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Visualizing Market Risk to Increase Return on Investment
Market risk is commonly modelled as a normal distribution of the expected returns for a financial instrument: The most likely outcome is at the peak, located in the middle of the distribution. The width of the curve on either side of the peak indicates the uncertainty or volatility of the market. Large volatility brings the possibility of making a lot of money, but also the risk of losing a lot of money.
Gaining the Edge on Medical Imaging in Remote Communities
1QBit earns second place at the (Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine) SIIM Hackathon for the prototype of their pAI project. The prototype involved implementing XrAI on a Raspberry Pi—a small single-board computer developed with the intention of teaching basic computer science in schools and in developing countries. The demonstration is a great leap forward in providing greater accessibility to assisted medical imaging, and a powerful educational tool for underserved communities that lack internet access and financial or medical resources.
How Gold and Crude Oil Are Affecting FX Rates During COVID-19
The idea of making money by exchanging one type of currency with another is well-known. Many Canadians remember a time or two when the Canadian dollar was on par with, or even worth more than, the US dollar, such as in 2007. Canadians revelled at the lower cost of goods south of the border. At the same time, people expected the US dollar to rise in value again, so many held onto their US currency in order to sell it later. Events like these are rare between established countries, and returns are typically low for foreign exchange (FX).
A Journey into Quantum Computing
Elizabeth Bennewitz is a quantum computing and machine learning researcher at 1QBit. In part one of this three-part series, Elizabeth’s inspiration and path on the way to becoming a master’s student and research intern was explored.
Finding New Solutions in Optimization Using Quantum Computing
What is the fastest route to take, the most efficient employee schedule, or the financial portfolio with the least amount of risk? Optimization is the science of finding the best solutions among many possibilities.
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The Importance of Investing in People
Karen Scanlan is the Director of People Operations at 1QBit. While working as an editor for a legal publication, she became interested ...
Optimizing Logistics Using Quantum Computing
Transportation and delivery make up a significant portion of the cost of many products. As society’s demands become more complex and ...
Looking into the Future(s) with Options
When deciding to buy, sell, or hold a particular investment, it can be tempting to simply look at the spot price or volume data and go ...
A Bit or Two About Qubits
Computing comes down to harnessing physics in different ways in order to process information. The difference between classical ...
Inside the World of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Simon Verret is a scientist at 1QBit, solving some of the most challenging problems in machine learning. He first heard about 1QBit ...
Visualizing Market Risk to Increase Return on Investment
Market risk is commonly modelled as a normal distribution of the expected returns for a financial instrument: The most likely outcome ...
What Brains, Bits, and Quantum Physics Have in Common
The laws of physics are manifested everywhere in nature. Consider a flowing river: it obeys physical laws and, in effect, solves ...
Using AI and Social Media to Analyze the Economy
With social media gaining popularity in the world of financial trading, there is interest in using the sentiment, or opinion, of many ...
The State of Quantum Computing
Quantum computers will transform our ability to resolve tough problems, such as drug discovery, and optimization ...
A Journey into Quantum Computing
Quantum physics is weird. Tiny quantum objects, like electrons and photons can behave like both waves and particles. They can tunnel ...
How Gold and Crude Oil Are Affecting FX Rates During COVID-19
The idea of making money by exchanging one type of currency with another is well-known. Many Canadians remember a time or two when the ...
A Journey into Quantum Computing
Elizabeth Bennewitz is a quantum computing and machine learning researcher at 1QBit. In part one of this three-part series, Elizabeth’s
Finding New Solutions in Optimization Using Quantum Computing
What is the fastest route to take, the most efficient employee schedule, or the financial portfolio with the least amount of risk? ...
A Journey into Quantum Computing
Fresh thinking and new perspectives are important in the advancement of science and technology research. Elizabeth Bennewitz is a ...
Is Bitcoin Pushing Out Gold?
The price of bitcoin has almost doubled since the beginning of the year, while gold has fallen by almost 15%. Cryptocurrency has ...
Exploring the World of Optimization with Pooja Pandey
Pooja Pandey works to solve the world’s most challenging optimization problems in energy, finance, and health care, using the power of ...
Make More Money in Options Trading
Options contracts are more popular than ever, with more options contracts traded last year than any other year in history.1 With people
Optimization: The Science of Making Better Decisions
Making the best possible decisions is critical to the success of most businesses. This is particularly relevant today because companies
Women’s Work: The History of Computing Reveals the Crucial Role Women Have Played
Celebrated each year on March 8, International Women’s Day is a perfect opportunity to reflect on the role that women have played, and ...
