IonQ Earns Four Best Paper Awards at IEEE Quantum Week 2026 - IonQ

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We’re here to help.Level up your quantum knowledgeStay up to date on the latest webinars and eventsView guides, user manuals and API referenceLearn common quantum terminologyUnderstand trapped ion technologyResearch and journal articles form IonQ scientistsView the status of our QPUs and SimulatorsGet help from our expertsManage your profile and passwordRecognized among 857 global submissions, IonQ and its commercial partners demonstrate the real-world application, efficiency, and breadth of trapped-ion quantum solutions.COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Sept. 15, 2026 — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced it has received four Best Paper Awards ahead of IEEE Quantum Week (QCE 2026; Sept. 13-18). IEEE is the premier international flagship conference for quantum computing and engineering. Selected from 857 global research submissions, IonQ’s four winning papers represent a significant portion of the conference's 27 Best Paper honors.The awards highlight joint research projects conducted alongside leading enterprise customers and industry partners. Those partners include Quantum Basel, NVIDIA, Synopsys, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Kipu Quantum. The papers demonstrate how quantum-classical hybrid systems can accelerate complex computations. The research ranges from fine-tuning artificial intelligence models to protein folding and solving large-scale linear algebra calculations."Winning four Best Paper awards across distinct technical tracks reflects how IonQ is not just engineering world-class hardware, but also leading the industry in demonstrating practical, real-world utility," said Martin Roetteler, IonQ’s Vice President of Quantum Applications R&D. "By collaborating directly with our customers and partners, we are proving that quantum computing can solve high-impact problems across enterprise AI, life sciences, and advanced software engineering."The four awarded papers span multiple technical tracks:IonQ researchers will present these four award-winning papers along with five additional accepted research papers at IEEE Quantum Week in Toronto, Sept. 13-18, 2026.The complete list of IEEE Quantum Week 2026 Best Paper award recipients can be viewed here: https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2026/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2026/08/QCE26-Best-Papers-v19.pdf.About IonQIonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and foundry - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the Superion, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems. Earlier systems have helped customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA achieve a 20x performance increase over previous quantum solutions and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. Our quantum computing services have been available through all major cloud providers since 2021, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at IonQ.com.Note to Investors Regarding Forward Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements. 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