Highlighting the Fermilab-led Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center

(June 8, 2023) A new report from the National Academies, with support from DOE and NSF, looks at the promise of using chemistry to push past current limits of QIS, and how QIS, in turn, can solve problems in chemistry. In particular, well-designed molecular qubits could open a new class of memory storage that would revolutionize computing, strengthen encryption, and enhance quantum sensing, among other applications. The report identifies opportunities in three areas of QIS and chemistry research; (1) design and synthesis of molecular qubit systems; (2) measurement and control of molecular quantum systems; and (3) experimental and computational approaches for scaling qubit design and function. The report details targeted research priorities in each area to advance the field in the near future.

(April 26, 2023) The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program is sponsoring a Basic Research Needs (BRN) Workshop in Quantum Computing and Quantum Networking.

(December 19, 2022) Last Wednesday, the Department of Energy announced $4.6 Million in awards for the Advanced Scientific Computing Research – Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (ASCR-RENEW) program, whose goal is to increase participation of underrepresented groups in the quantum computing and networking workforce and to increase participation of underrepresented institutions in quantum computing and networking workforce training. This pilot program is intended to leverage ASCR’s unique national laboratory infrastructure and user facilities to provide training and research opportunities for students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from underrepresented groups and at institutions that are currently underrepresented in the ASCR portfolio such as non-R1 institutions of higher education and minority serving institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

(November 10, 2022) The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers (NQISRCs) are leveraging the behavior of nature at the smallest scales to develop technologies for science’s most complex problems. While having their own unique areas of expertise and resources, the NQISRCs are all aligned to the same mission—the advancement of quantum information science.

(September 30, 2022) The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science (SC) intends to fill an Interdisciplinary Physical Scientist/Computer Scientist position in the Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Computational Science Research and Partnerships Division located in Germantown, MD.