Quantum Noir: A conference series focused on Faculty, Researchers, and Students of Color(+) in the Quantum Sciences

非技术描述：这项工作将导致“量子黑色”的创建，这是一个两年一次的量子、纳米科学和工程会议，目标是来自传统上在STEM中代表性不足的群体的研究人员。会议的主要目标是让参与者了解量子科学与工程的范围和潜力，阐明全国范围内的科学机会，并为来自代表性不足群体的研究人员建立网络，将参与者与量子科学与工程社区的领导者“协作”联系起来，重点关注新技术、国家政策和劳动力培训。该会议为教师、研究人员和来自代表性不足群体的学生提供培训和招聘活动。量子信息、量子、传感和量子网络领域正在进行的革命是一项全国性的挑战，我们必须利用我们所有的资源、人力和其他资源来应对。有了这种支持，量子黑色将有助于弥合这一关键的资源差距。技术描述：我们正在见证量子科学与工程的出现，这是一项与微电子技术革命一样重要的技术颠覆。这一新学科的崛起要求我们团结全国科学界来抓住这个机会。这项工作的大部分基础都是基于凝聚态科学和工程，从历史上看，有色人种的研究人员一直存在进入障碍，特别是在小型和少数民族服务机构，因为他们无法获得进行世界级工作所需的广泛基础设施和资源。该会议将成为一个重要的劳动力培训和发展活动，使量子工程领导者的“最先进”技术能够直接传播给新一代不同的研究人员。这次会议将为研究人员和学生建立合作关系，并将使工业界和风险投资社区能够接触到尚未开发的创新者资源。第一次会议将在哈佛大学举行，由哈佛纳米系统中心（CNS）部分主办。量子黑色将利用社区专业知识，真正使量子科学多样化，同时也建立社区，确保我们通过将所有研究人员与可用的基础设施、资源和培训联系起来，优化国家的人才和人力资源。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。

Non-technical description: This work will lead to creation of “Quantum Noir”, a biennial Quantum, Nanoscience and Engineering conference targeted at researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM. The primary goals of the meeting are to educate participants of the scope and potential of Quantum Science and Engineering, illuminate scientific opportunities nationwide, and to network researchers from under-represented groups, connecting participants “collaboratively” with leaders in the Quantum Science and Engineering Community, focused on new technologies, national policy, and workforce training. The conference serves as a training and recruiting event for faculty, researchers, and students from under-represented groups into the Quantum Sciences. The ongoing revolution in Quantum Information, Quantum, Sensing, and Quantum Networking is a national challenge we must meet with all our resources, human and otherwise. With this support, Quantum Noir will help bridge this critical resource gap.Technical description: We are witnessing the emergence of Quantum Science & Engineering, a technology disruption as significant as the revolution in microelectronics. The ascent of this new discipline demands we rally the nation’s scientific community to address this opportunity. Much of the foundation of this work is based in condensed matter science and engineering where historically, there has been a barrier of entry for researchers of color, particularly at small and minority serving institutions, due to limited access to the extensive infrastructure and resources required to do world-class work. The conference will serve as an important workforce training and development event by enabling technology dissemination of the “state-of-the-art” from Quantum Engineering leaders, directly to a new generation of diverse researchers. The conference will create a collaborative nexus for researchers and students and will allow industry and the venture community access to an untapped source of innovators. The first meeting will be at Harvard University hosted in part by the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS). Quantum Noir will leverage the community expertise to truly diversify Quantum science, but also to build community, ensuring we are optimizing the nation’s talent and human resources available by connecting all researchers with the available infrastructure, resources, and training.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.