Korea is latecomer in quantum technology, but not too late: IonQ CTO
Jungsang Kim, co-founder and CTO of IonQ, speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of IonQBy Baek Byung-yeulKorea was late to join the quantum computing race, but the sector, which is expected to be a game-changer like the internet and AI, is still in the early stages of development and the country can still get ahead of the curve if it gets the jump on applications that will be used in the next few years, the co-founder of a U.S.-based quantum computing company said Wednesday.“Korea was definitely a late starter to the basic R&D of quantum computing technology. The United States and Europe started to begin their R&D in the mid-90s while Korea started seven or eight years ago,” Jungsang Kim, co-founder and chief technology officer of IonQ, told The Korea Times during an interview in Seoul.“However, what's more important is to have a proactive vision of the services we'll be using in a few years, when people aren't even thinking about it yet. If Korean companies and researchers think about whethe
