Quantum New Mexico Symposium highlights QIS efforts across state
April 26, 2022 - Irene Gray
Regents’ Professor Ivan Deutsch, director of UNM’s Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC), talks with a colleague in-between presentations.
New Mexico’s longstanding history of being on the forefront of quantum computing has now brought together some of the greatest leaders in the field to propel us into the Second Quantum Revolution. Quantum New Mexico (QNM), an initiative between The University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, and Los Alamos National Laboratories, has officially launched a coalition of some of the greatest powerhouses in the state to advance research, education, workforce and economic development -- and establish New Mexico as a Quantum State.
Through the QNM Coalition, major players within the field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) including the National Laboratories, major research universities, community and tribal colleges, and the growing quantum business community are coming together in an effort to establish New Mexico as a Quantum Hub for the nation. As a united team of leaders within the field, the possibilities for advancing their individual efforts over the past 30 years are endless.
To inaugurate this effort, UNM hosted a two-day hybrid Symposium from March 31 to April 1. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a longtime champion of QIS, delivered the keynote address, saying, “this new Quantum New Mexico partnership will be an essential ingredient in helping good ideas get their start in New Mexico, from research and development, all the way to commercialization, and larger-scale manufacturing…if we can all work together, and bring all of our resources to bear, I am confident that we can make New Mexico the best place for Quantum Science.”
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