Workshop on Quantum Information Science

2009年1月，美国国家科学和技术委员会发布了一份题为《量子信息科学的联邦愿景》的报告。报告提出，美国“……为控制、操纵和利用量子物质的行为，以及确定量子信息处理系统的物理、数学和计算能力和局限性，建立科学基础，以便为这项21世纪的技术建立知识库。”针对国家科学技术中心的报告，组织了一次量子信息科学讲习班。研讨会于2009年4月23日至25日在弗吉尼亚州维也纳的泰森斯角万豪酒店举行，汇集了来自物理科学、计算机科学、数学和工程学的顶尖理论家和实验者，以评估QIS的最新进展，并确定未来研究的主要目标和挑战。讲习班包括公开的晚间会议，以便所有与会者都能就国家量化指标倡议的优先事项发表意见。研讨会之后将提交一份报告，提交给赞助或执行QIS研究的联邦机构。这项奖励利用这些机构提供的资源，为举办讲习班和编写报告提供资金。这一建议的学术价值源于研讨会有可能确定QIS研究面临的主要挑战，并制定应对这些挑战的计划。如果研讨会和报告有助于发起一项国家QIS倡议，其更广泛的影响将会实现。

In January 2009, the United States National Science and Technology Council issued a report entitled A Federal Vision for Quantum Information Science. The report proposes that The United States "... create a scientific foundation for controlling, manipulating, and exploiting the behavior of quantum matter, and for identifying the physical, mathematical, and computational capabilities and limitations of quantum information processing systems in order to build a knowledge base for this 21st century technology." A Workshop on Quantum Information Science has been organized in response to the NSTC report. The workshop, held 23-25 April 2009 at the Tysons Corner Marriott in Vienna, VA, brings together leading theorists and experimenters drawn from physical science, computer science, mathematics, and engineering, in order to assess recent progress in QIS and identify major goals and challenges for future research. The workshop includes open evening sessions so that all participants can express their views concerning the priorities for a national QIS initiative. The workshop will be followed by a report that will be submitted to the Federal agencies that sponsor or perform QIS research. This award, using resources provided by these same agencies, provides funding to cover the cost of holding the workshop and preparing the report. The intellectual merit of this proposal stems from the workshops potential to identify the central challenges facing QIS research and to formulate a plan for facing these challenges. Its broader impact will be achieved if the workshop and report help to launch a national QIS initiative.