Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation
Addressing the fundamental challenges to the development of the quantum computer.
What We Do
Our multidisciplinary team of mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, chemists and electrical engineers address the fundamental challenges to the development of the quantum computer. While our theorists invent new quantum algorithms and optimize them, our experimentalists build and develop novel hardware supporting these applications. To increase impact, CIQC partners with the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.
A major focus of CIQC is to support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their growth as independent scientists, and to develop the future workforce for the quantum industry with a Masters of Quantum Science and Technology.
Why work on the quantum computer?
Realizing the quantum computer is THE scientific challenge of our time. Like previous grand scientific challenges, such as, for example, the human genome project or the direct detection of gravitational waves, quantum computing represents a radical advance in our ability to probe and understand nature.
Further, we observe that the classical computer now stands as the most powerful scientific tool; for example, it underpins genomics, the detection and interpretation of gravity wave signals, and every other scientific endeavor. If we can potentially revolutionize computing itself, then we revolutionize all scientific efforts in the future.
Onward to the quantum computer!
Contact
For inquiries and exciting news: ciqcdirector@berkeley.edu