FET: NSF Workshop on Software-Hardware Co-design for Quantum Computing

在这次研讨会中，来自工业界和学术界的专家将齐聚一堂，讨论端到端量子计算基础设施需要解决的关键挑战。将倡导从计算机工程的角度来看待问题的重要性。据设想，经典的计算机工程技术(在软件和硬件层面上)有可能使量子计算在科学和工业上取得变革性的进步。关键是找出在新的量子背景下的重大挑战。该研讨会将作为一个枢纽，推动大规模、协同和融合的努力，以建立一个共同的技术生态系统，量子技术和经典技术都可以长期共存，实现互惠互利和进步。已经建立了一个强大的指导委员会，由从事量子计算和相关主题的研究人员组成。指导委员会的四名成员来自工业界，另外四名来自学术界。指导委员会概述了研讨会的一系列感兴趣的主题、议程以及未来的演讲者和小组成员。委员会还将编写一份最后报告，介绍研讨会的主要结论。研讨会列出了一系列有趣和新兴的研究主题和潜在演讲者如下：(1)量子计算机体系结构设计和优化，(2)近期及以后系统的容错和错误缓解方法，(3)量子计算的设计自动化和软件，以及(4)通过软硬件协同设计实现早期应用。研讨会还将为研究人员提供一个制定教育计划的机会，为围绕量子计算的国家生态系统建设的全范围劳动力管道开发资源。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In this workshop, experts from both industry and academia will gather together and discuss the key challenges that need to be addressed for an end-to-end quantum computing infrastructure. The importance of taking a computer engineering perspective will be advocated. It is envisioned that classic computer engineering techniques (at both software and hardware levels) have the potential to enable transformative scientific and industrial progress for quantum computing. The key is to figure out the grand challenges in the new quantum context. This workshop will function as a hub to spur a large, synergistic, and convergent effort for building a common technological ecosystem that quantum-enabled technologies and classical technologies can both inhabit for mutual benefit and progress in the long term. A strong steering committee has been built with researchers working in quantum computing and related topics. Four of the steering committee members are from industry and the other four are from academia. The steering committee has outlined a series of topics of interest, an agenda, and prospective speakers and panelists for the workshop. The committee will also prepare a final report that captures the key findings of the workshop. A set of interesting and emerging research topics and prospective speakers for the workshop is listed as follows: (1) Quantum computer architecture design and optimization, (2) Approaches to fault tolerance and error mitigation on near-term systems and beyond, (3) Design automation and software for quantum computing, and (4) Enabling early applications with hardware-software co-design. The workshop will also provide an opportunity for researchers to work out an educational plan for developing resources for the full spectrum of workforce pipeline for the national ecosystem construction around quantum computing.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.