Project Grant FA23862314086

The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded a $248,842 Project Grant to the University of New Orleans to better understand quantum nonlocality in multiple-particle settings and refine interpretations of genuine multipartite nonlocality. Working under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the university will characterize patterns of experimental statistics consistent with new definitions of genuine multipartite nonlocality. This aims to distinguish...

This federal Project Grant award of $263,170 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to December 31, 2029, aims to advance quantum security and cryptography. The project's key objectives are to construct new forms of quantum pseudorandomness, which can hide the quantum mechanical properties of physical systems, such as their entanglement. This research is expected to...

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of a new hybrid continuous-discrete variable quantum network architecture at North Carolina State University (NC State). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) create new models and protocols for generating, manipulating, and converting continuous- and discrete-variable entangled quantum states;...

This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop foundational theories for quantum-secure cryptography and train students in a quantum perspective on the field. Funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the three-year award period runs from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Key research areas include security of symmetric-key primitives against quantum attackers,...

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 $500,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) is developing the Attosecond Synchronized Photonic Entanglement Network (ASPEN-NET), a scalable quantum networking platform capable of distributing entanglement at high rates over large distances. The project involves three interoperable quantum networking testbeds located in Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon to deliver quantum advantages in sensing and...

The National Science Foundation's $800,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support the creation of a virtual quantum networks prototype. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the university will develop a general-purpose, programmable virtual quantum network infrastructure to enable open experimentation of new quantum technologies via agile software controls. Key products and services...

This $300,000 federal 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 new hybrid continuous-discrete variable quantum network architecture and associated models, algorithms, and protocols. The key objectives are to enable high-rate, high-fidelity distribution of quantum entanglement resources for quantum computing, sensing, and communication applications. The 3-year...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $245,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SECURE AND EFFICIENT POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY: FROM CODING THEORY TO HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE." The three-year grant running from May 2021 through April 2024 will fund research exploring post-quantum cryptography approaches from coding theory to hardware...

This two-year, $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support research at Stony Brook University to develop techniques for efficient entanglement in quantum computing systems. The grantee aims to investigate entanglement routing problems across multiple quantum processors and design novel routing algorithms with theoretical guarantees and optimal system topologies to boost entanglement efficiency. The research...