clifford unitary), NISQ or FTQCThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership Entanglement (size of GHZ state), NISQ or FTQCThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership Factoring (Shor’s algorithm), NISQ or FTQCThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership Error correction beyond break evenThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Impact Number of use cases identified (QC / QS)The draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Access Number of QC or QS user facilitiesThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Access Number of HPC/QC or QS integrated networksThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership QEC cycles per hourThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33
Technical leadership Certifiable metrics for logical computationThe draft lists this indicator without values.not givennot givennot given33

What the portal shows today

Read-only figures of this portal, for orientation; they are not SRIA figures and do not measure progress against the draft.

Confirmed items of the technologies of this chapter

  • 1213 projects
  • 185 organisations
  • 22 courses and schools
  • 27 infrastructure entries
  • 18 deployment records

Technology hubs: Quantum computing and simulation

Infrastructure deployment tracker

Current Flagship KPIs (SAB booklet 2025)

Suggested experts

People with recent published works in the matching technology families, from open sources (OpenAlex). Professional information only.

  • Markus Müller, RWTH Aachen University (39 quantum works on Quantum computing and simulation)
  • Ivano Tavernelli, IBM Research - Zurich (28 quantum works on Quantum computing and simulation)
  • Robert Wille, Technical University of Munich (28 quantum works on Quantum computing and simulation)
  • Karl Jansen, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (23 quantum works on Quantum computing and simulation)
  • Udara Jayasinghe, University of Strathclyde (13 quantum works on Quantum computing and simulation)

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