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

在本次研讨会上，来自工业界和学术界的专家将聚集在一起，讨论端到端量子计算基础设施需要解决的关键挑战。将提倡从计算机工程的角度出发的重要性。据设想，经典的计算机工程技术（在软件和硬件层面）有潜力为量子计算实现变革性的科学和工业进步。关键是要弄清楚新的量子环境下的重大挑战。本次研讨会将作为一个中心，促进大规模、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在这个生态系统中共存，以实现长期的互利和进步。一个强有力的指导委员会已经建立，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。指导委员会概述了一系列感兴趣的主题，议程，以及研讨会的预期演讲者和小组成员。委员会还将编写一份最后报告，总结讲习班的主要结论。研讨会列出了一系列有趣和新兴的研究主题和潜在的演讲者：(1)量子计算机体系结构设计和优化，(2)近期系统及以后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)通过硬件软件协同设计实现早期应用。研讨会还将为研究人员制定教育计划，为围绕量子计算的国家生态系统建设开发全谱劳动力管道资源。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。

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.