Supercomputers and quantum computers: What roles in the technological power of Europe?
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A "Les Jeudis de l'Ifri" videoconférence around Alice PANNIER, Research Fellow, Head of Ifri's Geopolitics of Technology Program.
The race for computing power has become a key element in international technological competition, particularly between China and the United States, and is also a strategic priority for Europe. What place can Europe hope to regain in the field of IT? What opportunities and challenges does quantum computing pose today, and how can Europe reap its economic, societal and security benefits?
Chair : Thomas Gomart, director of Ifri.
This debate is for corporate members only. It will be conducted in French.
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Alice PANNIER
Ancienne chercheuse associée et ancienne responsable du Centre Géopolitique des technologies de l'Ifri
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