ESIX Releases Report on International Talent in QIS (10/5/2021) ESIX, QISE, Workforce - (October 5, 2021) Today the Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Science released its first report. The report titled "The Role of International Talent in Quantum Information Science," highlights the critical role that international talent plays in… ...
Readout of the NQCO Director’s Conversation with Directors of NQI Centers and Institutes (9/17/2021) Centers, NQI, NQIA - (Sept. 17, 2021) The National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO) in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted a conversation on September 3rd 2021 with the Directors of Centers and Institutes that were recently established under the… ...
DOE National QIS Research Center holding Quantum Career Fair (9/8/2021) Centers, DOE, Workforce - (Sept. 8, 2021) The C2QA Quantum Career Fair aims to bring more awareness to the undergraduate, graduate, and post-doc communities about the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers and the different types… ...
NSF announces two more Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes for the NQI (9/5/2021) Centers, NQI - (Sept. 01. 2021) Expanding upon its 2020 establishment of three Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, the U.S. National Science Foundation has launched two additional institutes to advance quantum biological sensing and quantum simulation. As with last year’s cohort, NSF expects to support each… ...
DOE Announces $61 Million to Advance Breakthroughs in QIS (8/19/2021) DOE, Quantum Networking - (August 19, 2021) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $61 million in funding for infrastructure and research projects to advance quantum information science (QIS). Advances in QIS have the potential to enable new forms of computing, simulation, communication, and sensing that… ...
NSF announces award for MonArk Quantum Foundry (8/18/2021) Infrastructure - (August 17, 2021) The $20M, 6-year project establishes the 2D Quantum Materials and Devices Foundry (MonArk), operated jointly by Montana State University and University of Arkansas, and with help of a network of collaborators located mostly in other EPSCOR states:… ...
RFI on Access to Quantum Systems (8/17/2021) DOE, Quantum Computing, Quantum Networking, Quantum Sensing, RFI - (August 16. 2021) DOE releases Request For Information (RFI) : Access to Quantum System. In support of a congressional mandate in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2021, DOE has… ...
AFRL Designated as a QIS Research Center (8/11/2021) Centers - (August 11, 2021) The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is now designated as the Quantum Information Science Research Center for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. This allows AFRL to expand its collaborations across government, industry and academia,… ...
NSA Updates FAQ on Post-Quantum Cybersecurity (8/10/2021) Cryptography, Quantum Computing - (August 04, 2021) The National Security Agency (NSA) released a frequently asked questions document on Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography. The document answers several questions such as "What is a quantum computer?" and "What makes one cryptographically relevant?” Further information… ...
NASA to Hold Quantum Conference (8/9/2021) QIS - (August 09, 2021) Next week, NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Ames Research Center, and Goddard Space Flight Center will hold a virtual workshop around quantum information science (QIS). The conference will have exciting presentations on the latest QIS advances and discuss… ...