New road map for engineering research to advance quantum technologies
The Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), an organization wholly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering, released a report that identifies key engineering research priorities for the United States to sustain its leadership in quantum-enabled technologies amid intensifying global competition.
The report, Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies, identifies opportunities to transform discoveries into scalable, deployable quantum technologies. The report charts the path from laboratory demonstrations to manufacturing-ready systems capable of addressing the most critical national challenges, turning quantum potential into quantum reality.
The report focuses on four priority areas with high potential for large-scale impact:
- Quantum and Materials — new materials with unique properties that enable quantum devices and processors.
- Quantum and Biology — including quantum sensing for biomedical applications and bio-inspired quantum applications and tools.
- Quantum and Computing — including qubit and processor development, interconnects and components, and scalable cryogenic systems.
- Quantum and Artificial Intelligence — including algorithms for noisy intermediate-scale quantum processors, classical AI for quantum and quantum intelligent sensors and networks to accelerate AI.
The ERVA report builds insights from an event where experts from quantum information science, quantum computing, and technology-specific engineering communities (including bioengineering, space science and photonics) identified promising future research directions.
Read the Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies report.
About the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance
ERVA is a neutral convener that helps define future engineering research directions. Funded by the NSF Directorate for Engineering, ERVA is an engaged partnership that enables an array of voices to impact national research priorities. ERVA convenes, catalyzes and enables the engineering community to identify nascent opportunities and priorities for engineering-led innovative, high-impact, cross-domain research that addresses national and societal needs. Learn more at ERVAcommunity.org.