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(June 10, 2021) The Innovation Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) hosted its first-ever hackathon in partnership with industry. While the term hackathon may conjure up familiar depictions in media of a raucous semi-sporting event where audiences look on as hackers write line by line of code…
(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
(May 26, 2021) The National Science Foundation (NSF) has long supported research to advance quantum information science and engineering (QIS) from laboratory theory into practical reality and lay the foundations for the next century of quantum discovery. Building on this core investment in QIS, NSF launched a series of investments…
(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) of NIDA’s interest in grant applications that will develop or utilize advanced computational approaches to describe complex drug-disease relationships in…
(MAY 6, 2021) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million for interdisciplinary research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) and nuclear physics. The aim of this funding is to draw on the expertise and capabilities of the nuclear physics community to advance areas of interest such as quantum…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the final version of the NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Exploring Challenges Associated with Adopting and Using Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms. Cryptographic technologies are used throughout government and industry to authenticate the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million for ten projects in Quantum Information Science (QIS) with relevance to fusion and plasma science. Fusion energy research seeks to harness the same energy that powers the sun and stars as a clean, safe, and abundant source of energy on earth….
There is a pressing need in Quantum Information Science & Technology (QIST) for new and broader talent. One innovation may be in developing approaches to teaching QIST concepts at multiple levels of expertise (but especially undergraduate to mid-career) to engineers, computer scientists, and physicists. Research proposals are sought in innovative…
On March 2, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), launched a $7.5 million Center of Excellence in Advanced Quantum Sensing (COE-AQS) at Delaware State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The COE-AQS will stimulate…
Next Tuesday, April 27; 1-2:30 PM ET NSF will hold a webinar addressing some of the programs managed by EHR that are now opened to Quantum Information Science and Engineering. This activity is related to the Dear Colleague Letter “Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce Development” : See the event calendar…
