{
  "id": 8248952,
  "title": "Sejong University research team identifies critical threshold for quantum error correction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/sejong-university-research-team-identifies-critical-threshold-for",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T13:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260918/sejong-university-research-team-identifies-critical-threshold-for-quantum-error-correction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Sejong University research team, in collaboration with German researchers from RWTH Aachen University, has pinpointed a critical threshold for quantum error correction, a significant hurdle in the field of quantum computing. Led by professor Kim Se-yong of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the university's research team determined a fundamental probability threshold for prevalent errors that arise at the circuit level during quantum computing operations. Working alongside professor Markus Müller's team from Germany, the findings were published last month in npj Quantum Information under the title \"The random coupled-plaquette gauge model and the surface code under circuit-level noise.\" Quantum computing experts worldwide are currently concentrating on devising quantum error correction technologies to mitigate computational errors caused by external environmental noise. Employing the parallel tempering Monte Carlo technique, the joint research team analyzed the random coupled-plaquette gauge model in statistical simulations.",
  "summary": "A Sejong University research team has identified a critical threshold for quantum error correction, one of the key challenges in quantum computing, through a collaborative study with German researchers. The university said Thursday that its research team, led by professor Kim Se-yong of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, calculated a fundamental threshold probability for common types of…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sejong University research team collaborates with RWTH Aachen University.",
    "Identifies critical threshold for quantum error correction at circuit level.",
    "Findings published in npj Quantum Information last month."
  ],
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Sejong University research team identifies critical threshold for quantum error correction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/sejong-university-research-team-identifies-critical-threshold-for-8254371",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:02:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}