Gili Rosenberg’s Journey: From Cycling across Central America to Solving Optimization Problems at 1QBit
Gili Rosenberg graduated from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev with an undergraduate degree in Physics and went on to earn his Ph.D. ...
Texas Freezes and the Natgas Futures Market Barely Warms
Historic levels of cold and snow left millions of people without power in Texas due to a surge in demand for electricity. In the state,
A New Approach for Accurately Simulating Larger Molecules on Quantum Computers
Building a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world requires a better understanding of materials. Quantum simulation can help ...
Shengru Ren’s Unexpected Career in Quantum Computing
Shengru Ren credits her background in engineering for steering her to develop her pragmatic side, but her outspoken personality is all ...
Pushing the Limits of Quantum Simulation Using the Cloud
The ability to predict chemical properties without trial and error in the lab is a huge technological advantage in materials innovation
Making Sense of Complex Networks Using Quantum Computing
We live in the Information Age, and society is becoming increasingly reliant on big data and complex networks. A few examples of ...
Clemens Adolphs’s Journey from Intern to Tackling Quantum Computing’s Most Challenging Problems
Clemens Adolphs first realized his passion for quantum computing back in Germany while studying physics in high school. This experience
Using Natural Language Processing to Enhance Radiology
Natural language processing (NLP) is a family of techniques that often use machine learning to analyze, process, and generate natural ...
Understanding Winter Trends in Natural Gas Futures
Large-scale events tend to affect the futures market. For example, demand for natural gas is affected by the weather. Demand is also ...
Right Time, Right Place, Right Team: Dr. Elisabetta Valiante Shares about Her Current Work at 1QBit
After her PhD, Elisabetta Valiante spent several years working in a university environment, conducting research in astronomy, but ...
Everything but the Quantum Kitchen Sink
Artificial intelligence is set to become a $126.0B industry by 2025.¹ Machine learning is a major part of artificial intelligence ...
Andrew Milne, from Physics to Fintech
Andrew Milne immigrated from England to Canada as a child. He grew up partly in Toronto and partly in Vancouver. He began his studies ...
Minimizing Financial Risk Using Quantum Computing
The study of finance relies on making the best possible decisions despite future uncertainty. There is always risk when making ...
Linking Academia and Business, 1QBit Wins the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership — Industry
1QBit was named the recipient of the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership—Industry. Awarded to organizations that are pioneers in ...
Improving Blood Pressure Measurements Using Machine Learning
Blood pressure diseases have increasingly been identified as being among the main factors threatening human health.¹ Measuring and ...
Improve Your Trading Algorithm Profitability
The world is in the wake of the Information Age and computer technology is increasingly improving almost all industries. In finance, ...
Kyle Mills’s Journey from Ph.D. Student to Being on the Cover of Nature Machine Intelligence
1QBit scientist Kyle Mills’s research was recently featured in the September issue of Nature Machine Intelligence. The research ...
Empowering the Next Generation of Young Female Innovators
October 13, 2020 is Ada Lovelace Day, in honour of the English mathematician and writer who is often referred to as the first computer ...
How Will an October Surprise Affect the US Economy?
The US elections are held on the first Tuesday of November, and campaign-related events are widely covered in the news. These events ...
Learn How Quantum-Inspired Algorithms Can Help You Make Safer Investments
Many problems in finance take the form of mathematical optimization problems. As an example from portfolio optimization, an asset ...
From Chemistry to Finance: The Broad Scope of New Quantum Optimization Methods
Quantum computing research and experimentation continues to make progress towards addressing complex computational problems. These ...
Uncovering Hidden Patterns in Gold Prices
It is widely believed that gold prices reveal the overall health of the economy, and will continue to be an integral part of foreign ...
Learn How Quantum Computing Could Revolutionize Chemistry
The consensus among many quantum computing practitioners is that chemistry, specifically quantum chemistry, has great potential to be ...
Quantum Computing and More-Effective Drugs
The need to create new medicines faces major challenges due to the increasing costs of drug development and the high failure rate of ...
Forecasting the Weather Using Quantum Computers
Every year there are hurricanes, extreme heat waves, tornadoes, and other extreme weather events, resulting in thousands of deaths and ...
Building Better Qubits
In the 1QBit Guide to Advanced and Quantum Computing, developments from 2019 were presented that indicate we are on the path to fully ...
Market Reactions to COVID-19 Using the CME Market Sentiment Meter
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world forever, and its effect will continue to send shockwaves through many parts of society, ...
The 1QBit Guide to Advanced and Quantum Computing
Get insights on trends and predictions in advanced and quantum computing, and find out how to get quantum ready.