New Business Operations Specialist joins CQISE

Ariel Bly has joined CQISE as the new Business Operations Specialist. She will be taking on the administrative duties of the Center and also the operational tasks of helping it grow over the next several years. Ariel comes to OSU with previous quantum experience, having worked in a similar administrative role at the USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology in …

CQISE Initiative: Partnership Seed Award Now Accepting Applications

The Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE) is excited to announce that the Partnership Seed Award (PSA) is now live and accepting applications. The PSA was created to support new partners and involve Ohio State faculty/researchers with external researchers. The funding support is intended to serve as bridge funds to develop the partnership into a larger award. For …

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Ohio State helping to expand quantum workforce

A team at Ohio State is part of a multi-institution effort that was just awarded $5M from the NSF’s ExpandQISE program. To meet the growing national demand for a quantum-trained workforce, the ExpandQISE program aims to strengthen connections between institutions already active in quantum science, with institutions that are committed to launching new efforts and that can draw on a …

Thomas E. Roth to give quantum seminar “High-Fidelity Numerical Modeling Methods for Designing Superconducting Circuit Quantum Information Technologies”

Join Assistant Professor Thomas E. Roth of Purdue University on Thursday, September 14th from 10:00 – 11:00 am in 260 Dreese Laboratories for a talk about, “High-Fidelity Numerical Modeling Methods for Designing Superconducting Circuit Quantum Information Technologies”.  Superconducting circuit devices are one of the most mature hardware platforms for developing quantum information technologies, but significant engineering advances are needed for …

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Ohio State awarded $1M grant from US Department of Education to create first intercity quantum network within the state

The Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE) will be the administrative home for a $1 million, three-year congressionally directed award.  This project aims to create a quantum communications link that establishes a quantum-secure-network between Ohio State in Columbus and the Air Force of Technology (AFIT) in Dayton, and is the first part of a larger vision for a quantum …

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Prof. Maryam Ghazisaeidi leads new Defense MURI program for quantum materials research

(MURI team, clockwise from top left: Maryam Ghazisaeidi, Tyler Grassman, Roberto Myers, Giulia Galli, David Awschalom) Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Associate Professor Maryam Ghazisaeidi has received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for work connecting dislocations of mechanical metallurgy to condensed matter physics for quantum applications. The DoD announced $220 million in awards for basic research projects …

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IBM Announces Quantum Computing Breakthrough, Offers Discussion Opportunity

IBM recently announced a breakthrough, demonstrating for the first time that quantum computers can produce accurate results at a scale of 100+ qubits reaching beyond leading classical approaches. The team used the IBM ‘Eagle’ quantum processor composed of 127 superconducting qubits on a chip over a depth of 60 gate operations to generate large, entangled states that simulate the dynamics …

CQISE Initiatives: 2022 Partnership Seed Awards Recipients

Through the Partnership Seed Award (PSA), The Center for Quantum Information and Engineering (CQISE) has awarded $30,000 to faculty and researchers at Ohio State and their external partnering organizations. The PSA was created to support new partnerships between the university’s faculty/researchers and external researchers with the objective to connect Ohio State and regional partners through small, collaborative projects. This award …

QISE Center Launch Event

Faculty, researchers, and students are invited to the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) center launch event. Event Details Date: Friday, September 9, 2022 Location: Physics Research Building, Room 1080, on The Ohio State University Campus Time: 1 p.m. The event will begin with opening remarks from university leadership, followed by a presentation of the center objectives and initiatives …