IUCRC Planning Grant Indiana University: Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT)

IUCRC 规划拨款 印第安纳大学：量子技术中心 (CQT)

• 批准号: 2052730
• 负责人: Gerardo Ortiz
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2052730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Planning; Grant; Indiana; University

The Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT) is a partnership between Purdue University, Indiana University, the University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI). The mission of the CQT is to collaborate with industry and government stakeholders to identify compelling needs and challenges in quantum technologies, and then develop novel solutions to address these opportunities. Quantum technologies are governed by the physics of sub-atomic particles and have relevance to computing, sensing, imaging, metrology, communications, and cryptography. Because of their wide-ranging applicability, quantum technologies have the potential to be transformative, with uses in intelligence, financial security, computing, medicine, and navigation. Society has entered the second quantum revolution, but it is still in its infancy, and the nascent quantum industry requires significant fundamental research to mature novel technologies. In partnership with industrial members, the CQT researchers will use their expertise in quantum science and engineering to develop and transfer foundational knowledge into industry-friendly quantum devices, systems, and algorithms with enhanced functionality and performance. Additionally, the CQT will help train the next generation of quantum scientists and engineers to support the development of a critically needed quantum workforce. Students will not only conduct Center research, but also help writing project reports, present at biannual meetings, and interact with industry and government members. Finally, the CQT will leverage established programs at each of the four universities to engage and support students traditionally underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The overarching vision of the CQT is to bring together multidisciplinary experts in academia, industry, and government in a self-sustaining, collaborative venture facilitating the transition of fundamental research discoveries in quantum science and engineering into novel, commercial-ready technologies. Specifically, CQT will focus on three significant industrial and government interests: quantum computing (including simulation and algorithm development), quantum sensing, and quantum communications. This includes: algorithmic development for general purpose quantum computers, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) and hybrid quantum-classical platforms, graph-theoretic tools for solving quantum molecular dynamics, topological quantum computation, quantum certification and validation, quantum-enhanced sensing (including entangled neutrons and photons), and fiber-ion quantum interconnects. Due to the wide applicability of quantum technologies, the relevant industry base is broad. The technologies developed in the CQT may save energy, speed up computation, enhance national security and defense, and innovate health care. Indiana University (IU) houses several unique facilities, including the IU Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, a national resource for the design and construction of large-scale equipment for use in nuclear, particle, accelerator, and materials experiments. IU also has facilities for cold atom and ion-trap state-of-the-art Laboratories; the Multidisciplinary Engineering and Science Hall for machine and instrument making, electronic, vacuum, detector, and cryogenic technologies as well as fibers and additive manufacturing-enabled systems, with draw and additive manufacturing facilities, fiber preform fabrication and optical/electronic characterization laboratories. The Nanoscale Characterization Facility, which hosts many instruments for material characterization is also available to researchers in CQT. IU investments in QIS, featuring one of the country's first quantum engineering programs and an intensive one-year, multi-disciplinary Masters degree.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.

量子技术中心（CQT）是普渡大学、印第安纳州大学、圣母大学和印第安纳州普渡大学-印第安纳波利斯分校（IUPUI）之间的合作伙伴关系。CQT的使命是与行业和政府利益相关者合作，确定量子技术的迫切需求和挑战，然后开发新的解决方案来应对这些机遇。量子技术受亚原子粒子物理学的支配，与计算、传感、成像、计量、通信和密码学相关。由于其广泛的适用性，量子技术具有变革的潜力，可用于智能，金融安全，计算，医学和导航。社会已经进入第二次量子革命，但它仍处于起步阶段，新生的量子产业需要大量的基础研究来成熟新技术。CQT研究人员将与工业成员合作，利用他们在量子科学和工程方面的专业知识，开发并将基础知识转化为具有增强功能和性能的行业友好型量子设备，系统和算法。此外，CQT将帮助培训下一代量子科学家和工程师，以支持急需的量子劳动力的发展。学生不仅将进行中心的研究，还将帮助撰写项目报告，出席一年两次的会议，并与行业和政府成员互动。最后，CQT将利用四所大学的既定项目，吸引和支持传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的学生。CQT的总体愿景是将学术界，工业界和政府的多学科专家聚集在一起，建立一个自我维持的合作企业，促进量子科学和工程的基础研究发现转变为新颖的商业技术。具体来说，CQT将专注于三个重要的工业和政府利益：量子计算（包括模拟和算法开发），量子传感和量子通信。这包括：通用量子计算机的算法开发、噪声中尺度量子（NISQ）和混合量子经典平台、用于解决量子分子动力学的图论工具、拓扑量子计算、量子认证和验证、量子增强传感（包括纠缠中子和光子）以及光纤离子量子互连。由于量子技术的广泛适用性，相关产业基础广泛。CQT开发的技术可以节省能源，加速计算，增强国家安全和国防，并创新医疗保健。印第安纳州大学（IU）拥有几个独特的设施，包括IU能源和物质探索中心，这是一个设计和建造用于核，粒子，加速器和材料实验的大型设备的国家资源。 IU还拥有冷原子和离子阱最先进的实验室设施;多学科工程和科学大厅，用于机器和仪器制造，电子，真空，检测器和低温技术以及光纤和增材制造系统，具有拉制和增材制造设施，光纤预制件制造和光学/电子表征实验室。 CQT的研究人员也可以使用纳米级表征设施，该设施拥有许多用于材料表征的仪器。该奖项反映了NSF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。