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Hewlett-Packard European Laboratories (HPLB)

The Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is a leading global manufacturer of computing, Internet and Intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognised for excellence in quality and support.

HP has been operating in Europe since 1959 with the opening of its first manufacturing facility outside Palo Alto, California, at Boeblingen near Stuttgart, Germany.

From the outset, HP aimed to be a European citizen and have a balanced presence. The company has deliberately sought to grow, not only by relying on its marketing, but by actively investing in European manufacturing and R&D operations.

For fiscal year 1997, HP reported a European turnover of nearly 15 billion euros, 33% of world-wide sales. After 40 years in Europe, HP employs close to 25,000 people in fields ranging from R&D, manufacturing, sales and support.

HP has substantial manufacturing operations in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: altogether 18 manufacturing operations in 10 sites. They are worldwide centres for

• client/server computer systems,
• workstations,
• personal computers and peripherals,
• test and measurement equipment, and
• medical and analytical products and systems.

HP European Laboratories

HP Laboratories is Hewlett-Packard’s central research organisation and itsinnovation engine.

Its dual missions are

• to help HP remain successful in current businesses
• while creating new business opportunities through technology innovation and research.

Hewlett-Packard European Laboratories (HPLB) were established in Bristol, England in 1984 and currently employ around 200 researchers.

Applied research projects focus on

• Personal Appliances,
• Communications, and
• Platforms for E-Business.

Longer term basic research features select areas of

• mathematics,
• theoretical physics,
• cryptography, and
• security.

HPLB research in quantum information processing and communication (QIPC) is carried out in the Quantum Information Processing (QIP) Group by Drs. A. P. A. Kent, W. Munro and T. P. Spiller and in BRIMS by Dr. Sandu Popescu.

Theoretical interests in QIPC are widespread:

• Entanglement (Kent/Munro/Popescu);
• communication and cryptography (Kent/Popescu);
• QIPC hardware (Munro/Spiller).

Established collaborative links exist with many other research groups worldwide. In the UK, HP is a member node of the Quantum Circuits Network and the Quantum Computing Network.

Relevant EC project involvement of HPLB:

• Industrial adviser on EQCSPOT (Kent).
• Participant in EQUIP, IST-1999-11053 (Kent/Munro/Spiller).
• Participant in MAGQIP, IST-1999-29110 (Spiller).
• Coordinator of QUIPROCONE, IST-1999-29064 (Spiller).

Dr. Timothy Spiller

Dr. T. P. Spiller holds a BA in Physics (First Class Honours, Oxford 1980) and a PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics (Durham, 1984). From 1984 to 1995 he held personal Research Fellowships at the University of Sussex (1984-6 SERC, 1986 onwards Royal Society).

He has researched and published extensively in many areas of theoretical physics:

• particle physics,
• foundations of quantum mechanics,
• QIPC, and
• condensed matter and quantum device physics.

Tim Spiller joined HP Research Laboratories in Bristol in 1995 and is currently aPrincipal Research Scientist in the Quantum Information Processing (QIP) Group.

His current long-term research area is QIPC, with specific interest in condensed state realizations of quantum computing hardware.