Duke University was awarded a two-year, $1,712,082 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support the development of a next-generation modular ion-trap quantum computer. The grant will fund research from September 2021 through August 2023 aimed at advancing quantum computing technology through the creation of a new modular design for an ion trap-based quantum processing unit. As the Mathematical and...
Duke University was awarded a $229,565 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the collaborative research project "RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL-TIME COMPUTER VISION AND DECISION MAKING VIA MOBILE ROBOTS" being conducted from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to advance the development and use...
This four-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations provides $300,000 to Research Foundation of the City University of New York for collaborative research titled "FET: MEDIUM: ROBUST QUANTUM NETWORKS VIA EFFICIENT ENTANGLEMENT DISTRIBUTION." The funding supports work under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which aims to advance computing, communications, and information...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, provides $500,000 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to conduct research on the design, analysis, and control of quantum networks. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award, which began on September 1, 2024, include: (i) Developing new path selection and link-level entanglement allocation algorithms...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of a new hybrid continuous-discrete variable quantum network architecture and associated models, algorithms, and protocols. The key objectives are to enable high-rate, high-fidelity distribution of quantum entanglement resources for quantum computing, sensing, and communication applications. The 3-year...
The National Science Foundation's $800,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support the creation of a virtual quantum networks prototype. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the university will develop a general-purpose, programmable virtual quantum network infrastructure to enable open experimentation of new quantum technologies via agile software controls. Key products and services...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) in the amount of $300,000.00 supports research to enable and operate a quantum network infrastructure. The key objectives are to: (i) develop path selection and entanglement allocation algorithms for quantum network flows; (ii) create resource allocation protocols optimized for quantum device quality metrics; and (iii) develop strategies to reduce the classical...
This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of a new hybrid continuous-discrete variable quantum network architecture at North Carolina State University (NC State). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) create new models and protocols for generating, manipulating, and converting continuous- and discrete-variable entangled quantum states;...
The National Science Foundation awarded Duke University a $299,668 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, scalable process for creating diamond nitrogen-vacancy center quantum bits. This Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research will support innovative research demonstrating a new approach using diamond growth techniques coupled with carbon nanotube electron beam irradiation to create the defects needed for quantum bit implementation. The goal is to...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, aims to support the development of a verifiable quantum compiler that integrates formal methods to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing. The $500,000 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, will fund research to optimize the translation of quantum algorithms into fault-tolerant...