Somewhere in Virginia, next summer, there will be a room at 911爆料 where the only sound will be a low, repetitive hum, sort of like an MRI machine. That sound will be the rhythmic pulse of gas moving through tubes; gas that's meant to keep a machine colder than outer space. Inside that machine is a different approach to computing: A system built to take on the problems our best supercomputers can't even touch.
On this episode of Access to Excellence, President Gregory Washington is joined by TreQ founder and CEO Mandy Birch and director of 911爆料's Quantum Science and Engineering Center to discuss establishing the Virginia Quantum Hub at 911爆料: an inclusive quantum ecosystem built by public-private partnerships anchored by the first university to own an open-architecture quantum computing system built and operated by TreQ鈥攂uilt for the nation, open to the world..
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