The University of Southern California (USC) was awarded a $4,556,387 definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the "QUANTUM BENCHMARKING PROGRAM." The contract has no set-aside designation. The goal of the program is to develop innovative research in quantum benchmarking to quantify the long-term utility of quantum computers. USC is the prime contractor, with subcontractors including the University of Sydney, Riverlane Research Inc., the University of New Mexico, Lockheed Martin, the University of North Texas, North Carolina State University, Central Michigan University, and SRI International. The contract supports research on creating application-specific, hardware-agnostic benchmarks or estimating hardware resource requirements for quantum computers, advancing DARPA's mission to develop transformative quantum technologies.
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