Consortium on Quantum Simulation with Spin Qubits (CQS2Q)

谁会想到被称为空穴的微小颗粒会改变世界呢？从东海岸到西海岸的研究界正在联合起来，支持不列颠哥伦比亚大学的一位初级教授和他在舍布鲁克大学的资深同事，目标是创造一台基于这些粒子的机器，为量子模拟提供前所未有的能力。事实上，这些机器可以帮助满足当前的社会需求，比如模仿分子来发现新药，或者设身处地地思考量子材料来解开高温超导之谜。该团队正在与拥有微电子和量子计算机专业知识的实体合作，对其机器进行建模、制造和控制，这将使其能够快速沿着其技术路线图前进。这些科学和技术合作伙伴是加拿大国家研究委员会、CMC微系统公司、加拿大1QBit信息技术公司、德国的Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung，以及跨国公司Keysight Technologies和牛津仪器。认识到让科学家做他们最擅长的事情的重要性，即科学，该团队正在与战略合作伙伴合作，将研究商业化，如不列颠哥伦比亚省的BC量子算法研究所和魁北克的舍布鲁克创新区。这将使该财团成为加拿大充满活力的量子科学和技术创新生态系统的统一劳动力，并最终创建第一家量子模拟加拿大公司。

Who would have thought that microscopic particles, called holes, could change the world? Well, a coast-to-coast research community is rallying behind a junior professor from the University of British Columbia and his senior colleague from the Université de Sherbrooke with the goal of creating a machine based on these particles that offers unprecedented capabilities for quantum simulation. Indeed, these machines could help meet current social needs such as mimicking molecules to discover new drugs or putting oneself in the shoes of a quantum material to unravel the mystery of high temperature superconductivity.The team is partnering with entities holding expertise in microelectronics and quantum computers to model, fabricate, and control its machine, which will allow it to move quickly along its technology roadmap. These scientific and technological partners are the National Research Council of Canada, CMC Microsystems, the Canadian company 1QBit Information Technologies, the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung in Germany, and the multinationals Keysight Technologies and Oxford Instruments.Recognizing the importance of letting scientists do what they do best, which is science, the team is joining forces with strategic partners in research commercialization such as the BC Quantum Algorithms Institute in British Columbia and the Sherbrooke Innovation Zone in Quebec. This will allow the consortium to become a unified workforce of Canada's vibrant quantum science and technology innovation ecosystem and to ultimately create the first Canadian company in quantum simulation.