IBM And The University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Expand Discovery Accelerator Institute To Advance AI And Quantum Computing
IBM, Sunday, April 19th, 2026
The IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute will launch research on new quantum-centric supercomputing architecture, which will integrate IBM quantum computers and high-performance computing from U. of I.'s National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
IBM and the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) announced an expansion of the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute. This includes deploying quantum-centric supercomputing to Illinois innovators through the integration of U. of I.'s National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Delta and DeltaAI supercomputers with IBM quantum computers.