About the Quantum Innovation Challenge

The Quantum Innovation Challenge is a virtual competition and organised by the Bio Innovation Institute (BII), Molecular Quantum Solutions (MQS), Danish Centre for AI Innovation Center (DCAI) and QAI Ventures. The competition is open to researchers and industrial participants at all levels who are interested in applying quantum computing and quantum-inspired algorithms to pharmaceutical development.

The organizing team

To contact us about the quantum challenge, please contact us via mail quantum_challenge@mqs.dk. Molecular Quantum Solutions (MQS) is the technical support of this challenge.

	Mark Nicholas Jones Molecular Quantum Solutions (MQS) CEO/CTO
	Nishta Raheesty Nem Bio Innovation Institute (BII) Business Developer
	Francesco Russo Novo Nordisk Foundation Scientific Manager
	Cathal Mahon Bio Innovation Institute (BII) Chief Business Officer
	Morten Bache Novo Nordisk Foundation Scientific Director
	Lene Mandal Bastholm Danish Business Authority Head of Section
	Søren Karlsen Glensholm Danish Business Authority Policy Officer
	Ulrik Nicolai de Lichtenberg Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI) Director, Scientific Projects @ Gefion
	Marius Almstedt QAI Ventures Director Strategy & Growth
	Tobias Denzler QAI Ventures Head Science & Technology
	Maxime Oliva Novo Nordisk A/S Senior Quantum Computing Scientist
	Niels Rode Kristensen Novo Nordisk A/S Senior Director, Phamacometrics
	Henrik Lindén Novo Nordisk A/S Senior Research Scientist, Discovery PKPD and QSP Modelling
	Jeppe Guilford Manuel Novo Nordisk A/S Data Science External Affairs & Intelligence Director
	Fanny Sie Roche Holding AG Head of AI and Emerging Technology External Collaboration, Roche Global Informatics
	Michael DAndrea Genentech (A member of the Roche Group) Principal Data Scientist
	Clément Javerzac-Galy University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW Professor of Applied Quantum Technologies
	Jeroen Bakker Novo Holdings Partner
	Theo Lundberg Novo Holdings Investor

Acknowledgements

We thank Sterling G. Baird and the rest of the organizing team for the Bayesian Optimization Hackathon for Chemistry and Materials github repository (MIT license) which we have adapted for this quantum challenge initiative. The AC-BO-Hackathon repository has built on top of the LLMs in Materials and Chemistry ‘23 Hackathon repository.