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December 12, 2018
National Academies Release Report on Quantum Information
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has recently released a report on the topic, Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects. Prof. Jungsang Kim served as a member of the committee that authored the National Academies report and Prof. Kenneth Brown served as a reviewer of [...]
November 29, 2018
Primer for Quantum Computation
Kenneth Brown presents a primer on quantum computation to the Duke Science and Society.
August 15, 2018 | Digital Trends
The World's First Practical Quantum Computer Has Cash and a Timeline
Duke University's Kenneth Brown is leading a new $15 million NSF program to build the world's first practical quantum computer.
August 7, 2018 | Pratt School of Engineering
Duke to Lead $15 Million Program to Create First Practical Quantum Computer
Seven-university, five-year interdisciplinary collaboration is funded by the National Science Foundation’s largest quantum computing effort to date
December 26, 2017 | Optics & Photonics News
Toward Better Photon Counting
Jungsang Kim shows that a common single-photon detector can also be used to count up to four.
July 27, 2017 | The Wall Street Journal
Venture Firms Back Startup with Novel Twist on Quantum Computing
Featuring Jungsang Kim | Quantum computing startup company IonQ announces completion of a $20 million series B round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from new strategic investors.
January 3, 2017 | The Washington Post
Start-up IonQ Sees Opportunity in Still-Developing Area of Quantum Computers
Jungsang Kim's startup company IonQ is featured in an article detailing the hopes of his niche corner of quantum computing technology.
December 1, 2016 | Science Magazine
Scientists Are Close to Building a Quantum Computer That Can Beat a Conventional One
ECE Professor Jungsang Kim is one of the co-founders of ionQ, one of the few quantum computing startup companies racing to develop their technology of choice into a fully functioning device.
April 28, 2016 | IARPA
IARPA | Grant Targets Quantum Computing's Error Control Challenge
Jungsang Kim and colleagues from University of Maryland has been tapped by the nation's "Q Branch" to take quantum computing efforts to the next level using one of the field's leading technologies—ion traps.
January 6, 2016 | Pratt School of Engineering
Duke Collaboration Awarded IARPA Grant
A collaboration between Duke, University of Maryland, and Georgia Tech has been awarded a competitive IARPA grant for their Error-corrected Universal Reconfigurable Ion-trap Quantum Archetype (EURIQA) project.