The CUbit Update - March 2023

Top Quantum Stories

New $15M NASA grant to support quantum sensors in space

A multi-university research team, including engineers and physicists from CU Boulder and NIST, will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms in outer space. The new Quantum Pathways Institute is led by the University of Texas at Austin.

Diddams receives prestigious Mees Medal for ground-breaking optics research that transcends boundaries

QEI faculty director Scott Diddams receives prestigious Mees Medal for ground-breaking optics research

Professor Scott Diddams, who serves as faculty director of the College of Engineering and Applied Science's Quantum Engineering Initiative (QEI), has been selected for the 2023 C.E.K. Mees Medal from Optica (formerly OSA) for his pioneering innovations in optical frequency combs.

Associate JILA Fellow Shuo Sun has been awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship

The award places Sun among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. At JILA, Sun's research focuses on quantum optics, nanophotonics and experimental quantum information science. His group studies strong light-matter interactions at the quantum limit.

JILA hosts Women in Science panel to celebrate International Women in Science Day

To celebrate the important research and discoveries in science that have been made by women, and to support the next generation of female scientists, the United Nations dedicated February 11 as "International Women and Girls in Science" day. To honor this tradition, JILA hosted a panel discussion and open forum.

Quantum Funding Opportunities

Due 4/20: DOE RFI: Preparing a Future Workforce in Quantum Information Science
Due 6/5 (Abstracts): DARPA Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT)
Due 6/5 (Internal Deadline): NSF Research Traineeship (QISE)

Upcoming Quantum Events

DARPA Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT) Webinar

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Virtual

DARPA/DSO has issued an ARC Opportunity inviting submissions of abstracts for innovative exploratory research concepts in the technical domain of quantum computing applications. ARC Opportunities are designed to allow an individual researcher the opportunity and time to focus on nascent, paradigm-shifting ideas for national security applications.

The IMPAQT ARC Opportunity is soliciting ideas to explore the following question: What are the applications for a quantum system with N*q > 10,000 as a co-processor for a classical computational system?

Learn More and Register

CUbit Quantum Seminar: Jon Simon (Stanford)

Monday, April 10, 2023 @ 4 p.m. (Refreshments @ 3:30 p.m.)
CASE Auditorium, CU Boulder

The Simon Lab at Stanford University explores the interface of condensed matter physics and quantum optics, employing tools from atomic physics, control theory and state-of-the-art technology developed in-house. Associate Professor Jon Simon (Physics and Applied Physics) and his team build materials from light, investigate the role of topology in determining material properties, and tackle challenges at the crossroads between strong correlations and quantum coherence.