U.S. NIST Making Quantum Tech’s Path to Commercialization a Priority for 2023 

…Quantum sensing and post-quantum cryptography are two technologies that researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be prioritizing in the coming year as researchers focus on the logistics behind commercializing applied quantum technologies… 

“Post quantum crypto, or PQC, is hugely important…and NIST has identified four algorithms which they’re working through the process of standardizing…with the community,” James Kushmerick, the director of NIST’s Physical Measurements Laboratory said. “Post quantum cryptography is definitely a high priority and there…continue[s] to be a lot of effort in that arena.”

…Kushmerick cites the development of adjacent low-cost, low-power foundational technologies—like cryocoolers to keep quantum processing systems cool—as one example of the larger infrastructure that will need to be developed to make quantum technologies sustainable…       

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