AWS Center for Quantum Networking to Complement Amazon Quantum Initiatives
Announced: AWS Center for Quantum Networking (CQN) with a mission to address fundamental scientific and engineering challenges and to develop new hardware, software, and applications for quantum networks.
Their Goal: To Make Quantum Computing Networks Reliable and Practical
The researchers goal is to improve the scientific community’s knowledge on the types of physical systems needed to make quantum computing networks reliable and practical.
Silicon-Based Qubits Very Similar in Design to Classic Silicon Transistors
“Hot” spin quantum bits in silicon transistors Quantum bits (qubits) are the smallest units of information in a quantum computer. Currently, one of the biggest challenges in developing this kind of powerful computer is scalability. A research group at the University of Basel, working with the IBM Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon, has made a […]
Work on Quantum Materials Earns the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has received the 2021 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award from the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work on two-dimensional quantum materials.
QCI Joins the Center for Quantum Technologies at Purdue University
Quantum Computing Inc. (the “company” or “QCI”) has joined the Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-backed research program. As announced last month, CQT is a planned NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) comprising four Indiana academic partners, including lead institution Purdue University. It relies on quantum computing organizations such as QCI to help develop novel and commercial-ready quantum technologies that address significant industry challenges.
Quantum Summer School, Clubs, Seminars, Coursework Detailed in Purdue University Report on Building the Quantum Workforce
Building the workforce for the Quantum Age The Stone Age. The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Industrial Revolution. Eras tend to be defined by their technology, and humans may be headed for a new one: the Quantum Age. As the Digital Revolution ushered in an era of computer scientists, software engineers and electrical engineers, […]
FermiLab’s Many Exciting Quantum Technology Efforts
Superconductor experts at Fermilab lead efforts to build revolutionary quantum computers Read More… + Taking a multidisciplinary approach, working in collaboration with 19 scientific, academic and industrial partners, Fermilab is posed to make revolutionary breakthroughs in quantum science far beyond what is currently possible. Its new Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center was selected in […]
U.S. Defense Department Leveraging Academia, Private Sector to Advance Quantum Science
Quantum Science to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology to Warfighters, Official Says During Engineers Week, the Defense Department is highlighting its efforts to develop a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce and to increase understanding of and interest in engineering and technology. Quantum science is important for the Defense Department because of the revolutionary technologies that it […]
U.S. PNNL and Microsoft Quantum Collaborating on Quantum Circuit Links to Supercomputers
A bridge to the quantum revolution When reliable qubit-based calculating devices arrive on the computing scene, they will not stand alone. They will need to cooperate with current scientific computing resources to reach their fullest potential. Now, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) computer scientists and the Microsoft Quantum team have taken a major step in that […]
Let’s Get Real: U.S. Defense Department Sees Hyperbole Surrounding Quantum Science Getting Ahead of Military Utility
Let’s Get Real: U.S. Defense Department Sees Hyperbole Surrounding Quantum Science Getting Ahead of Military Utility DOD Should Focus on Short-Term Goals in Quantum Science The Defense Department is focusing a lot of effort on an array of technologies involving quantum science, but the department’s chief technology officer says it’s important to be realistic about […]