IEEE Spectrum September 26, 2018 DARPA held a conference in Washington, D.C. to celebrate its 60th anniversary. One of the highlights was an exhibit hall full of both current DARPA programs as well as unique artifacts from DARPA’s history. IEEE has put together a gallery of the most interesting exhibits. DARPA also published a 140-page retrospective on what they’ve been up to over the last half century… read more.
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DOE announces $218 million for quantum information science
Eurekalert September 25, 2018 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the important emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS). The awards are led by scientists at 28 institutions of higher learning across the nation and nine DOE national laboratories and cover a range of topics. Depending on the topic and program, awards range in duration from two to five years. Total funding for Fiscal Year 2018 will be $73 million, with outyear funding contingent on congressional appropriations… read more.
New NSF funding to build research infrastructure across the country
NSF September 18, 2018 The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $140 million to seven jurisdictions through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which builds research and development capacity in jurisdictions that demonstrate a commitment to research but have thus far lacked the levels of investment seen in other parts of the country. The new EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1 awards will bolster science and engineering research infrastructure in Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire and New Mexico, each of which will receive five years of support…read more.
US takes first step toward a quantum computing workforce
MIT Technology Review September 13, 2018 The National Quantum Initiative Act , a bill just passed establishes a federal program for accelerating research and training in quantum computing. The act will release $1.275 billion to help fund several centers of excellence that should help train many quantum engineers. China is pouring billions of dollars into its own quantum computing projects. The international picture is especially significant because these technologies promise to be useful for breaking—but also securing—communications channels…read more.