Author: Bekka Coakley

Quantum science is having a moment. Stories about the potential of quantum seem to be everywhere these days, from network news to technical journals. But the history of quantum science actually dates back more than a century, when a small number of theoretical physicists identified strange phenomena at microscopic levels. Many brilliant scientists later, quantum is poised to transform technologies from computing to communications, bringing together physicists, engineers, computer scientists, chemists, and others.

UW ECE Research Assistant Professor Max Parsons says he is interested in big, tough-to-solve science and engineering problems, anything where there might be a significant question mark in people’s minds. Perhaps that interest drew him to focus on one of the most difficult and complex challenges of our time — making the promise of quantum computers and related technologies a practical reality.

QuantumX welcomed its fourth cohort of graduate students to the Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies (AQET) program this fall.

University of Washington graduate students spent the last ten weeks working with Unitary Fund as participants in UW’s Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies (AQET) […]

Nov. 2, 2024 QuantumX has welcomed three new faculty members from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Paul G. […]

The University of Washington (UW) Department of Physics and Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME), seek outstanding candidates with expertise in quantum information science and technology (QIST) to apply for new full-time faculty positions.

From Quantamagazine In the 127 years since the electron was discovered, it has undergone more scrutiny than perhaps any other particle. As […]

Faculty and students from the University of Washington’s QuantumX institute recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in a briefing and to showcase their quantum information technology research to representatives of Congress.