Project Grant 2311950

Award Date 8/1/23
Completion Date 7/31/26
Dollars Obligated $270K
Federal Grant Program
47.070
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Kent, OH 44242, USA
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  2. Building an uncertainty predictor to quantify the deployability of VQCs on different quantum processors, providing users awareness of performance changes.

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