MsRI-EC: Conference on Midscale Infrastructure for Quantum Photonic Science, Engineering and Technology.The Conference Will Be Held Virtually In August, 2020.

非技术：量子互联网有可能改变我们理解和与周围世界互动的方式。预期的研究基础设施将加速量子互联网的发展，影响全国范围的研究。这种基础设施将使学术机构、国家实验室和商业企业受益。该设施将使大型和小型公司能够开发新的量子产品和量子互联网技术专业知识。提议的研讨会将鼓励多学科合作，包括来自集成光子学，光通信和光传感的演讲者。会议的组织者致力于为所有背景的个人提供一个包容的环境，包括那些来自STEM中代表性不足的社区的人。技术方面：本次会议的目的是发展必要的知识基础，为量子光子学的科学、工程和技术建立工程研究基础设施。该设施将为量子互联网技术的研究和教育提供无与伦比的环境，并有可能激发创业精神。量子互联网基础设施将成为主要新量子光子技术的试验场，其工具和服务将使研究人员能够将他们的创新从想法发展到现实世界，转变市场的产品。国家实验室和政府机构也可以依靠该设施来了解和发展量子互联网，以保障我们国家的安全和经济利益。组织这次会议的目标是：1)为国家设施的发展制定一个清晰的愿景，2)确定国家需求和优先领域，3)为设施的能力和运营创建一个框架，4)围绕设施的愿景组织利益相关者社区，5)为社区制定一个计划，以推进中等规模基础设施的发展。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。

Nontechnical:The Quantum Internet has the potential to transform the way that we understand and interact with the world around us. The anticipated research infrastructure would accelerate the development of the Quantum Internet, impacting research at a national scale. This infrastructure would benefit academic institutions, national laboratories, and commercial enterprises. This facility would enable large and small corporations to develop new quantum products and expertise on Quantum Internet technologies. The proposed workshop will encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration by including speakers from integrated photonics, optical communications, and optical sensing. The organizers of the conference are committed to providing an inclusive environment for individuals of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented communities in STEM.Technical:This conference would be aimed at developing the knowledge base necessary to establish engineering research infrastructure for the science, engineering and technology of quantum photonics. This facility would provide an unparalleled environment for research and education on Quantum Internet technologies, and have the potential to spark entrepreneurship. Quantum Internet infrastructure would be a proving ground for major new quantum photonic technologies with tools and services that will enable researchers to evolve their innovations from ideas to real world, market transforming products. National laboratories and government institutions could also rely on the facility to understand and develop the quantum internet for the security and economic benefit of our nation. The objectives in organizing this conference are to: 1) develop a clear vision for the development of a national facility, 2) establish national needs and priority areas, 3) create a framework for the facility capabilities and operations, 4) organize the community of stakeholders around the facility vision, 5) develop a plan for the community to move forward with development of a midscale infrastructure proposal.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.