CRS Releases Defense Primer on Quantum Technology
(May 24, 2021) The Congressional Research Service has released a Defense Primer on Quantum Technology. See the report here. URL: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11836
NIH Releases Notice of Special Interest that includes Quantum Computing
(May 18th, 2021) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a Notice of Special Interest with the purpose of informing potential applicants to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) …
ARO and LPS release BAA for the Next New and Emerging Qubit Science & Technology
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) is soliciting proposals for research in the next New and Emerging Qubit Science and Technology …
Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) launches the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)
Today the National Security Agency’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) launched the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC), a Quantum Information Science research center in support of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative. …
DOD releases funding announcement for FY2022 MURIs, several focused around QIS
A recent Funding Announcement Opportunity (FOA) was released for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) awards. This year’s MURI announcement …
DARPA Announces New Program to Quantify Utility of Quantum Computers
Although universal fault-tolerant quantum computers – with millions of physical quantum bits (or qubits) – may be a decade or two away, quantum computing research continues apace. It has been …
DOE open-access quantum computing testbed is ready for the public
Quantum computers are poised to become major technological drivers over the coming decades. But to get there, scientists need to experiment with quantum machines that relatively few universities or companies …
DOE Quantum Research Center Announces Quantum Computing Summer School
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has established five National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers. These centers will accelerate the transformational advances in basic science and quantum-based …
AFRL measures first superconducting quantum bits (qubit), first-ever demo for a DOD service lab
ROME, N.Y. – Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate here have measured the energy relaxation and coherence times of superconducting quantum bits (qubits), two important characteristics that …
The Future Is Now: Spreading the Word About Post-Quantum Cryptography
I consider myself a quiet guy — on a Friday night you can usually find me at home doing crossword puzzles. Public speaking doesn’t come naturally to me, and I’ve …