Project Grant DESC0023710

The National Science Foundation awarded Quantum Simulation Technologies Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a matrix product state-based fermionic quantum emulator. The emulator will enable simulation of quantum computations involving up to 100 spin orbitals or 50 electrons on classical computing hardware, an order of magnitude larger than currently possible. Quantum Simulation Technologies will complete a Python...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $120,650 from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026 to the University of California, Berkeley to develop optimized software for lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) computations on modern GPU-accelerated supercomputer systems. The project aims to advance the computational capabilities for studying the physics of hadron-hadron interactions, including...

Quantum Simulation Technologies Inc., doing business as Qsimulate, was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop cloud-based low-scaling quantum chemistry simulations for materials. The grant is being carried out under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program, CFDA 47.083, provides $539,000 to develop a Rydberg tweezer quantum processor with real-time optical cavity readout at the University of California, Berkeley from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The award will enable measurements of a portion of a complex quantum system while the remainder continues to evolve coherently. This will be realized using arrays of optically trapped single atoms with...

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 $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics will support research into mapping the structure of hadrons using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) simulations at Michigan State University from August 2022 through July 2025. LQCD allows for direct simulation of quantum chromodynamics on spacetime lattices using supercomputers, enabling the study of hadronic systems' properties from first principles with controlled uncertainties. The awardee will pursue...

This $2.46 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research into interconnected superconducting and color center qubits in silicon devices from September 2021 through August 2025. The University of California, Berkeley will lead efforts to design high kinetic inductance superconducting devices using disordered superconducting alloys for insensitivity to light fields and coupling microwave fields to mechanical modes....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,069 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Rochester to develop an analog quantum simulator for modeling the dynamics of open quantum systems. The objective is to create a platform using semiconductor quantum dots and quantum electronic circuits that can simulate the dissipative dynamics of excitons in molecular systems, such as those found in photosynthetic complexes or Hubbard...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $736,406 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN. The research aims to advance understanding of how strong force bound states like protons are created and how their dynamics evolve. Key activities include: Measurements comparing hadron production from light...

This three-year, $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds the development of adaptive quantum algorithms to solve important societal problems through quantum simulation. Arizona State University will lead research to overcome challenges like ansatz selection, noise, and rugged optimization landscapes faced by existing quantum simulation algorithms. The research aims to create a family of algorithms that can...