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What a project with CEQT looks like in practice, and what makes one succeed.
Start with a problem, not a technology
The projects that work begin with an organisation that has a specific, expensive, recurring computational problem — a schedule that takes too long to optimise, a risk model that cannot be run often enough, a screening process that is the bottleneck. They do not begin with a decision to “do something with quantum”.
The capability matrix is the fastest way to see whether your problem is one we can help with. If the cell nearest your problem reads emerging, write anyway — that is a proposal waiting to be written, not a refusal.
What a project looks like
- Conversation — an hour, no commitment. We establish what the problem actually is and whether a quantum or quantum-inspired method plausibly helps.
- Feasibility — a short piece of work, typically weeks. We formulate the problem, set a classical baseline, and give you an honest answer about whether to continue. A well-run feasibility study that ends in “no” has saved you money.
- Pilot — a working implementation against your data, benchmarked against your existing method.
- Transfer — code, documentation and training so your team can run it, or a continuing arrangement if you would rather we did.
What we need from you
- A real instance of the problem. Synthetic benchmarks systematically flatter quantum methods and will mislead us both.
- Your current method, and how well it performs. Without a baseline there is nothing to compare against.
- A defined objective. In practice the hardest step is usually agreeing what “better” means numerically.
- Someone on your side who understands the problem domain and can answer questions.
What you can expect from us
- A straight answer about whether a quantum method helps, including when it does not.
- Benchmarking against a properly tuned classical baseline, not a weak one.
- Clarity about maturity — theory, simulation, hardware, or deployment.
- Agreement on publication and intellectual property before work starts, not after.
What to put in the first email
Write to waranont.a@cmu.ac.th with five things: the problem area, the method you use now, what data you hold, your timescale, and who to reply to. That is enough for us to tell you whether there is a quantum or quantum-inspired angle worth a meeting — and to say so plainly if there is not.
Last updated 14 September 2026.