Quantum Imaging, Quantum Work Force, Quantum Biology Research, all From U.S. Taxpayers’ $25M
As part of a nationwide initiative to boost research in quantum science, the National Science Foundation will establish a $25 million institute in Chicago to investigate quantum sensing for biology and train the quantum workforce. Headquartered at the University of Chicago and in partnership with Chicago State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Harvard University, the institute will be funded for five years.
The Shorts: Government and Policy in Quantum Computing
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM Plan to Launch New Discovery Accelerator Institute | IBM and The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plan to launch a large-scale collaboration designed to increase access to technology education and skill development, and to combine the strengths of academia and the industrial sector […]
The Trump Administration Is Investing $1 Billion in Research Institutes to Advance Industries of the Future
The Trump Administration Is Investing $1 Billion in Research Institutes to Advance Industries of the Future The Trump Administration is taking strong action to ensure American leadership in the industries of the future—artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), 5G communications, and other key emerging technologies that will shape our economy and security for years […]
U.S. National Science Foundation: Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks
Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks QLCI-CI: NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks Abstract + Quantum information science and engineering research has the potential to transform society by developing quantum computers that can complete certain critical tasks faster than classical computers and that provide new applications inaccessible to conventional […]
U.S. Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes Announced
U.S. Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes Announced NSF establishes 3 new institutes to address critical challenges in quantum information science Artist’s rendition of quantum entanglement. Credit: Nicolle R. Fuller/NSF Quantum phenomena have puzzled and delighted scientists for over a century, revealing unique, counter-intuitive characteristics of matter like superposition and entanglement. For four decades, the U.S. National […]
Energy Frontier Research Center Funded to Study Exotic Superconductors, Topological Crystalline Insulators, Strange Metals
Energy Frontier Research Center Funded to Study Exotic Superconductors, Topological Crystalline Insulators, Strange Metals University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the lead institution for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Frontier Research Center for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials (QSQM). Lead by Peter Abbamonte, the center’s objective is to develop and apply quantum sensing to […]
Optical Quantum Information Processing Research Moving Forward
Optical Quantum Information Processing Research Moving Forward Next-generation single-photon source for quantum information science Points to note… + A key resource to advance research in quantum information science would be a source that could efficiently and reliably produce single photons. However, because quantum processes are inherently random, creating a photon source that produces single photons […]