The first-ever WQI seminar took place on September 21!

picture of the speaker and audience

We kicked off our first-ever WQI seminar last week hosting Lincoln Carr from the Colorado School of Mines!

The seminar series shares new ideas in QISE with an audience that is looking to advance their understanding of these concepts.

We look forward to welcoming our guests every month and the continued engagement of our faculty and students!

Prof. Soley receives ACS Kavli Emerging Leader Award

Congratulations to Micheline Soley for receiving the American Chemical Society Kavli Emerging Leader Award!

The Kavli Foundation Lecture Series recognizes groundbreaking discoveries by scientists tackling many of the world’s mounting challenges; and in particular, the Emerging Leader Award is for distinguished younger scientist who is highly regarded by their peers for significant contributions to an area of chemistry and multidisciplinary areas of chemistry.  The award is a keynote lecture and the only Kavli young investigator talk at the American Chemical Society meeting.

Keynote Lecture

Announcing the Wisconsin Quantum Computing Club (WQCC)!

The Wisconsin Quantum Computing Club has just formed! Anyone interested should fill this form out.

The first meeting is on Thursday, February 9th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, in the CS Building, Room 1221.

graphic announcing the formation of WQCC. for full details visit the link in the story.

Preston Huft wins Wiki Science Photo Contest

Preston Huft, a graduate student in Mark Saffman’s group, was notified this week that he won the SmartElectron prize in the 2021 Wiki Science Photo Contest. Congratulations Preston!

An array of colored dots is shown.
Cesium atom array by Preston Huft. Fluorescence emitted by individual cesium-133 atoms, which have been laser cooled from a vapor in a vacuum chamber and confined in a grid of 1225 optical traps formed by laser light.

Better-than-public access to the IBM Q systems for UW–Madison

As a member of CQE, WQI has now better-than-public access to the IBM Q systems (up to Guadelupe, 16 qubit system).

To find out more about how to sign up for this capability please contact Katerina Moloni.

Collaboration between NSF quantum centers finds path to fault tolerance in neutral atom qubits

Like the classical computers we use every day, quantum computers can make mistakes when manipulating and storing the quantum bits (qubits) used to perform quantum algorithms. Theoretically, a quantum error correction protocol can correct these …

Read the full article at: https://www.physics.wisc.edu/2022/09/12/nsf-quantum-center-collaboration-finds-path-to-fault-tolerance-in-neutral-atom-qubits/