$500K Quantum SuperSEED Launched by ICDS Quantum Hub
ICDS Quantum Hub awards Quantum SuperSEED funds
Quantum SuperSEED
Three cooperating research teams will receive Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' Quantum Hub funding to study basic quantum physics.
Quantum SuperSEED funding was awarded to three Penn State faculty research teams by the Quantum Hub of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. The Quantum Hub of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences will support Penn State faculty-led collaborative research teams.
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The effort intends to enhance quantum science, engineering, and computation by bringing together Penn State experts from several departments and disciplines to solve difficult issues. The hub will fund research projects over $500,000. The Quantum Hub is investing this money to support sixteen faculty members in three funded initiatives. Eberly College of Science and Penn State College of Engineering faculty participate. The funds will also assist postdocs, graduate students, and ICDS research equipment and computer resources.
Mahmut Kandemir, director of the Quantum Hub and a computer science and engineering professor, says the grant program is funding three projects that demonstrate Penn State's quantum strengths and ability to lead in new national fields. “With this one-year seed support, we hope that participating faculty will launch new research directions, establish long-lasting partnerships, boost competitiveness for significant external opportunities, and help establish Penn State as a leading quantum innovation hub,” Kandemir said.
ICDS director Guido Cervone said the recently founded Quantum Hub is sponsoring prominent quantum research in several scientific and technical sectors, advancing ICDS's goal. The Quantum SuperSEED grant program is funding three academic teams to study materials, many-body systems, and quantum computing to promote Penn State's quantum research. The cooperative research endeavours will use quantum science tools including simulations, hybrid computing, and AI to materials science, engineering, and computer science.
Professor of engineering science, mechanics, physics, and materials science and engineering Venkatraman Gopalan leads one of the selected teams. The institution must promote and advance quantum research, he said. Gopalan says the endeavour joins diverse experts who want Penn State to lead electro-optic quantum transduction globally. He said the funding is timely and connects quantum research and education, harnessing strengths across disciplines. He hopes this continues in the future.
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Xiantao Li, Thomas Iadecola, Sarah Shandera, and Chunhao Wang, assistant professors of computer science and engineering, are co-PIs.
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Yang Yang, an associate professor of engineering science and mechanics; Binghai Yan, a physics professor; Yinming Shao, a physics assistant professor; and Long-Qing Chen, a math, engineering, and materials science educator, are co-PIs.
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Jon-Paul Maria, Dorothy Pate Enright Materials Science and Engineering Professor, is Principal Investigator.
Mingyo Park, Morteza Kayyalha, Stephanie Law, Joan Redwing, and Danielle Hickey, assistant professors of chemistry, are co-PIs.