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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $420,000 Project Grant through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Northeastern University. The 3-year grant, beginning August 1, 2024, will fund research focused on developing novel machine learning-inspired computational methods and advancing the understanding of quantum many-body systems. Key efforts include: 1) applying neural network models based on "quantum attention" to study quantum many-body ground...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to build an advanced quantum computing laboratory. The laboratory will create and fault-tolerantly measure many-body quantum states, with the goal of demonstrating practical quantum advantages for problems in chemistry, materials, and physics. The project will make significant advances in atomic...
This federal Project Grant award, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research on hybrid solid-state quantum systems that combine semiconductor spin qubits and superconducting circuits. The $799,123 award to the University of Rhode Island, with a sub-award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aims to advance the state of quantum information science and engineering. The key products or services to be...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $432,714 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund a three-year collaborative research project titled "New Challenges in the Derivation and Dynamics of Quantum Systems" from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The project aims to promote progress in mathematical and physical sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing...
This $294,777 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical and computational research and education into quantum mechanical systems of interacting particles far from equilibrium. The key research themes are: 1) understanding quantum and classical chaos and ergodicity through adiabatic transformations, and 2) developing a systematic approach to describe the dynamics of systems with both...
This $296,555 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support the development of reduced basis enhancements for neural networks and their application to quantum materials simulation. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will combine traditional reduced basis methods with deep learning techniques to build an analysis-driven computational emulator for parameterized partial differential equations....
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $390,000 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Office of Grant & Contract Administration in Hadley, MA to support collaborative research titled "New Challenges in the Derivation and Dynamics of Quantum Systems" from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $137,548 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The 3-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will fund research to deepen the understanding of quantum computational advantage. Specifically, the project seeks to explore the interplay between entanglement, measurement, and quantum many-body physics in the context of "noisy...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $500,000 to the University of Massachusetts, awarded on Sep 1, 2024, supports collaborative research to design, analyze, and control quantum networks. The project aims to (i) develop algorithms and protocols for efficient and fair sharing of quantum networks among users, and (ii) protect against noise inherent in the network infrastructure. The goal is to...