By April 16, 2026
Publication Date: 2026-04-16 15:15:00
ARMONK, N.Y. and URBANA-‑CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 16, 2026 — IBM and the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) today announced an expansion of the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute. This includes deploying quantum-centric supercomputing to Illinois innovators through the integration of U. of I.’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Delta and DeltaAI supercomputers with IBM quantum computers.
L-R: Rashid Bashir, Vice Chancellor for Chicago Strategic Partnerships, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering; Illinois Governor JB Pritzker; Jay Gambetta, Director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Launched in 2021, the Discovery Accelerator Institute has 20 current,…
