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QuICS Alum Wins Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award October 28, 2024 Yuxiang Peng developed programming languages and high-assurance compilers to control quantum systems, allowing them to perform computational tasks with certifications. |
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Yunger Halpern Makes Science News’s 10 Scientists to Watch List September 23, 2024 Nicole Yunger Halpern has been named one of Science News’s 10 “Scientists to Watch” for her pioneering work in quantum thermodynamics. She blends historical concepts with modern technology to advance the understanding of small-scale systems like qubits. |
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Gorshkov Named Finalist for 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists September 12, 2024 The awards acknowledge the accomplishments and future potential of scientists and engineers who are 42 years old or younger. |
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Hartree Fellow Uses Cryptography to Test Quantum Physics September 6, 2024 Using techniques from cryptography and computational complexity theory, Atul Singh Arora is developing methods to certify the properties of quantum systems that are otherwise hard to investigate. |
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A New Link Between Generalized Quantum Error-Correcting Codes, Complexity and Physics September 3, 2024 Daniel Gottesman is part of a team of current and former researchers at Perimeter Institute exploring a new universal boundary that separates ‘nontrivial’ quantum error-correction codes from the rest. |
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Andrew Childs Awarded Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize August 8, 2024 The prize recognizes his significant work in developing both theoretical foundations and practical applications for quantum computers. |
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High School Student Earns Accolades for 2023 Summer Research with Gorshkov Group July 31, 2024 His project focused on calculations to help scientists investigate how quantum computers an perform certain tasks significantly faster than their traditional counterparts. |
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Partnering with Creative Scholars to Combine Quantum and the Arts July 30, 2024 QuICS researchers are active in several interdisciplinary projects that explore novel ways to engage people in thinking about the counterintuitive aspects of quantum physics. |
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Particle Physics and Quantum Simulation Collide in New Proposal July 8, 2024 In a recent paper, QuICS researchers Zohreh Davoudi and Alexey Gorshkov collaborated with others to present a novel simulation method, discussing what insights the simulations might provide about the creation of particles during energetic collisions. |
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Gottesman Assumes New Role as Co-Director of QuICS July 2, 2024 He says he is honored, noting the center’s rapid growth and its continued success in advancing theoretical and experimental research involving quantum algorithms, quantum cryptography, quantum error correction, and more. |
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QuICS Fellow Wins IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award June 17, 2024 Alexey Gorshkov was recognized for his pioneering contributions to the understanding, design and control of interacting quantum systems. |
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UMD Researchers Devise Novel Framework to Advance Quantum Error Correction May 23, 2024 They are developing a new concept built on quantum spherical codes that could make the notoriously fragile information in a photon-based quantum computer less susceptible to errors. |
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QuICS Researchers Win UMD Invention of the Year Award in Quantum Category May 1, 2024 Their invention involves a new method for counting particles of light—photons—without destroying them. |
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QuICS Fellow Jonathan Katz Discusses Apple's Post-Quantum Cryptographic Protocol March 25, 2024 A noted expert on quantum secure cryptography, he offers insight as to why new quantum-resistant security measures are needed now, and what we may see in the future. |
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QuICS Fellow Awarded 2024 Hermann Weyl Prize March 22, 2024 Nicole Yunger Halpern was recognized for her innovative contributions to quantum thermodynamics in the presence of non-Abelian charges, and her creative use of symmetries that has paved the way to experimental exploration. |