The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $256,000 Project Grant under the Division of Physics' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Michigan State University to research methods for improving the performance of quantum computing algorithms for quantum state preparation. The project will explore preconditioning methods, sampling techniques, and reducing systematic errors to accelerate the Rodeo quantum computing algorithm, using the 2D Heisenberg model as a...
This $133,485 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) is supporting the development of a quantum computing training curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers, in materials science and chemistry. The curriculum covers quantum computing fundamentals, quantum simulations, and quantum machine learning, utilizing both IBM quantum hardware and NVIDIA CUDA quantum...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund collaborative research to develop scalable quantum computing systems. The project aims to interconnect multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) with limited qubit capacity into a scalable "virtual quantum machine" (VQM) with far greater qubit capabilities. The research will investigate fundamental qubit entanglement and...
This $166,515 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) is supporting the development of a quantum computing training curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers, in materials science and chemistry. The curriculum covers quantum computing fundamentals, quantum simulations, and quantum machine learning, utilizing both IBM quantum hardware and NVIDIA CUDA...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $178,521 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to conduct research on building scalable quantum computing systems. The project aims to develop algorithms and physical interconnections to interconnect multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) with limited qubits into a scalable "virtual...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, provides $300,000 to George Mason University ("Mason") to pilot an end-to-end quantum systems integration training program. The project aims to grow a diverse quantum-ready workforce and broaden the adoption of advanced quantum computing cyberinfrastructure through three key educational initiatives: Updating...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,995 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to support the EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF SYSTEM AND NETWORK SUPPORTS FOR QUANTUM CLOUD project. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, aims to democratize access to quantum computing resources by developing a quantum cloud framework called QCLOUD, which...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $339,996 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to host the SIAM Quantum Intersections Convening in Fall 2024. This three-day interactive workshop aims to promote multidisciplinary collaborations between mathematical scientists and experts in quantum science research and education. The event will bring together physicists, computer scientists,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,149,999 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Federal Grant Program to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. This 3-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, will fund the development of an open-source ecosystem of modeling tools for quantum hardware. The project aims to democratize access to quantum technology by creating user-friendly tools that allow researchers to model quantum systems...