(Ludwigshafen, 03.06.2025) Representatives of the QCHALLenge consortium from LMU, Siemens, SAP, BMW, Aqarios GmbH and BASF came together again in the third year to discuss the status of the project. The third consortium meeting took place this year on June 3, 2025 at the invitation of consortium partner BASF in Ludwigshafen.
In the presence of Mr. Johann Schmidt from DLR project support, a welcome address by consortium leader Claudia Linhoff-Popien (LMU) was followed by a lively discussion on the progress and objectives of the individual work packages. The core objective of the project – the processing of the consortium partners’ industry use cases – had already been completed and the results and approaches integrated into the newly developed QCHALLenge software package. Presentations of published research from Siemens, SAP and LMU, among others, were also well received. Finally, the last remaining milestone, which is planned under the leadership of BMW and BASF in the form of a roadmap of quantum readiness for the industry and is already in preparation, was discussed in particular.
The consortium would like to thank the DRL project management and project support and is now entering the final months of the QCHALLenge project together.