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Amazon Web Services and Antia Lamas-Linares to bring quantum communication innovations to Q-NEXT
With one of the largest fiber networks in the world, Q-NEXT partner AWS brings a global perspective to quantum technologies, and AWS’ Antia Lamas-Linares is tackling the engineering challenges in making quantum networks a reality. Read More
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Jennifer Choy: engineering atomic antennas for quantum sensing
A member of two national quantum research collaborations, Jennifer Choy is creating technologies to boost the performance of quantum sensors. Read More
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For Danna Freedman, an impasse is an invitation
From MIT News: Q-NEXT collaborator Danna Friedman of MIT embraces the most challenging moments of her work to design molecules for quantum information science. Read More
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Nadya Mason named director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Nadya Mason, who has been at Illinois since 2005, is an experimental physicist who works at the intersection of complex materials, superconductivity, and nanotechnology. Read More
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Scientist you should know: Monika Schleier-Smith and the quantum universe
From Discover: Stanford University physicist Monika Schleier-Smith customizes quantum networks in the lab. Her experiments advance quantum computing and improve our understanding of the universe. Read More
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5 important scientists of today
From Discover: Q-NEXT collaborator Monika Schleier-Smith is featured in this piece on scientists who "embody the chief objectives of science — to push the frontiers of what we know and to advance human welfare along the way." Schleier-Smith controls quantum entanglement to augment the computational problems that quantum physics can solve. Read More
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Chicago Quantum Profile: Alex High
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: Alex High, a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, focuses on the delicate manipulation of light at very small scales — a useful capability for advanced technology such as quantum communication or quantum sensing. Read More
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Liang Jiang (BS '04), quantum physicist
From Caltech: As an undergraduate at Caltech in the early 2000s, and then returning as a postdoctoral scholar after completing his Ph.D at Harvard, Q-NEXT collaborator Liang Jiang was present at the creation of two milestones in the history of quantum information at Caltech. Jiang currently pursues research that connects theory to application in the many facets of quantum science, including sensing, transduction, communication and computation. Read More
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Chemist Randall Goldsmith named a Schmidt Science Polymath
Q-NEXT collaborator Randall Goldsmith exploits quantum processes to focus on single molecules. His approach to studying chemical and biophysical systems caught the attention of Schmidt Futures, which named Goldsmith one of its 2022 Schmidt Science Polymaths award winners. Each of the 10 recipients, who are newly tenured university faculty chosen for their promising interdisciplinary research, receives $2.5 million over five years to help fund their research groups. Read More
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Bo Peng ensures quantum computers don’t ‘bring in da noise’
A Q-NEXT collaborator at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Bo Peng is pioneering new ways to beat down the noise in quantum computers. Read More
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U.S. Department of Energy announces first-of-its-kind collaboration for quantum technology demonstrations in space
From the U.S. Department of Energy: The U.S. Department of Energy announces the first round of participants dedicated to the Quantum & Space Collaboration, which has garnered an array of participants, including Q-NEXT partner Infleqtion. Read More
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Quantum capital of the world: emerging field that could solve ‘unsolvable’ problems
From WGN News: Chicago is aiming to become the quantum capital of the world. Public and private investment, workforce efforts, tech startups, and collaboration across academia, government and industry are all helping position Illinois as a leader in the quantum revolution. The WGN news piece… Read More
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Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris administration announces 31 regional tech hubs to spur American innovation, strengthen manufacturing and create good-paying jobs in Every Region of the Country
From the White House: President Biden and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announce the designation of 31 communities across the country as Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) through the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The 31 Tech Hubs focus on developing and… Read More
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The consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
From the Science Podcast: University of Chicago's Andrew Cleland discusses his work on using the phonon as the basis of quantum computing. Read More
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Run Superstaq to boost quantum computing performance — with Infleqtion
From the Post-Quantum World podcast: Host Konstantinos Karagiannis chats with Infleqtion's Pranav Gokhale about improving the performance of quantum computing programs by orders of magnitude by modifying just one layer of the computing stack. Read More