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Understanding the Power of Quantum Computers

July 27, 2015

Shelby Kimmel, a Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), studies what problems quantum computers could solve and how to understand when these devices are functioning properly.

QuICS Fellow Christopher Monroe Named Distinguished University Professor

July 20, 2015

A noted physicist at the forefront of the university’s research efforts in quantum science was recently named a Distinguished University Professor.

Three QuICS Fellows Help Author Report on Quantum Information Science

February 18, 2015

Jacob Taylor, Stephen Jordan and Carl Williams—all fellows in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS)—are part of a study group that recently authored a report identifying challenges in quantum information science (QIS), particle physics and computing.

Quantum Information Expert Andrew Childs Joins UMD as Co-Director of QuICS

November 21, 2014

A noted computer scientist has arrived at the University of Maryland to help lead the university’s expanding efforts in quantum information and quantum computing.

UMD, NIST Announce Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science

October 31, 2014

The University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the creation of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), with the support and participation of the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). See more here.