Great news! NWO awarded an Open Technology Program grant to a team of PI comprising Carmina Almudever, Giordano Scapucci, Menno Veldhorst, and myself, all from TU Delft.

Quantum computers hold the promise to solve problems that are intractable even by the most powerful supercomputers. With a budget of 1.2 M€ and over the span of 5 years, we will investigate how to build a practical quantum computer, and move from the current lab prototypes towards quantum computers with the capability to solve real-life problems. Building on the expertise of a multi-disciplinary team, we will address the challenges of building a large-scale quantum computer by attacking the problems at several levels, ranging from material engineering and quantum operations up to cryogenic control electronics and computer architecture. Fats progress will be facilitated by collaborating with industrial partners: Intel, the world-leading computing company, that will contribute to the fabrication of large qubit arrays, and Bluefors, leader in cryogenic refrigeration, that will participate in the development and deployment of cryogenic electronics to interface with the qubits.

Stay tuned to hear about the progress! And drop a message if you are interested to participate in this research journey as a Ph.D. student!

Project description on the NWO website

Press release on QuTech website

The project Principal Investigators (from left to right): Menno Veldhorst, Giordano Scappucci, Fabio Sebastiano, and Carmina Almudever.
Photo credits: Guus Schoonewille.