The White House Effort to Bolster the U.S. Quantum Information & Technology Science Workforce: Educate, Grow, Sustain
The White House Effort to Bolster the U.S. Quantum Information & Technology Science Workforce: Educate, Grow, Sustain National Science Foundation and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy initiate collaborative effort to develop critical resources for quantum education The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) […]
Inaugural Conference to Explore Disruptive Aspects of Quantum Computing
Inaugural Conference to Explore Disruptive Aspects of Quantum Computing Registration Open for Inaugural IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE20) As of May 14th, 2020, registration is now open for the inaugural IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE20), a multidisciplinary event focusing on quantum technology, research, development, and training. QCE20, […]
U.S. Congress Introduces Cybersecurity Bill Prompted in Part by Quantum Computing’s Threat
U.S. Congress Introduces Cybersecurity Bill Prompted in Part by Quantum Computing’s Threat This past week, the second session of the 116th U.S. Congress saw a bill proposed placing cybersecurity as one of the grand challenges the U.S. faces. The Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020, or […]
Australian Firm Calls for Public Policy Supporting Cyber-Resilience in Light of Quantum Computing
Australian Firm Calls for Public Policy Supporting Cyber-Resilience in Light of Quantum Computing Nation needs bipartisan federal cyber policy Key points… + Australia’s federal opposition spokespersons on cyber-security, Kristina Keneally and Tim Watts, have presented a constructive direction to help Australia become cyber-secure. + Their statement – “We need policies that bring cyber-security to the […]
U.S. DARPA Program to Exploit Quantum Information Processing Selects Teams
U.S. DARPA Program to Exploit Quantum Information Processing Selects Teams DARPA Kicks Off Program to Advance Quantum Computing Image: DARPA’s Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program will pursue a hybrid concept that combines intermediate-sized quantum devices with classical systems to solve challenging optimization problems. (Image Credit: DARPA) DARPA has selected seven university and […]
NIST: Method to Develop Single-Atom Transistor Lends Potential to Act as Quantum Bit
NIST: Method to Develop Single-Atom Transistor Lends Potential to Act as Quantum Bit NIST Scientists Create New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors Artist’s illustration of part of the method developed at NIST to make single-atom transistors (Image Credit: S. Kelley, NIST). Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several-atom clusters or even single atoms promise to become […]
Success in the Advancement of Quantum Computing’s Workforce Through IBM Q Network and the Chicago Quantum Exchange
Success in the Advancement of Quantum Computing’s Workforce Through IBM Q Network and the Chicago Quantum Exchange CQE IBM postdoc program trains next-generation quantum workforce with industry In brief… + “The CQE-IBM postdoc program is an excellent example of an academic-industrial partnership to advance quantum computing,” Javadi said. “Selected fellows have the opportunity to collaborate […]
A Quantum Winter: Collapsing Under the Weight of Expectation
A Quantum Winter: Collapsing Under the Weight of Expectation This essay covers the recent history of quantum physics as applied to quantum computing in the international arena. The discussion raises some pertinent questions over the U.S., China, and Japan’s use of the technology. Further, it makes no qualms to point out quantum computing is not […]
Argonne National Laboratory Researchers Further the Study of Magnetics to Transfer Quantum Information
Argonne National Laboratory Researchers Further the Study of Magnetics to Transfer Quantum Information Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications Researchers at Argonne have found a new platform for coherent information transduction with magnons in an exchange-coupled magnetic thin film bilayer. The results show new insights in both fundamental physics and device potentials […]
Innovate UK Pumps £7m Into Quantum Technologies
Innovate UK Pumps £7m Into Quantum Technologies Consortium wins landmark £7m grant to boost quantum technologies University of Glasgow researchers are part of a new consortium which has won the largest-ever grant from the UK Government aimed at commercialising quantum technologies. Innovate UK has awarded £7m to a team led by Oxford Quantum Circuits to […]