This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, CFDA 47.070, will provide $263,170 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to advance quantum security and computational capabilities. The project aims to construct new forms of quantum pseudorandomness that can hide certain quantum mechanical properties, such as entanglement. This research may enable new types of post-quantum cryptography and testing methods...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $261,304 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to research and develop secure quantum computing systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing a novel Quantum Trusted Execution Environment prototype to enable secure and confidential quantum computations, and developing systematic defenses against...
This $499,991 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 comprehensive curriculum, training projects, and educational activities focused on establishing an advanced and secure quantum cyberinfrastructure (QCI) workforce. The key deliverables include: (1) a modularized QCI curriculum covering basics, algorithms, hardware, and software; (2) specialized training...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,999 Project Grant to Fordham University through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports the development of a comprehensive set of curricular modules and an experiential learning platform with hands-on labs to advance quantum computing systems security and privacy (QUANSP) education and workforce development. The project team is creating materials that integrate quantum computing and...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University from February 2022 to January 2025. The university will identify vulnerabilities and develop defenses for securing large-scale noisy-intermediate scale quantum computing. Specifically, the grant will support identifying assets, vulnerabilities, security threats, and potential for intellectual property theft in...
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 $599,338 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports theoretical research at Cornell University on quantum information science and communication. The key objectives are to investigate quantum information transmission limits, entanglement measures, and probabilistic communication capacity. The research aims to advance the fundamental understanding of quantum Shannon theory, with...
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 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 $219,933 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, is for the development of "QUAIM: A Quantum Cyberinfrastructure with Automated Implementation Toolkits for Scientific Discovery." The project aims to create an open-source toolkit to enable domain scientists to leverage the power of quantum computing for complex...