BMW Group Quantum Computing Challenge winners Q2B 2021

BMW Group reaches out to quantum computing community worldwide

The BMW Group received around 70 submissions from all over the world from different areas

such as international and national research groups, the start-up scene and established

companies. The exceptionally high quality of the submissions enables new perspectives and

offers potential for innovative approaches to solutions such as the development and further

development of new algorithms. The expert jury took into account criteria such as

comprehensibility, feasibility, scalability, innovation and benefit for the BMW Group when

evaluating the submitted solutions.

All 15 finalists set themselves apart with their high innovation potential and have therefore

been shortlisted for future projects. The journey continues straight away for the four winners:

they immediately gain the BMW Group as a customer and will be involved in the further

development of the pilot projects. The company looks forward to working with these four

winners.

The BMW Group Quantum Computing Challenge is structured around the “Supplierthon”

methodology, which is the BMW Group’s future-oriented supplier scouting method. It marks

the company’s first global crowd-innovation initiative on this scale. The crowd innovation

approach enables innovative solutions to be found within a very short time and to validate them

in cooperation with the specialist departments.