The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will hold a workshop from January 3rd to 5th, 2019 in Hawaii to create a vision for thermodynamic computing, a statement of research needs, and a summary of the current state of understanding of this new area. Workshop attendance will be by invitation only and travel expenses will be available for select participants. We seek short white papers to help create the agenda for the workshop and select attendees. Thermodynamics has a long history in the engineering of computing systems due to its role in power consumption, scaling, and device performance [1],[2]. In a different context, thermodynamically motivated algorithmic techniques are prevalent and highly successful […]

MIT Technology Review publishes an annual list of 35 innovators under the age of 35, and they recently released their list of innovators for 2018. The list features over 20 innovators who are solving problems related to or using computer science. Some highlights from the list include: Menno Veldhorst, Delft University – Veldhorst demonstrated a way to print quantum circuits on silicon, a task long considered impossible. This system of printing is now being used by Intel to create their new “spin qubit” chip and has greatly increased their capacity to produce quantum chips. Elizabeth Nyeko, Modularity Grid – The CEO of Modularity Grid, Nyeko has designed an intelligent, cloud-based system to […]

The following is an excerpt from a National Science Foundation (NSF) news release.  The NSF announced three new Expeditions in Computing awards, each providing $10 million in funding over five years to multi-investigator research teams pursuing large-scale, far-reaching and potentially transformative research in computer and information science and engineering. This year’s awards aim to enable game-changing advances in real-time decision making, quantum computing, and non-invasive biomedical imaging. They also aim to more rapidly bring to market practical applications of quantum computing and enable non-invasive and easy-to-use diagnostic imaging of the human body that could increase the quality of healthcare in remote areas. Below are descriptions of the three projects funded this […]

The terms superposition, entanglement, and interference might sound like they are from a superhero movie, but they are in fact very important terms in the field of quantum computing. Quantum computing is very different from classical digital on/off computing, which you might be more familiar with. It relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to compute and uses these terms to store information in a quantum state. Recently, the Microsoft Research Podcast interviewed Microsoft Principal Research Manager, Dr. Krysta Svore about her field of quantum computing. In the podcast, Svore talks about how quantum computing can do so much more than digital computing. With quantum algorithms we can “solve real […]