Workshop on Quantum Information Science

2009年1月，美国国家科学技术理事会发布了一份题为《量子信息科学的联邦愿景》的报告。报告称，美国“…为控制，操纵和利用量子物质的行为，以及识别量子信息处理系统的物理，数学和计算能力和局限性奠定科学基础，以便为这一21世纪世纪技术建立知识基础。“为响应NSTC的报告，组织了一个量子信息科学研讨会。该研讨会于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，数学和工程的领先理论家和实验者，以评估QIS的最新进展，并确定未来研究的主要目标和挑战。讲习班包括晚间公开会议，以便所有与会者都能就国家质量监督信息系统倡议的优先事项发表意见。研讨会之后将提交一份报告给赞助或执行QIS研究的联邦机构。该奖项利用这些机构提供的资源，提供资金来支付举办研讨会和编写报告的费用。这一建议的智力价值源于讲习班的潜力，以确定面临的主要挑战，质量保证体系的研究，并制定一个计划，面对这些挑战。如果讲习班和报告有助于发起一项国家质量保证制度倡议，就能产生更广泛的影响。

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.