University of Wisconsin-Madison
August 25, 2020
A well-known quantum algorithm that is useful in studying and solving problems in quantum physics can be applied to problems in classical physics, according to a new study in the journal Physical Review A from University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of physics Jeff Parker.
Department of Energy
August 28, 2020
On Aug. 28, 2020, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the members of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, which will counsel the Administration on ways to ensure continued American leadership in quantum information science. CQE members and partners include: Fred Chong, UChicago; Joe Lykken, Fermilab; James Clarke, Intel; Chad Rigetti, Rigetti Computing; Mark B. Ritter, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; and Krysta M. Svore, Microsoft Research.
Forbes
August 27, 2020
CQE partner P33 is working to grow the city of Chicago into a leading tech hub. Chicago Quantum Exchange Executive Director Kate Timmerman discusses the collective aim of P33 and the Chicago Quantum Exchange to develop Chicago into the nation’s hub for quantum information science.
Crain’s Chicago Business
August 26, 2020
Chicago was late to the digitization party but now has a chance to catch the quantum computing wave.
A pair of big-money federal research grants give Chicago a ground-floor opportunity in a technology many expect to transform computing. As my colleague John Pletz reported Aug. 26, Argonne and Fermilab in suburban Chicago are among five national laboratories that will get $115 million apiece for quantum computing research.
Reuters
August 26, 2020
The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it will provide $625 million over the next five years for five newly formed quantum information research hubs as it tries to keep ahead of competing nations like China on the emerging technology.
The funding is part of $1.2 billion earmarked in the National Quantum Initiative Act in 2018.