CCRI: Planning: Enabling Quantum Computer Science and Engineering

量子计算有望彻底改变整个计算范式，并对社会产生重大影响。随着研究和开发的进步，它还需要下一代受过量子训练的劳动力，他们将能够利用技术变革。该项目是一项规划拨款，用于确定学术托管和在线可访问的捕获离子量子计算机测试平台的开发要求。这种性质的测试平台将使计算机科学家能够使用功能齐全的量子计算机来测试量子算法领域的新想法。这项计划拨款将有四个目标：1)确定更广泛的量子计算机科学家社区对开放量子计算机的渴望；2)为研究人员定义具有有效资源的最小量子位数要求；3)确定研究人员希望在计算栈的哪个级别访问计算机；4)确定计算资源（广泛的量子社区）与设备作为教育和劳动力发展工具的学术性质之间的适当平衡。这项计划拨款的方法是使下一代量子计算平台能够用于计算机工程和计算机科学研究人员进行算法研究。佐治亚理工学院研究所（GTRI）在过去的15年里在开发离子阱量子系统硬件方面表现出了领导地位。该项目将利用GTRI和佐治亚理工学院共同努力的专业知识，使10量子位量子计算测试平台具有开源软件基础设施和远程访问能力。预计将直接影响以下研究方向：(1)微架构研究，探索与但不限于物理模型驱动的纠错、弹性、噪声中间态量子计算模型等相关的主题；(2)算法研究，从具有完整软件堆栈的实际系统的时空复杂性出发，了解量子算法的基本优势和局限性。(3)应用研究，将跨越工程和科学学科-以CISE相关研究为重点。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Quantum computing promises to revolutionize the entire paradigm of computing with significant societal impact. Along with advances is research and development, it also requires the next-generation of quantum-trained workforce who will be able to take advantage of the technological changes. This project is a planning grant to determine the requirements for development of an academic hosted and online accessible trapped ion-based quantum computer testbed. A testbed of this nature will give computer scientists access to a functioning quantum computer to test new ideas in the area quantum algorithms. This planning grant would have four goals: 1) determine the desire of the broader quantum computer scientist community in having access to open quantum computer; 2) define the requirements for the minimum number of qubits to have an effective resource for researcher; 3) determine the at what level in the computing stack would researcher like access to the computer; 4) determine the appropriate balance between a computing resource the broad quantum community and the academic nature of the device as a tool to educational and workforce development. The approach in this planning grant is to enable the next generation of quantum computing platforms for computer engineering and computer science researchers to perform algorithm research. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has demonstrated leadership in developing ion trap quantum system hardware over the last fifteen years. The project will leverage the expertise in this joint effort between GTRI and Georgia Institute of Technology and enable a ten-qubit quantum computing testbed with open source software infrastructure and capability of remote access. It is expected to directly impact the following research vectors: (1) Microarchitecture research to explore topics related to but not limited to physical model driven error correction, resiliency, noisy intermediate state quantum computing models etc. (2) Algorithm research to understand the fundamental advantages and limitations of quantum algorithms from space-time complexity on a practical system with its full software stack. (3) Applications research which will span over engineering as well as science disciplines – with a focus on CISE related research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.