<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/91DEADB3-2C7E-4201-8F4A-6C8ED53C9052" ns1:id="91DEADB3-2C7E-4201-8F4A-6C8ED53C9052"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/93CEC703-1AF0-4ED6-B0C3-403072F54839" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C488217E-177D-4D72-AFA2-D4CFCFE6672A" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/75B2C02E-38CD-4787-ABBE-459732D1048B" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C488217E-177D-4D72-AFA2-D4CFCFE6672A" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2025-02-28T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/EE3BC741-380F-4A0C-9CC7-B580FA92D783" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-08-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10075092</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>ProAtom: Programmable Atom Arrays for Analogue Optimisation Solutions</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>M Squared and the University of Strathclyde have embarked upon a highly productive strategic alliance in the area of neutral atom quantum computing. The collaboration targets the commercialisation of industrially-relevant quantum computing and simulation based on a jointly developed hardware and software platform. The neutral atom approach to quantum computing has emerged as a highly relevant and versatile candidate for quantum information processing through both analogue and digital computation and simulation. The compelling combination of high qubit gate fidelities, large-scale entanglement and scalability will enable this approach to address commercially-useful problems in accessible timeframes.

M Squared have established themselves as a key supplier in cold matter approaches to quantum computing. The coordination and alignment of M Squared's technology roadmap for promising quantum computing architectures, with the ground-breaking research being undertaken at Strathclyde, provides a unique opportunity for the UK to take a leading role of the commercialisation of quantum computing. The feasibility study will complement large-scale investments into both the academic group and the industrial computing team and focus on enabling neutral atom-based analogue simulations in the commercial realm.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>