IT IS A QUANTUM JUMP BETTER.

Last week we experienced something extraordinary. It was a special day for the computer industry and for all of us who need computers for everyday life. According to IBM CEO Dr. Arvind Krishna, traditional computing has come to an end. 

In Germany, one of the most powerful quantum computers in an industrial context was presented in the presence of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who also gave a guest lecture. Under the motto “Together for Quantum Computing in Germany”, IBM presented the system in detail in a compact virtual live event. I was also allowed to take part in this piece of computer history. It was a very exciting, informative presentation. 

   https://video.ibm.com/channel/7735Yz9DF9f

Quantum Computing makes use of quantum physics in order to be able to perform complex calculations in the shortest possible time. The system is divided into arithmetic and storage units and works differently than binary systems with qubits, which can assume more states than bits at the same time. Take qubits an intermediate state at - zero and one at the same time - they are in the so-called superposition. This possibility allows quantum computers to assume a multitude of states compared to binary systems. As a result, they can perform calculations in a fraction of the time that supercomputers would need , - after all, they need fewer resources to process large amounts of information.

The full Quantum Stack from IBM enables partners to develop their next solutions with unmatched levels of accuracy and scale. Companies, institutes, research institutions and start-ups from Germany and around the world work together with the IBM Quantum Network. More than 100 members of the Quantum network community - including Daimler and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - access our quantum systems and can use them to tackle challenging problems in fields such as financial services, material development, logistics and chemistry in a previously unimagined way.

From now on, we can we create programs that solve problems in new ways on IBM Quantum systems - the world's most popular and most powerful commercially available quantum hardware. Quantum development has never been more accessible.

This enables Quantum to be integrated into your workflow with high-level libraries designed for academic and business applications. Calling an API is enough to get a quantum result on your classic machine via the cloud - it just works behind the scenes.

At the same time, IBM offers courses to train as a Qiskit developer. They can then demonstrate basic knowledge of quantum computing concepts and express this using Qiskit's Open Source Software Development Kit (SDK). You can use the Python programming language Qiskit SDK to create and run quantum computer programs on IBM Quantum computers and simulators.

Their key areas of competency are:

Defining, executing, and visualizing results of quantum circuits using the Qiskit SDK.

Understanding single-qubit gates and their rotations on the Bloch sphere.

Understanding various multi-qubit gates and their effects in quantum circuits.

Leveraging fundamental Qiskit SDK features including commonly-used classes and functions located in qiskit.circuit, qiskit.execute, qiskit.providers, qiskit.qasm, qiskit.quantum_info, qiskit.tools, and qiskit.visualization packages.

During exam development, the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) define all of the tasks, knowledge and experience that an individual would need in order to successfully fulfill their role with the product or solution. These are represented by the objectives below and the questions on the certification exam are based upon these objective.

https://www.ibm.com/certify/exam?id=C1000-112

javabridge. CPython, that can be used to execute Python code. The class can be used within Java code called from the Python interpreter or it can be used within Java to run Python embedded in Java. The CPython class binds the Python interpreter to the JVM and provides the ability to execute Python scripts.

https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/developers

Companies getting involved with quantum now are trailblazing ways to apply the technology to problems once thought impossible to solve.

IBM's Quantum Network is currently working with over 140 partners across multiple industries, developing real world commercial applications.

For companies like us, QUantum Computer is a huge help in mastering large amounts of data. System integration and transformation always has to do with billions of system objects and may take days. From now on this time span will be much shorter and our ability to use computers to create new software will be much more effective. 🐝

My Best Programmer Is My Computer ..

Back in early 2017 I set up this blog. 

Due to the intensive work and the still changing project scope, we have suspended the contributions for a period.

Now that our work is taking shape and the first commercial version is getting closer, we are starting to present our work in parallel. We are getting back to Normality. 

The blog entries will mainly be in the area of "Software Engineering" and will use our developed technology as a guide. 

It's going over the practical applications and scenarios using STS functionality and reports and give users ideas and inspirations, like how a high quality software can be created and maintained, especially when it must be adjusted repeatedly as a response to ongoing technological changes.

The focus is on modelling and intelligent transformation and code generation with the lowest possible proportion of handwritten code under the Motto "My Best Programmer is my Computer". The Software Modernisation through Transformation and Code Generation as a basis will be discussed in some detail.

Five Pillars of the ModelCVS technology stand out. These are, 

• The Analysis and Evaluation of the current software status for assessment.

• Systems Redesign and the automatic Code Restructuring. 

• Eventual adjustments, Replacement of the Persistence Layer of the programs. 

• The Model to Code Regeneration into its original or into other programming languages. 

• The fifth Pillar in the first version is the domain-specific functions available for COBOL, Relational Data Base Schema and Ecore.

The analysis and Creation of Software Metrics for an assessment includes methods such as the "Cyclomatic Complexity" or "Function Point Analysis" and it forms the beginning of the Development Cycle. 

In a further episode a Redesign may be applied with Code Restructuring and various replacement of Code parts with more modern software practices. 

An example is the transformation of the persistence layer (technology) into more modern, suitable ones. 

This Blog deals with this topic giving practical examples throughout our long career to date.

A model-based program restructuring language (JLM, Java Language Mapper) will be  presented, with which the user himself will define and implement Restructuring Rules (Rule Sets).

The reverse engineering of an existing program code, its transformation and its improvement back into the source language or into other programming languages or frameworks will be discussed and practical examples will be presented.

Transformation domains for relational Databases,  COBOL and EMF Ecore for various purposes and functions will be presented. 

STS itself is a complete model-based system under Eclipse Modeling Framework developed by its own technology, a so called Tool Tool. 

A complementary Cloud Solution (SaaS) in AWS (Amazon Web Services) will round up the functional range.

ModelCVS and the Easy Way of Transformation

 Since I started a Software Engineering career back in 1980, I always tried to automatise software development and testing. My motto has always been to generate the software wherever possible. Doing so the Computer works for the programmer as a kind of sub-programmer and produces code. Isn't it a nice thing?

Actually this is the main reason why mankind invented computers. To overtake the burden of some organisational and repetitive work from human beings.

Modeling a system is here a crucial step. For the ones who ask the meaning of a model, we define a model as "A schematic description or representation of something, especially a system or phenomenon, that accounts for its properties and is used to study its characteristics". 

Modeling something is a way of understanding the behaviour of the source system. An independent model lets us understand the complicated systems in an easier way.

In Telecommunication, the world had an outstanding speed of technical improvements in the recent years.
From mainframes up to the hand held devices many "terminals" make us the practical life easier.

Booking a flight or hotel or arranging some bank business or any giving an order at a grocery shop can be accomplished just using one of the user interfaces of the available telecommunications infrastructure.

Having this in mind the companies try to use the state-of-the-art technologies and offer most recent consumer interfaces. 

Banks, retail industry, transportation and logistics companies all need the most modern technical opportunities in order not to lose the their competitive advantages.

Can they easily adopt their software assets at the speed of the technical development? 

Yes they may, but need some help. The adoption of millions of lines of software code from one technology to another one is very time consuming and manually error prone.

At this point I have to emphasize our technology ModelCVS. ModelCVS is a model transformation technology. It is based on eclipse and is capable of converting various technologies to each other. For example we can convert COBOL programs to CAGen Models or to JAVA programs. 

This rapid and safe method helps customers save large amounts of money. In a short period, systems can be made available to use in a more advanced technology.

This Blog is about ModelCVS and the emerging product STS. STS is the abbreviation of Semantic Transformation Shell. 

We will try to inform You about the details, success stories and some other technical progress from the transformation market space and technology.