Early this year, the U.S. Department of Energy sent out a call for proposals as it announced it would award up to $625 million in funding over the next five years to establish multidisciplinary National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers. These awards would support the National Quantum Initiative Act, passed in 2018 to accelerate the development of quantum science and information technology applications. Now, MIT is a partner institute on two QIS Research Centers that the Department of Energy has selected for funding. One of the centers, the Co-design Center…
