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 Obtaining hands-on experience can help you land a job in the quantum industry  Emerging technologies such as quantum and artificial intelligence have a growing demand for workers and seek individuals who can enter the field, learn new skills, and rapidly grow their knowledge base. “Upskilling” existing workers who have some of the needed skills is Read more...

There’s no doubt that quantum technologies will transform existing global supply chains, providing optimization solutions surrounding labor, raw materials, logistics, management of financial assets, and more. What we seldom hear about, however, is what’s happening to develop the quantum industry’s own supply chain.   Need a component? Make or modify one  With solid roots in Read more...

The Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s (QED-C) second annual Carl Williams Award was presented to Tom Lubinski for his long-standing support of QED-C, especially its standards-related efforts. The award was given to Lubinski at the QED-C annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in December 2022. According to QED-C Executive Director, Celia Merzbacher, “The spirit of this award Read more...

Authored by: Elliott Mason For a long time, the wonderful world of quantum mechanics has baffled and astounded scientists attempting to understand the universe. This has included understanding its intrinsic phenomena that occur at the smallest possible scale and, as the recent Nobel Prize in Physics to a trio of entanglement pioneers has reminded us, Read more...

The vital role of recruiters in growing the quantum workforce  Finding qualified talent is top of mind for employers in the emerging quantum industry; workers are needed to fill a growing number of positions at all levels. The range of job types and the associated skills and knowledge have been analyzed by QED-C. The current Read more...

A commitment to accelerate research and innovation and develop the workforce for quantum information science Authors: Santanu Basu, QED-C member, and Jacqueline A. Basu On August 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, which had garnered bipartisan support. The CHIPS and Science Act authorizes the largest publicly funded R&D program Read more...

Given the recent inflationary turmoil in the global economy and the unusual behavior of today’s labor markets –including the recent technology-industry layoffs — one might wonder how the labor demand for quantum is holding up.  For QED-C member organizations [industry, academia, etc.] the past 12 months is comparable to the prior 12-months. New job posting during the two Read more...

As the Quantum computers are rapidly scaling in performance, benchmarking is gaining importance to assess the state of the art. At QED-C, the Standards and Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee (Standards TAC) developed a suite of application-oriented performance benchmark programs which is now open-source. This is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort by a Read more...

• White paper

In the 122 years since Max Planck first suggested the quantum hypothesis, scientists have drastically expanded our understanding of quantum mechanics and how the universe behaves at the smallest scales. As this understanding has grown, researchers have started to look for ways to put the strange properties of the quantum world to work solving problems Read more...

• quantum computing

In a joint statement issued in October 2021, China published directives on how it will advance its goal of becoming an influencer in international technological standards setting, thus contributing to the nation’s standing as a forerunner in next-generation technologies—including quantum technologies. Quantum computing received a notable mention in the October statement. China’s focus is presented Read more...

QED-C® executive director, Celia Merzbacher, explores the quantum landscape Author: Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) Quantum science examines the universe on the smallest possible scale to explain nature from the bottom up. However, investigating light, matter and their interactions at the quantum scale is not a simple task. Zooming in on Read more...

We are pleased to release a report on “Control and readout electronics for quantum systems”.  This report, which is based on a QED-C workshop, outlines the gaps and needs for microwave and RF electronics for quantum systems.  Themes around which actions are recommended for investment/progress include the following. Theme 1. Scaling up This theme focuses Read more...