Low-key Quantum
The university offers an accessible entry into quantum computing through a House Course designed for undergraduate students that is also conducted by the Duke Undergraduate Quantum Information Society (DuQIS)
Quantum Computing
With $80+ million in funding from IARPA, ARO, NSF and DOE to date, Duke ECE’s internationally recognized quantum computing team—part of the Duke Quantum Center—is replacing the bits of traditional computers with trapped ion qubits, which exist in multiple states at once. These powerful new systems have the potential to perform multitudes of computations in quantum superposition, enabling algorithmic shortcuts for blazing-fast computation. The future holds promise for applications in cybersecurity, AI, and modeling complex biological, chemical, pharmacological, environmental and financial systems. Spinoff IonQ has raised $77M in investor funding to date and has built two of the most accurate quantum computers in existence.
Research Areas
- Quantum error correction
- Quantum control
- Quantum computer architecture
- Ion trapping
- Spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
- Quantum information
- Novel photonic devices
- Quantum thermodynamics
- Quantum resource theory
Highlights
Pop Quantum
The word “quantum” is quickly creeping into the lexicon of American culture. But what does it actually mean? And what does Chris Nolan get right that Marvel gets wrong? Members of the Duke Quantum Center have answers.
Duke Takes a Quantum Leap
The Duke Quantum Center has the excitement of a startup and the ambition to match as it races to compete with the likes of Google and IBM
Associated Faculty
Kenneth R Brown
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Jungsang Kim
Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iman Marvian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Christopher R Monroe
Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
Henry Pfister
Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Other Research Specialties
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