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(August 13, 2024) The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. Researchers around the world are racing to build quantum computers that would operate in radically different ways from ordinary…
(July 10, 2024) In October 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) designated 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country, including two focused on quantum information science. Now, EDA has announced projects for funding at 12 of the Tech Hubs, including one of the quantum Tech Hubs…
(July 1, 2024) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a nearly $20 million award that will support the construction of a nanoscale fabrication facility to accelerate the co-design and development of atomic-photonic quantum devices, positioning the U.S. as a global leader in quantum science and engineering. The new NSF…
(May 22, 2024) On May 22, 2024, the United States and Germany signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) in Berlin, alongside a Joint Committee Meeting on science and technology cooperation between the two nations. The statement reflects the longstanding history of QIST research…
(May 06, 2024) The Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) Qubit Collaboratory (LQC) is hosting its 4th annual Quantum Computing Summer Short Course from July 8th to July 19th. This virtual 2 week short course provides an introduction to quantum computing to 1st-2nd year graduate students and advanced undergraduates in physics…
Highlighting the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (March 1, 2024) My first official day at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was June 15, 2020, during the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, and with nine-foot riot fences still up around the White House complex. Of course, I didn’t…
Highlighting the National Q-12 Education Partnership (February 29, 2024) Origin stories make the best superhero movies. I am no superhero, but I still remember what my undergraduate thesis advisor said when I told him that I wanted to design quantum computers in graduate school: “You’ll never find that!” My journey…
(February 13, 2024) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is sponsoring an Information Session webcast to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the anticipated Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Opportunity (SBO) in the technical domains of Information System Technology and Sensors….
(January 19, 2024) The NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) solicitation has been renewed as NSF 24-523 for 2024. This initiative aims to increase research capacity and broaden participation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and related disciplines. It provides grants up to $5 million…
(Dec 1, 2023) Today, the National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Supplement to the President’s FY 2024 Budget was released. It is the fourth annual report on the NQI Program, as required by the NQI Act, which became Public Law 115-368 in December 2018 to accelerate American leadership in quantum information science (QIS) and…
