Workshop on Quantum Engineering Infrastructure. To Be Held Virtual In April 2021.

量子工程基础设施研讨会将汇集纳米制造和量子工程社区，为支持国家纳米技术协调基础设施（NNCI）中的量子研究开发短期和长期解决方案，NNCI是美国大学的纳米制造设施网络。研讨会的演讲者和与会者将是量子工程和纳米纤维交叉领域的学术和行业领导者，演讲将概述量子技术的各个方面，以及有关各种NNCI节点量子能力的详细信息。这些信息将有助于确保当前的设施基础设施能够最好地用于支持新的和正在进行的项目。研讨会还将举行一系列分组会议，与会者将讨论网络的长期基础设施需求。研讨会的成果将汇编成一份报告，广泛分发，以便就这一为期三天的活动中制定的关键行动项目开展后续活动。 在研讨会上开发的学习将对NSF和NNCI社区以及更广泛的国家努力建立量子研究和技术的领导地位产生广泛的利益。量子信息系统将在未来几十年内改变解决问题的方式。与20世纪世纪的计算机革命类似，量子工程系统提供了访问21世纪世纪问题的机会，这些问题以前无法通过传统计算平台实现。然而，量子技术仍处于起步阶段，需要基础研究，即NNCI网络支持的那种。为量子革命准备这个网络是具有挑战性的，因为与传统微电子相比，材料，工艺，设备和集成要求有很大不同，并建议重新思考所需的制造基础设施。考虑到量子工程系统基于各种平台，包括超导约瑟夫森结，捕获离子，使用量子点的自旋量子位，马约拉纳零模式，色心等，这一挑战更加严峻。本次研讨会将从两个方面探讨基础设施问题。首先，它将向使用NNCI设施的量子研究人员社区介绍NNCI网络如何支持他们的项目。作为一个长期目标，该研讨会将有助于为量子制造基础设施的未来提供战略愿景，以及如何最好地定位共享的国家资源以满足量子工程系统的需求。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。

The workshop on quantum engineering infrastructure will bring together the nanomanufacturing and quantum engineering communities to develop short- and long-term solutions for supporting quantum research in the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), a network of nanofabrication facilities at universities across the United States. The workshop presenters and attendees will be academic and industry leaders at the cross-over between quantum engineering and nanofabrication, and the presentations will provide overviews of the various aspects of quantum technology, as well as detailed information about the quantum capabilities of various NNCI nodes. This information will help to ensure the current facility infrastructure can best be used to enable new and ongoing projects. The workshop will also have a series of breakout sessions, where the participants will discuss the longer-term infrastructure needs of the network. The workshop outcomes will be compiled into a report that will be broadly distributed, which will enable follow-up activities on key action items developed in this three-day event. The learning developed in the workshop will have broad benefits to the NSF and NNCI communities, and to the broader national effort on establishing a leadership position in quantum research and technology.Quantum information systems are poised to change the way problems are solved in the coming decades. Similar to the computer revolution of the 20th century, quantum engineered systems offer the opportunity to access problems in the 21st century previously unattainable with conventional computing platforms. However, quantum technology is still in its infancy, and requires basic research, the kind that is supported by the NNCI network. Preparing this network for the quantum revolution is challenging, given the vastly different materials, processing, device and integration requirements compared to conventional microelectronics, and suggests a rethinking of the fabrication infrastructure that is needed. This challenge is even more acute given the fact that quantum engineered systems are based upon a diverse range of platforms including superconducting Josephson junctions, trapped ions, spin qubits using quantum dots, Majorana zero modes, color centers, and others. This workshop will seek to address the infrastructure issues in two ways. First, it will inform the community of quantum researchers that utilize NNCI facilities as to how their projects can be supported by the NNCI network. As a long-term goal, the workshop will help to inform a strategic vision for the future of quantum fabrication infrastructure, and how shared national resources can best be positioned to meet the needs of quantum engineered systems.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.