1 -Build foundational capabilities while exploring novel, high risk areas -Focus on the materials and design challenges of QIS -$62.6MLDRD investment, FY06-15Broad and deep portfolio, spanning many facets of QIS:-Qubits:
Quantum Information Systems (QIS) have emerged as a transformative paradigm, integrating the principles of quantum mechanics with advanced computational and communication technologies to address complex problems beyond the capabilities of classical systems. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of current developments, beginning with the foundational principles that define QIS, including its theoretical underpinnings, quantum state representations, and computational frameworks. It then examines advances in quantum computing for QIS, with a focus on hardware architectures, the design and optimization of core algorithms, and the computational advantages over classical approaches. The discussion extends to quantum machine learning for QIS, exploring hybrid quantum–classical learning models, quantum data encoding techniques, and optimization strategies. Finally, it surveys diverse application domains, such as finance, industrial information integration, energy systems, healthcare, and intelligent transportation. In addition, the paper highlights pressing technological, data-centric, algorithmic, and ecosystem-level challenges, and discusses future trajectories shaped by innovations such as quantum blockchain, quantum artificial intelligence, and decentralized QIS. Through a structured and integrative analysis, this work aims to provide a roadmap for researchers and practitioners navigating the rapidly evolving QIS landscape.
Given the growing hype and investment in quantum technology, it is important to understand its current landscape and how best to catalyze progress in QIS towards the eventual goal of societally-relevant innovation in materials, pharmaceuticals, industrial processes, cybersecurity and myriad other areas. We give a brief overview of the policy landscape of the emerging QIS innovation system. The most important requirement for steady progress in QIS is a robust workforce. Here, we focus on one key slice of workforce development: the training of adaptable quantum scientists and engineers.
Given the growing hype and investment in quantum technology, it is important to understand its current landscape and how best to catalyze progress in QIS towards the eventual goal of societally-relevant innovation in materials, pharmaceuticals, industrial processes, cybersecurity and myriad other areas. We give a brief overview of the policy landscape of the emerging QIS innovation system. The most important requirement for steady progress in QIS is a robust workforce. Here, we focus on one key slice of workforce development: the training of adaptable quantum scientists and engineers.
Quantum information science (QIS) explores how information can be encoded, processed, and transmitted using the principles of quantum mechanics. Quantum technologies including quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing have experienced rapid advancements over the past decade. This review highlights foundational concepts, major technological platforms, applications, and current research trends. It also examines challenges in scalability, error correction, and implementation that shape the pathway toward practical quantum systems.
This article highlights synergies between quantum information science (QIS) and operations research for QIS-curious operations researchers (and vice versa), and the author challenges the community to discover more. History: This “Challenge” paper was invited by the Editor in Chief and based on the topics raised by the author at his plenary address at the 2022 INFORMS Computing Society Conference in Tampa, Florida. Funding: This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing, Fundamental Algorithmic Research for Quantum Computing. This article has been authored by an employee of National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, under Contract DE-NA0003525 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The US National Quantum Initiative Act of 2018 established a multi-agency program that aims to advance quantum information science (QIS) and promote application and commercialization. Agencies including the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Air Force, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are growing their investments. The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) is an industry-driven consortium supported by NIST and more than 185 corporations, universities and other organizations to enable and grow the quantum industry and supply chain. This presentation will provide an overview of US NQI programs, especially those with a focus on innovation and economic benefit.