Vasic and Zhuang Join Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center
ECE professor Bane Vasic and ECE assistant professor Quntao Zhuang are part of the newly established $115 million Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab. The center aims to build a quantum computer and develop quantum sensors that could lead to discoveries about dark matter and other elusive subatomic particles.
"The SQMS Center will combine the theoretical and experimental expertise of individual research groups to advance long-term success of quantum technologies," Vasić said.
Vasić, a pioneer in classical error correction and fault-tolerant decoders, is adapting his algorithms to ensure information processed in a quantum computer remains intact.
"It has been widely recognized that not only quantum computers but communications systems and networks fundamentally hinge upon quantum error correction, or QEC," said Vasić. "Designing good QEC codes and decoders is arguably the most important theoretical challenge facing scalable practical realizations of quantum-enabled information processing systems."