
US DOE Funds Pathfinder Program for QC Assessment Research Ideas
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Science recently announced that it was seeking applications for basic research aimed at assessing the utility of current and future quantum computers (QCs). The program, the Quantum Testbed Pathfinder, is funded at $12 million USD over the next four years and seeks to answer questions about the fundamental physical limits on quantum processing, the veracity of near-term NISQ systems, and best methods to assess existing and theoretical quantum processing to advance computational science.
Authors: Bob Sorensen, Tom Sorensen
Publication Date: March 2023
Length: 1 pages
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