Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, IBM named Gordon Bell finalists

Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM were named finalists for the 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize after achieving the largest quantum-enabled simulation of a 12,635-atom protein. Their work integrates IBM Quantum Heron processors with supercomputers and introduces an automated workflow that enhances protein-ligand binding energy calculations, advancing quantum-classical computing for complex molecular research.