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	QuICS Graduate Student Receives IBM Ph.D. Fellowship April 8, 2020 The funding will support doctoral student Eddie Schoute’s research in developing new methods to route quantum information more efficiently.
	To Tune Up Your Quantum Computer, Better Call an AI Mechanic April 1, 2020 A recently published paper co-authored by personnel from QuICS outlines a way to teach an AI to make an interconnected set of adjustments to tiny quantum dots that would form the switches in a quantum computer’s processor.
	Wu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Explore End-to-End Quantum Applications March 12, 2020 The funding supports Wu’s efforts to bridge the gap between the theoretical foundation of quantum computing and the limitation of realistic quantum machines.
	QuICS Anniversary Symposium Reflects on Future of Quantum Information Science January 27, 2020 The daylong research symposium featured a series of talks and presentations by students, postdocs and faculty who were joined by quantum experts from across the region and beyond.
	QuICS to Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary with Research Symposium November 7, 2019 The symposium is geared toward researchers and students, as well as the Center's academic, government, and industry partners focused on quantum computing and quantum information science.
	Hybrid Device Among First to Meld Quantum and Conventional Computing November 5, 2019 University of Maryland researchers applied their new process to generative modeling.
	Stretched Photons Recover Lost Interference October 18, 2019 Researchers at QuICS and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have stretched out multiple photons—the quantum particles of light—and turned three distinct pulses into overlapping quantum waves.
	Childs Discusses News of Google Quantum Supremacy October 2, 2019 Andrew Childs weighs in on recent news that Google researchers may have breached the “quantum supremacy” threshold.
	Hartree Fellows Add Scientific Strength to UMD’s Quantum Efforts September 25, 2019 The program recruits talented postdocs interested in quantum information science to work at UMD for up to three years.
	QuICS Researchers Awarded $3.8M for Quantum Computing Research September 23, 2019 The funding supports a broad range of topics that will lay the groundwork for quantum computers to become practical devices.
	Ions Clear Another Hurdle Toward Scaled-up Quantum Computing August 20, 2019 Led by QuICS Fellow Chris Monroe, scientists are using laser pulses to simultaneously create quantum connections between different pairs of qubits.
	Corkscrew Photons May Leave Behind a Spontaneous Twist August 5, 2019 A research team that includes QuICS Fellow Alexey Gorshkov recently published a paper in the journal Physical Review Letters. (Illustration by Emily Edwards, JQI)
	Second Annual Trapped-Ion Conference Comes to UMD July 22, 2019 The conference brings together more than 230 students and researchers from around the globe, all working on the science of trapped atomic ions.
	Gorshkov Receives Early-Career Research Award July 14, 2019 Gorshkov investigates atomic and optical physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information science.
	QuICS Hosts Major Quantum Conference and Partner Workshop June 2, 2019 The weeklong meeting has attracted faculty, research scientists and students from around the world.