In five years, the effects of quantum computing will reach beyond the research lab. It will be used extensively by new categories of professionals and developers looking to this emerging method of computing to solve problems once considered unsolvable. Bob Sutor, VP IBM Q Strategy and Ecosystem, IBM Research Yorktown, will highlight the IBM strategy for Quantum Computing and the main research focus areas in this domain.

Robert (Bob) Sutor, VP - Cognitive, Blockchain, and Quantum Solutions - IBM Research, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY USA.
R&D executive leading a large global group of scientists, software engineers, and designers who create and integrate leading edge science and technologies to give IBM's clients the most advanced solutions available. Our work is often mathematically-based and thus includes cognitive and AI technologies like machine learning, deep learning, text and image analytics, statistics, predictive analytics, and optimization. Co-leads the IBM Research effort to support IBM's commercial blockchain efforts with advanced innovations across a broad range of its embedded technologies. Leads the group developing the next generation software stack and algorithms for quantum computers.