Quantum Research and Education to Power the Future
Science at quantum scale controls chemistry and the behavior of materials, therefore the “second quantum revolution” develops new electronics and digital information technologies. Quantum materials host collective electronic phenomena that exhibit unconventional behaviors and can potentially serve as the basis for entirely new computing concepts. Advancements in technology are inevitably driven by the combination of new, nonclassical materials, sensors, and algorithms. Success in such areas requires a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers who approach quantum with an open mind.
The Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSEC) at George Mason University supports the exploration of these high-risk high-reward ideas by fostering a collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-focused environment at Mason. This provides a unique environment for graduate students, undergraduate students, and postdoctoral researchers to make transformative contributions to quantum technology.
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QSEC member, Professor Nirmal Ghimire of GMU leads a group of materials science experts from Mason, NIST, ANL, and ORNL to discover a quantum phenomenon that has the potential to become a building block of future electronic technology emerges at high temperatures from a mechanism not before realized, the result of which is published on Science Advances, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe2680. Topic: Tunneling into emergent topological matter Location: Zoom QSEC members Dr. Igor Mazin, Dr. Karen Sauer and student Jaafar Ansari have recently published their collaborative work of DFT-based EFG calculation, Density functional theory-based electric field gradient database, doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00707-8, on Scientific Data. Topic: Algorithmic Approaches to the MAX-CUT Problem Location: Zoom Topic: SWAP Test for Arbitrary Number of Quantum States Location: Zoom Prof. Patrick Vora, Director of the QSEC, was recently invited by the Science Off Camera Podcast for an interview on quantum materials, their development and methods of characterization, and the role…QSEC faculty collaborates with NIST, ANL and ORNL to discover a new topological magnetic state
Condense Matter Seminar: Tunneling into emergent topological matter by Dr. Jiaxin Yin of Princeton University 11/16/2020
3 pm, November 16, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Jiaxin Yin, Department of Physics, Princeton University
Featured publication: Density functional theory-based electric field gradient database
QSEC Quantum Computing Seminar Series: 10/27/2020
12 pm, October 27, 2020
Speaker: Professor Fei Li, GMU Department of Computer Science
QSEC Quantum Computing Seminar Series: 10/20/2020
12 pm, October 20, 2020
Speaker: Xavier Gitiaux, GMU Department of Computer Science; Ian Morris, GMU Department of Physics and Astronomy
Science Off Camera Podcast with Prof. Patrick Vora