NIST Quantum Pre-Standardization Workshop

This week, Quantum Rings CEO Bob Wold traveled to Boulder, Colorado to participate in the Quantum Pre-Standardization Workshop: Metrology for Quantum Technologies, hosted by NIST from May 13–15. Bob was in attendance all three days of the workshop.

The workshop brought together stakeholders from across the quantum technology ecosystem to identify industry's most pressing measurement and characterization needs. The findings will inform the workplan of NMI-Q, a G7-endorsed international collaboration of National Metrology Institutes working to accelerate the quantum economy through vetted measurement practices.

We were thrilled to participate alongside some of the most prestigious names in quantum — including IBM, Google, IonQ, Atom Computing, Quantinuum, and Infleqtion — as well as leading national labs and academic institutions. The three-day program covered quantum computing, sensing, networking, and enabling technologies, with dedicated breakout sessions tackling real-world measurement challenges that the entire industry faces.

For Quantum Rings, the workshop reiterated the urgent need for this kind of work. A field as complex as quantum computing doesn't advance in isolation — innovation requires collaboration, and collaboration requires standards. When the industry can't yet agree on something as fundamental as how to define a logical qubit, it's clear how much foundational work remains. These aren't abstract questions — they directly affect how teams build, benchmark, and trust quantum systems.

That urgency is exactly what drives us. Our simulation platform and Open Quantum execution layer exist to make quantum development more predictable and productive, and standardized measurement practices are a critical piece of that puzzle. We're grateful to NIST and the organizing committee for bringing the right people into the room — and we're looking forward to contributing as these pre-standardization priorities take shape.