Saturday 27 July 2024

Keble Fellow PI for £20M Quantum Computing Research Hub

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has announced five new hubs backed by over £100 million of government funding to develop the practical use of quantum technology in areas like medical scanners, secure communication networks, and next-generation positioning systems.

A trapped-ion quantum system used for quantum networking experiments at the Department of Physics. Credit: David Nadlinger.

One of these, the Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations (QCI3), is led by the University of Oxford, with Keble Tutorial Fellow in Physics Professor Andrew Daley as Principal Investigator.

QCI3 — which draws expertise from the departments of Physics, Engineering Science, Computer Science, Materials and Chemistry — will focus on developing technologies for building quantum computers, advancing UK capabilities across hardware and software and targeting applications in a wide range of industry sectors. The work will involve over 50 co-investigators across many different aspects of quantum computing, based at 18 institutions throughout the UK, with around 30 industry partners.

Other hubs across the UK are based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London.

You can find out more on the Department of Physics and University of Oxford websites.