Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium
May 31, 2023
FROM DESIGNING QUANTUM COMPUTERS
TO
COORDINATING THE NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE
Charles Tahan
Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences
Quantum information science (QIS) unifies concepts from quantum mechanics and information science, the two foundational theories underpinning modern information technology. The result is the potential for disruptive new sensors, networks, and computers. Large-scale quantum computers, for example, have significant scientific, economic, and national security implications. They are hard to build, but we have made enough progress over the last two decades to understand some of their applications and the challenges to realizing them.
In this talk I will remind you why QIS matters and give you an update on coordination of the National Quantum Initiative (NQI). Signed into law in 2018, the NQI Act authorized the creation of National QIS Research Centers across the country, legislated the National Quantum Coordination Office in OSTP, called for a national strategy, and more. Then I will give you an example of one of the National QIS centers, the LPS Qubit Collaboratory: what motivated its creation and what we are doing at LPS to advance the technology of qubits.
This Colloquium will be conducted with an Open Q&A Forum and the result posted to YouTube. If you want to participate in the question session, please sign a release form so we can incorporate your image and voice in the colloquium. Specify EE380 Spring 2023 as the date and you won’t need to do it again. We prefer to include both sound and video. If you do not want to appear on video, please turn off your camera. Please keep your microphone muted if you are not speaking. https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6tWexlcSD39HFCB
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