IBM Quantum Lab

Archived. This project was closed in May 2024. IBM retired the Lab to refocus the platform on utility-scale computing.
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Led development of IBM Quantum Lab, the cloud notebook environment where IBM Quantum users wrote and ran Qiskit code against real quantum hardware without installing anything. Built as a JupyterHub deployment on Kubernetes integrated with the IBM Quantum platform, open to ~240,000 enrolled users.

Engineering challenges solved:

  • Custom authentication against the IBM Quantum platform
  • Persistent per-user storage and tailored user environments with Qiskit and tutorials pre-installed
  • Automatic selection of hardware resources for different user profiles
  • Abuse protection and performance at scale — peaks of ~800 concurrent user servers during the IBM Quantum Challenge

Presented at JupyterCon 2020.

Quantum Computing Jupyter Kubernetes Developer Tools
Juan Cruz-Benito
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Juan Cruz-Benito (he/him)
Quantum+AI Manager

I research and develop AI-based systems to tackle complex problems in quantum computing and other relevant areas.

My work sits at the intersection of quantum computing, machine learning, and open source. I hold IBM Master Inventor status and have contributed to tools used by millions of developers worldwide.

I have a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Salamanca (2018), have authored 80+ publications, and received the 2019 SCIE-BBVA Award for best young researcher in Computer Science in Spain.