Official Visit to the FreeYa Mind Quantum Site – Iași
On 20 October 2026, FreeYa Mind Campus hosted an official visit by representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Romania and the U.S. Department of State, together with IBM, the project’s financial partners and Iași’s universities. The delegation visited the FreeYa Mind Quantum Site – the future home of Iași’s quantum computer, one of very few systems of its kind in the world.
Research highlights
The FreeYa Mind Campus research team opened the program with its work to date, the next stages of its research program and current scientific directions, including:
- Quantum molecular simulation – skin cancer and the molecular trail of UV light.
- Quantum natural language processing – language models built from quantum circuits.
At the FreeYa Mind Quantum Site
The delegation then visited the FreeYa Mind Quantum Site, designated for the future quantum computing facility. The scale model of the IBM Quantum System Two, together with information panels on the project, presented the plans for the facility.
Official remarks on the next steps of the project were delivered by:
- Adam Hammond – Business Leader, IBM Quantum EMEA
- Prof. Simona Caraiman – Vice-Rector, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași
- Ștefan Vasiliu – Senior Expert in Structural Engineering and Building Safety, FreeYa Mind Campus
Delegation
- U.S. Embassy in Romania and U.S. Department of State
- IBM – Dr. Victoria Lipinska, Americas Lead for Quantum Innovation Centers; Adam Hammond, Business Leader, IBM Quantum EMEA; Cerasela Baiculescu, Country General Manager
- Financial partners of the project
- Universities of Iași