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JQI Podcast: The Limits of Computation May 18, 2017 Modern computers, which dwarf their forebears in speed and efficiency, still can't conquer some of the hardest computational problems. Making them even faster probably won't change that. |
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QuICS Hartree Fellow Explores New Methods to Verify Quantum Designs May 9, 2017 Amir Kalev is using quantum measurement theory and quantum tomography to validate that quantum systems will perform as intended. |
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Quantum Computers May Have Higher ‘Speed Limits’ Than Thought March 27, 2017 A “thought experiment” by QuICS Fellow and NIST scientist Stephen Jordan examines a different aspect of quantum computing speed, expanding on findings from other NIST researchers. |
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QuICS Hartree Fellow Is Seeking the Limits of Quantum Compression February 20, 2017 Penghui Yao, one of two recently arrived Hartree Postdoctoral Fellows, is digging deep into quantum communication. |
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QuICS Sends Strong Contingent to International Quantum Conference January 13, 2017 More than a dozen researchers from the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) are attending the 20th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP). |
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Newest QuICS Fellow Brings a Mathematician’s Eye to Quantum Puzzles November 28, 2016 Carl Miller, the newest Fellow of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) and a mathematician in the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has cultivated a lifelong passion for mathematics. |
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Glaudell Receives Booz Allen Hamilton Fellowship October 25, 2016 A graduate student in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) will benefit from a fellowship awarded by Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading technology-consulting firm based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. |
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QuICS Hosts International Cryptography Conference in Washington, D.C. September 22, 2016 Researchers from around the globe descended on downtown Washington, D.C. last week for the 6th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography, known colloquially as QCrypt. |
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Machine Learning in a Quantum World September 20, 2016 From self-driving cars and IBM’s Watson to chess engines and AlphaGo, there is no shortage of news about machine learning, the field of artificial intelligence that studies how to make computers that can learn. Recently, parallel to these advances, scientists have started to ask how quantum devices and techniques might aid machine learning in the future. |
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QuICS Hosts Five-Day Workshop on Quantum Complexity Quandary August 8, 2016 Three postdoctoral fellows in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) recently led a workshop to tackle a demanding problem in quantum complexity theory, the field that studies how much memory or time quantum computers need to solve problems or check their answers. |
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Research by QuICS Fellow Monroe Featured in Nature August 3, 2016 Research on quantum computing by Christopher Monroe, a Distinguished University Professor of physics and Fellow in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), is featured in the August 4 issue of Nature. |
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QuICS Fellow Stephen Jordan Receives NIST Young Investigator Award June 6, 2016 Stephen Jordan, a Fellow in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) and a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was recently honored with the 2016 Katharine Gebbie Young Investigator Award. |
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QuICS Fellow Christopher Monroe Elected to National Academy of Sciences May 3, 2016 Christopher Monroe, the Bice Zorn Professor of Physics and a Fellow in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. |
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No Time Like the Present for Quantum Programming, Says QuICS Postdoc April 13, 2016 Programming languages—which allow humans to write computer software without worrying about the details of computer hardware—are essential for modern computing. And now is the perfect time to start designing programming languages for quantum computers, according to a postdoctoral researcher at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). |
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QuICS Hosts Canadian Quantum Information Science Experts April 10, 2016 The Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) recently hosted more than 30 experts from a Canadian research organization for a series of talks and discussions focused on advancing the field of quantum information science. |