Gérard Roucairol
Honorary Chairman of the Academy of Technology of France
Académie des Technologies
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Deep Tech & Quantum Computing
About Me
- first part of my career:
University Professor of Computer Science
at Paris university (Sorbonne university), at Orsay University (Paris saclay University) where I led the Computer Science Research lab of this university, creator of the computer science chair of ecole normale supérieure rue d'Ulm
-second part of my career
Called by the chairman of Groupe Bull to lead the advanced research of this company with teams in Europe (France, Germany, Italy) and the US. Among others I initiated the positionning of Groupe Bull on supercomputers. I've been member of the executive committee of Groupe Bull.
-I've been elected to the french Academy of Technologies of which I became Vice President and then President; I still serve in this academy as Honorary Chairman.
All along my career I perticipated to or chaired numerous scientific committees or boards of research organizations (CNRS, Inria), engineering schools (Mines Telcom), national or european research funding initiatives.
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Qubits or not qubits ? State of the art of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing in 2025
This report is the result of a collective effort by internationally renowned French experts brought together by the National Academy of Technologies of France to provide a comprehensive overview of the current and future state of error-corrected quantum computing , emphasizing industrial and technological aspects. It addresses numerous major challenges related to effective use of applications, error correction implementation, selection of qubit technology, imperative quest for scalability, quantum computer development