Northwestern is key partner in $115 million national center to build revolutionary quantum computer
- Northwestern University
- quantum computing
- quantum information science
- quantum science
- quantum sensor
- SQMS Center
- Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center
From Northwestern University, Aug. 26, 2020: Fermilab has been selected to lead one of five national centers to bring about transformational advances in quantum information science as a part of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative. Northwestern University is a major partner in the new center. The materials science and physics faculty, combined with the University’s cryogenic and materials characterization facilities, will play a central role in research to improve the performance of superconducting qubits and microwave cavities for quantum computing and sensing applications.