Pistoia

American

[pee-staw-yah] / piˈstɔ yɑ /

noun

a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.

Pistoia British

/ pisˈtoːja /

noun

a city in N Italy, in N Tuscany: scene of the defeat and death of Catiline in 62 _bc Pop: 84 274 (2001)

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Pistoia, who previously served as the global head of quantum computing at JPMorgan Chase and as a quantum researcher at IBM, believes quantum will have “revolutionary impacts” on our lives.

From MarketWatch

“No country wants to be left behind” in the quantum-computing race, Pistoia said.

From MarketWatch

In the future, “an attack against a country could very well be a quantum attack which decrypts sensitive communications of the government, banks or healthcare,” Marco Pistoia, the company’s senior vice president of industry relations, told MarketWatch on Monday.

From MarketWatch

Fans of Tuscany-based Pistoia were travelling back from a game between the two second-tier sides, which their team won.

From BBC

"This work is a significant step towards reaching quantum advantage, laying the foundation for future impact in production," said Marco Pistoia, head of Global Technology Applied Research at JPMorgan Chase.

From Science Daily

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