A podcast All Together Different
Join 911±¬ÁÏ President Gregory Washington as he invites experts, change-makers, innovators, and thought leaders to engage in meaningful conversations about the greatest challenges of our time.
Listen and learn from audacious people from 911±¬ÁÏ and beyond who represent the diversity of insight, the agility of collaboration, and the tenacity required in the struggle for a better future that is at the essence of the Mason Nation.
hosts each episode of the Access to Excellence podcast, recorded on the campus of 911±¬ÁÏ.
Podcast: A quantum leap for Virginia
On this episode of Access to Excellence, President Gregory Washington is joined by TreQ founder and CEO Mandy Birch and director of 911±¬ÁÏ's Quantum Science and Engineering Center Patrick Vora to discuss establishing the Virginia Quantum Hub at 911±¬ÁÏ: 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—built for the nation, open to the world.
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Mandy founded TreQ in 2023 to expedite next-generation computing clusters that include quantum processors. She holds engineering degrees from the US Air Force Academy and MIT, and a degree in international law, diplomacy, and economics from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.
Patrick is the Director of the 911±¬ÁÏ Quantum Science and Engineering Center. works with graduate and undergraduate students to study quantum phenomena in atomically-thin materials using optics, electronic transport, and magnetic measurements.
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