# University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign x IBM Discovery Accelerator Institute: partnership

Canonical ID: `6381e026-c406-4f2d-8d4e-bb73f413b988`

IBM and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expanded their Discovery Accelerator Institute to advance AI and quantum computing research. The five-year collaboration integrates IBM quantum computers with NCSA supercomputers and focuses on quantum-centric supercomputing and AI systems research.

- **Type:** development
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.md) co developer
- IBM _(off-registry)_ co developer

## Sources (1)

1. https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-16-ibm-and-the-university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-expand-discovery-accelerator-institute-to-advance-ai-and-quantum-computing


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