Exploring, understanding and harnessing mysterious phenomena at the frontiers of physics are the aims of four research centers to be backed by $76 million in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation through its Physics Frontiers Centers program. The centers will tackle some of the most challenging….
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
May 26, 2023 by
HIROSHIMA — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. IBM said it will work over the next decade to advance the underlying technologies for this system, as well as to design and build the necessary components […]
Ezunial “Eze” Burts Named Director of Duality Quantum
April 3, 2023 by
April 3, 2023 — Ezunial “Eze” Burts III has been named the new director of Duality, a quantum startup accelerator operated by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), along with founding partners the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Argonne National Laboratory, and P33. Since its launch in 2021, Duality has […]
PASQAL and University of Chicago Announce Neutral Atoms Quantum Computing Collaboration
November 30, 2022 by
Boston – Nov. 30, 2022 — PASQAL, a neutral atoms quantum computing research company headquartered in Paris, today announced a collaboration agreement with Professor Hannes Bernien at the University of Chicago to advance neutral atom quantum computing. PASQAL and Bernien will accomplish this by developing new techniques for enabling high-fidelity qubit control. Bernien is a […]
OLCF Researchers Win R&D 100 Award for Flash-X Simulation Software
September 13, 2022 by
Oak Ridge, TN — A team that includes researchers from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility recently received a U.S. Department of Energy R&D 100 Award for their work on Flash-X, a multiphysics simulation software package with applications that include modeling the collapse and explosion of a massive star core, better known as a supernova. […]
ORNL and UChicago Launch Workflows Community Platform
March 24, 2022 by
A volunteer team of researchers led by Rafael Ferreira da Silva of the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Kyle Chard of the University of Chicago (UChicago) has launched the Workflows Community Initiative (WCI), a platform that aims to provide a centralized source for resources, training, workshops, job opportunities, and news […]
Univ. of Chicago’s Polsky Center Launches Venture Conference for Midwest Deep Tech Startups from Universities and National Labs
April 16, 2021 by
CHICAGO– The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the launch of DeepTechU, a venture conference showcasing deep tech innovation and 48 investor-ready companies from universities and national labs. The virtual conference will take place April 20-22, 2021, and feature quick pitches as well as discussions with industry experts and entrepreneurs. The conference […]
University of Chicago’s Polsky Center and Chicago Quantum Exchange Launch Program Supporting Quantum Startups
April 7, 2021 by
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange today announced the launch of Duality, the first U.S. accelerator program for startup companies in quantum science and technology, according to the organizations. “Duality’s purpose is to help quantum startups bridge the gap between the laboratory and the marketplace that is a critical barrier to […]
HPC at TACC, PSC, Univ. of Chicago Supports Completion of 1st Multiscale COVID-19 Virus Model
February 26, 2021 by
The Texas Advanced Computing Center has announced completion of what it said is the first complete, multiscale model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a project that leveraged HPC resources at TACC, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and the University of Chicago Research Computing Center (UCRCC). According to an article published late yesterday by TACC Technical Writer […]
Quantum: UChicago Researchers Show Qubits Retaining Information for Hours or Longer — ‘An Eternity’
September 22, 2020 by
Touting major potential implications for quantum computing, researchers at the University of Chicago have released a study in which they demonstrated control of “quantum memories of silicon carbide,” the ability to control individual quantum bits — qubits — that retain information for hours or possibly days, instead of fractions of a second. In a paper […]
