Collaborative Research: AccelNet: Global Quantum Leap

量子计算和通信技术能够解决传统范式无法解决的计算问题，从而有可能以深刻的方式改变社会。然而，技术上的挑战是艰巨的。全球量子飞跃（GQL）建立了一个基于共同愿景的国际网络网络，即量子革命将要求纳米制造基础设施发生根本性变化，而发展这种基础设施将需要全球合作和协调。GQL将把纳米制造和量子网络联系起来，推进实现可制造量子技术所需的科学知识。该AccelNet项目将在国家纳米协调基础设施（NNCI）和国际量子信息科学网络之间建立战略联盟。最初的合作伙伴网络包括日本纳米平台、量子计算物质和光（ML4Q，由德国研究基金会支持的卓越集群）、欧洲OpenSuperQ和芝加哥量子交易所。通过连接这些网络，GQL将为培养具有全球意识的劳动力奠定基础，这些劳动力可以塑造量子技术的未来创新，并将从根本上影响量子制造发展的整体轨迹。它还将培养新一代技术领导人，以承担需要国际协调的高度复杂项目。通过向最广泛的社区展示量子技术的能力和潜力，这种推广将确保GQL具有广泛的社会影响。GQL网络伙伴关系将弥合纳米制造和量子信息社区之间的基础知识差距，包括基本工艺、材料和集成挑战。GQL将与国内和国际合作伙伴共同实现三个主要目标：(1)在全球范围内建立纳米制造和量子信息科学界之间的联系；(2)促进新兴量子计算系统技术路线图的创建；(3)为学生、博士后学者和早期职业研究人员提供与国际跨学科团队合作的技能，以应对与量子计算系统相关的挑战。一系列会议、研讨会、结构化和个人研究交流、教育训练营和行业互动将旨在弥合现有的知识差距。学生、博士后学者和教师也将提高沟通和团队合作技能，并学习大型技术项目中跨文化互动的有效策略。量子制造问题的知识进步将具有广泛的应用前景。在GQL中开发的学习将以新设备和新工艺的形式转移到NNCI网络，可供学术和工业量子社区使用。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究（AccelNet）计划旨在加速科学发现的进程，并为下一代美国研究人员进行多团队国际合作做好准备。AccelNet项目支持美国研究网络与国外互补网络之间的战略联系，将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大国际协调努力的重大科学挑战。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 and communication technologies have the potential to change society in profound ways by enabling solutions to computational problems inaccessible using conventional paradigms. However, the technical challenges are daunting. Global Quantum Leap (GQL) establishes an international network of networks on the shared vision that the quantum revolution will require fundamental changes in nano-manufacturing infrastructure, and that developing this infrastructure will require worldwide collaboration and coordination. GQL will link nano-manufacturing and quantum networks to advance the scientific knowledge required to realize manufacturable quantum technologies. This AccelNet project will create strategic alliances between the National Nano Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) and international networks working on quantum information sciences. Initial partner networks include Nanoplatform Japan, Matter and Light for Quantum Computing (ML4Q, a Cluster of Excellence supported by the German Research Foundation), European OpenSuperQ, and the Chicago Quantum Exchange. By linking these networks, GQL will lay the foundation to develop a globally-aware workforce that can shape future innovations in quantum technology and will fundamentally influence the overall trajectory for quantum manufacturing development. It will also prepare a new generation of technical leaders to take on highly complex projects requiring international coordination. Such outreach will ensure that GQL has extensive societal impact, by exposing the widest range of communities to the capabilities and potential of quantum technology. The GQL network partnerships will bridge fundamental knowledge gaps between the nanomanufacturing and quantum information communities, including fundamental process, materials, and integration challenges. GQL will engage with domestic and international partners toward three main goals: (1) to create linkages between the nanofabrication and quantum information science communities on a global scale, (2) to facilitate the creation of a technology roadmap for emerging quantum computing systems, and (3) to equip students, postdoctoral scholars, and early-career researchers with skills to collaborate with international, interdisciplinary teams that will tackle challenges related to quantum computing systems. A series of meetings, workshops, structured and individual research exchanges, educational bootcamps, and industry interactions will be designed to bridge the existing knowledge gaps. Students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty will also develop increased communication and teamwork skills and learn effective strategies for intercultural interactions on large-scale technical projects. The knowledge advances of quantum manufacturing issues will have broad applications. The learning developed in GQL will be transferred to the NNCI network in the form of new equipment and processes that can be utilized by the academic and industrial quantum community. The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts.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.