Fermilab
September 29, 2020
Three Fermilab scientists, including several who are part of the Chicago Quantum Exchange community, were selected 2020 APS fellows, a distinction awarded each year to no more than one-half of 1 percent of current APS members by their peers. Fellows include Anna Grassellino and Panagiotis Spentzouris.
WTTW
September 1, 2020
David Awschalom, Q-NEXT Director, Argonne Senior Scientist, UChicago professor and CQE Director and Anna Grasselino, SQMS center director, and senior scientist and deputy chief technology officer at Fermilab discuss the importance of quantum science, the new national centers awarded by DOE to Argonne and Fermilab and what these new opportunities mean for the Chicago region.
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.
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.
August 26, 2020
The U.S. Department of Energy is establishing five new National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, including a center led by Argonne National Laboratory and a center led by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which are each projected to receive $115 million in funding over the next five years. Each of these centers has 20 or more national laboratory, university and industry partners, including many members of the Chicago Quantum Exchange.