International Space Station to Become NASA’s Quantum Space Lab
International Space Station to Become NASA’s Quantum Space Lab This piece puts together varied reports on the United States’ planned use of space to further quantum computing and a quantum internet. Good (great?) for the layperson as the work also explains some fundamental quantum phenomena such as entanglement. Recommend reading from the source, cited below. […]
U.S. Dept. of Energy Plans $12M Funding for Quantum Information Science for Fusion Energy and Plasma Science
U.S. Dept. of Energy Plans $12M Funding for Quantum Information Science for Fusion Energy and Plasma Science Department of Energy Announces $12 Million for Research on Quantum Information Science for Fusion Energy Today [April 20, 2020], the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $12 million for research in Quantum Information Science […]
Quantum Technology and Quantum Simulation: The Reasons Your Government is Investing in Quantum Computing
Quantum Technology and Quantum Simulation: The Reasons Your Government is Investing in Quantum Computing Quantum Computing Has Far Greater Promise Than Just Nuclear Security While the details of what a quantum computer actually is are quite technical, the important thing to know is what a quantum computer can do, especially relative to a classical computer […]
NIST Researchers Create Coupled Quantum Dot; Precursor to a “Robust” Quantum Bit?
NIST Researchers Create Coupled Quantum Dot; Precursor to a “Robust” Quantum Bit? What a Pair! Coupled Quantum Dots May Offer a New Way to Store Quantum Information Image: Image of a novel system of coupled quantum dots taken with a scanning tunneling microscope shows electrons orbiting within two concentric sets of closely spaced rings, separated […]
U.S. National Science Foundation Seeks Requests for Funding of Commercial Quantum Cloud Computing Platform Use
U.S. National Science Foundation Seeks Requests for Funding of Commercial Quantum Cloud Computing Platform Use Dear Colleague Letter: Enabling Quantum Computing Platform Access for National Science Foundation Researchers with Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Microsoft Quantum Excerpts and salient points ~ + With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science […]
If the U.S. Begins Now, Quantum Catastrophe Could be Averted
If the U.S. Begins Now, Quantum Catastrophe Could be Averted How the US can avert a ‘quantum catastrophe’ In brief… + The possibility of quantum computers undermining current encryption is roughly 15 years away, but risks increase if PQC is not in place by that time. Additionally, there is a “retroactive risk” to currently encrypted […]
RAND Report: Assessing Timelines and Risk to Encryption From Quantum Computing
RAND Report: Assessing Timelines and Risk to Encryption From Quantum Computing Highly respected RAND Corporation put together a comprehensive study regarding quantum computing and the thereat to encryption. A must read for those in cybersecurity. Full report available at the source. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Securing Communications in the Quantum Computing Age Excerpts… + […]
Seemingly Any Computer Could Predict Elections Better Than in 2016. Here’s How Quantum Computers Might Help…
Seemingly Any Computer Could Predict Elections Better Than in 2016. Here’s How Quantum Computers Might Help… How quantum computing will be used to model elections Excerpts and salient points ~ + We had, in the 2016 model, for instance–regardless of what other errors might’ve come in during sampling on that–we had models that would predict […]
Quantum-Safe Technology Standards Closer to Reality
Quantum-Safe Technology Standards Closer to Reality SK Telecom and ID Quantique Lead International Standardization of Quantum-Safe Technology SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and ID Quantique today announced that their technical report titled ‘Security Considerations for Quantum Key Distribution Network (TR.sec-qkd)’ has received final ITU-T approval at ITU-T Study Group 17 (SG17) e-meeting held from March 17 to […]
DARPA Grants $8.6M to Rigetti for Practical Quantum Computing
DARPA Grants $8.6M to Rigetti for Practical Quantum Computing Rigetti Computing Wins $8.6 million DARPA Grant to Demonstrate Practical Quantum Computing Full release… BERKELEY, Calif., March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, has been awarded up to $8.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as […]