ExpandQISE: Track 2: EQUIP-UMB-Expand Quantum Information Programs at UMass Boston

ExpandQISE：轨道 2：EQUIP-UMB-扩展麻省大学波士顿分校的量子信息项目

• 批准号: 2328774
• 负责人: Robin Cote
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Boston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2328774&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ExpandQISE; Track; EQUIP; UMB; Expand

Non-Technical Description: UMass Boston is in a unique position to perform cutting-edge research in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and to train a diverse future QISE workforce through its student population as the most diverse public research institution in New England. The project aims to expand UMass Boston’s existing academic and research activities in QISE and make UMass Boston a leading public research institution in this field. It delivers high-quality research products, develops academic activities, and establishes a workforce development infrastructure at UMass Boston in partnership with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research activities include the exploration of quantum correlated and entangled states, and the development of methodologies to manipulate and mitigate errors in quantum bits (qubits) while incorporating machine learning assisted technologies. Results deriving from this project will inform the design of future large-scale quantum processors. This project expands UMass Boston efforts in academics and workforce development and promotes a symbiotic relation with Boston area companies and academic institutions by providing access to experimental capacity for the growing local quantum computing ecosystem and creating training opportunities and internships for UMass Boston undergraduate and graduate students. This project contributes to workforce buildup from the ground up through Community Outreach activities, which are deliberately dedicated to engaging participants from broad and diverse backgrounds.Technical Description: This project is built around three research focus areas (FAs): (FA-1) Quantum Fundamentals; (FA-2) Quantum Metrology and Control; and (FA-3) Co-Design and Quantum Systems. FA-1 includes the study of symmetric informationally complete states, their measurement and their experimental implementation using the Rydberg atoms platform. An additional direction includes the study of quantum fluctuation theorems, which account for quantum coherence, and the design of their experimental verification using nitrogen-vacancy (NV)-centers. In the context of ultracold quantum gases and correlated quantum many-body systems, the project develops numerical techniques adapted to controlled non-equilibrium diagrammatic Monte-Carlo and for the study of the Grasshopper problem in connection to Bell inequalities and entangled states. Studies of a hybrid molecular ions platform to generate entangled states and to implement quantum gates using conditional transfer of internal atomic states into molecular ion states are being performed. In FA-2, the Rydberg atoms platform is used to coherently transport entangled qubits with dynamic and nonlocal connectivity across two spatial dimensions. Rydberg interactions and their impact on optical tweezers are studied. Results from the latter study inform hardware-efficient algorithm implementation. A complementary direction analyzes noisy quantum algorithms, quantum metrology via NV-centers and error correction in noisy systems to elucidate aspects of superconducting quantum circuits which are critical to realize scalable error-mitigated quantum processors. The latter research is complemented by the development of machine-learning enhanced quantum sensing to develop variational quantum circuits for optimal state preparation and measurement design, which is to be applied to the NV-center setup. FA-3 includes the development of stable and controllable superconducting qubits. The system developed is used to measure and control multiple quantum circuits spread-out across a chip to investigate correlated noises and their impact on large scale quantum processors. Finally, the team is involved in all activities of FA-4 on Education and Workforce Development, ranging from the Quantum Information Certificate (QuIC) and future QISE graduate courses, to outreach activities, to internships and training with industry partners in Greater Boston.This project is jointly funded by The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (MPS/OMA) and Technology Frontiers Program (TIP/TF).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：UMass Boston处于独特的位置，可以在量子信息科学与工程（QISE）中进行尖端研究，并通过其学生人口作为新英格兰最多样化的公共研究机构来培训未来的Qise劳动力。该项目旨在扩大波士顿在QISE中现有的学术和研究活动，并使UMASS波士顿成为该领域的主要公共研究机构。它提供高质量的研究产品，开发学术活动，并与哈佛大学和马萨诸塞州理工学院合作，在波士顿UMass Boston建立了劳动力发展基础设施。研究活动包括探索量子相关和纠缠状态，以及开发操纵和减轻量子位（Qubits）错误的方法，同时合并的机器学习辅助技术。该项目得出的结果将为未来大规模量子处理器的设计提供信息。该项目扩大了波士顿在学术界和劳动力发展方面的努力，并通过为不断增长的本地量子计算生态系统提供实验能力，并为UMass Boston本科生和研究生创造培训机会和实习机会，从而促进与波士顿地区公司和学术机构的共生关系。该项目通过社区外展活动从头开始，有助于劳动力的积累，这些活动是故意致力于吸引广泛和潜水员背景的参与者。技术描述：该项目围绕三个研究重点领域（FAS）建立：（FA-1）量子基础； （FA-2）量子计量和控制； （FA-3）共同设计和量子系统。 FA-1包括使用Rydberg Atoms平台的对称信息完整状态，其测量和实验实现。另一个方向包括研究量子波动定理的研究，该定理解释了量子相干性，以及使用氮胶菌（NV） - 中心设计其实验验证。在超低量子气体和相关量子多体系统的背景下，该项目开发了适用于受控的非平衡图示数蒙特卡洛的数值技术，并针对与贝尔不平等和纠缠状态有关的蚱hopper问题进行了研究。正在进行对混合分子离子平台的研究，以生成纠缠状态并使用内部原子态向分子离子态的条件转移实施量子门。在FA-2中，Rydberg Atoms平台用于在两个空间维度上具有动态和非局部连通性的连贯纠缠数量。研究了Rydberg的相互作用及其对光学镊子的影响。后来的研究结果为硬件有效算法实施提供了信息。一个完整的方向分析了噪声量子算法，通过NV中心进行量子计量和噪声系统中的误差校正，以阐明超导量子电路的各个方面，这些量子电路对于实现可扩展的误差降低量子处理器至关重要。后来的研究是通过开发机器学习增强的量子灵敏度来完成的，从而开发出各种量子电路，以实现最佳状态制备和测量设计，这将应用于NV-Center设置。 FA-3包括稳定和受控超导量的发展。开发的系统用于测量和控制在芯片上扩散的多个量子电路，以研究相关的噪声及其对大规模量子处理器的影响。最后，该团队参与了FA-4关于教育和劳动力发展的所有活动，从量子信息证书（QUIC）和未来的Qise研究生课程，到宣传活动，实习和与大波士顿的行业合作伙伴进行培训。该项目由该项目共同资助，由多学科活动（MPS/OMA）和TIPE/TFFREDERS（MPS/OMA）和TIPS/TFFREDIS。使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来支持。