Planckian Appoints Seth Lloyd as Founding Fellow
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Insider Brief Planckian appointed MIT professor and quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd as Founding Fellow to support its globally controlled quantum computing roadmap. Lloyd will work on quantum error correction strategies designed for Planckian’s superconducting global-control architecture. Planckian’s architecture is based on concepts introduced in Lloyd’s 1993 research on globally controlled quantum computation. PRESS RELEASE — Planckian today announced the appointment of Prof. Seth Lloyd as Founding Fellow. Lloyd, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and one of the foundational figures in quantum computing, will support Planckian’s technical roadmap with a focus on error correction strategies for globally controlled quantum computing architectures. A lineage, not just a collaboration Most quantum hardware today relies on architectures that require dedicated control lines per qubit, a design choice that has become one of the central scalability bottlenecks the industry now confronts. Planckian is working precisely to address that bottleneck. Its superconducting quantum computing architecture, based on global microwave drives, is a direct descendant of the model Lloyd articulated in 1993. In a landmark paper published in Science, Lloyd proposed the concept of globally controlled quantum computation, the idea that multiple qubits could be operated through shared control structures rather than individually addressed lines Focus of the collaboration Lloyd will work alongside Planckian’s team on quantum error correction strategies tailored to globally controlled architectures, one of the open technical challenges at the frontier of the company’s roadmap. As quantum systems scale, error correction becomes inseparable from architectural design; addressing it within the constraints and opportunities of global control requires both theoretical depth and judgment that Lloyd brings in a rare combination. Michele Dallari, CEO and Co-Founder of Planckian, said: “When we were building the scientific foundation for Planckian, Seth’s 1993 paper was an obvious starting point. The idea that global control could be the basis for scalable quantum computation shaped how we thought about the problem from the beginning. Seth’s collaboration with our founding team spans over two decades, so this is a continuation of a scientific conversation that has been running for years. Bringing Seth in formally as Founding Fellow at this stage of our roadmap makes particular sense: as our architecture matures, quantum error correction becomes the central challenge, and there is no one better placed to work on it with us.” Prof. Seth Lloyd, Founding Fellow at Planckian, said: “I am excited to join the Planckian team. Planckian’s unique architecture, based on global control, overcomes one of the primary obstacles to building fully error-corrected, scalable quantum computers. We have a clear path forward to make this visionary architecture work.” Mohib Ur Rehman LinkedIn Mohib has been tech-savvy since his teens, always tearing things apart to see how they worked. His curiosity for cybersecurity and privacy evolved from tinkering with code and hardware to writing about the hidden layers of digital life. Now, he brings that same analytical curiosity to quantum technologies, exploring how they will shape the next frontier of computing. Share this article: