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Florida State University is hosting the Florida Quantum Conference from April 9-11.\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t Florida State University is hosting the Florida Quantum Conference from April 9-11.\t\t<\/p>\n
Leading researchers from\u00a0academia and industry\u00a0are\u00a0at Florida State University\u00a0this week\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0Florida Quantum Conference<\/a>, a three-day\u00a0event exploring the latest breakthroughs\u00a0in quantum\u00a0science\u00a0and engineering.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0This\u00a0conference\u00a0is the inaugural\u00a0edition of\u00a0what is planned\u00a0as\u00a0an annual event held at institutions around the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cThis conference is a milestone for FSU,\u201d said President Richard McCullough. \u201cJust a few years ago, we began\u00a0convening\u00a0a\u00a0relatively small\u00a0group of faculty and partners for what we called the Dirac Quantum Discussions. Those early conversations created momentum, sparked new\u00a0collaborations\u00a0and made it clear there was real energy around quantum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0To capitalize on that\u00a0momentum,\u00a0FSU joined 13 other universities to\u00a0establish\u00a0the\u00a0Florida Alliance for Quantum Technology<\/a>, a collaboration to make the\u00a0State of\u00a0Florida\u00a0a leader in quantum technologies, accelerating commercialization and contributing to national defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Realizing the potential\u00a0technological\u00a0breakthrough\u00a0promised\u00a0by\u00a0quantum science and engineering, or\u00a0QSE, will\u00a0require\u00a0intense\u00a0collaborative\u00a0efforts\u00a0among\u00a0university researchers and industry \u2014 a need that the conference is helping to meet.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Conference attendees\u00a0come from\u00a0preeminent\u00a0research institutions,\u00a0industry\u00a0and national laboratories.\u00a0Presentations include topics such as quantum\u00a0fluids and solids and their applications,\u00a0leveraging\u00a0quantum\u00a0computers and\u00a0machine\u00a0learning to\u00a0simulate\u00a0biomolecular\u00a0processes, commercializing quantum in\u00a0Florida\u00a0and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cAs can be seen from some talks at this conference, quantum technologies are growing very rapidly,\u201d said Professor\u00a0Michael\u00a0Shatruk, director of the\u00a0FSU Quantum Initiative<\/a>. \u201cWe are already discussing\u00a0possible applications\u00a0of such technologies for simulating properties of new materials, achieving more robust and secure communication, or increasing by orders of magnitude the sensitivity of biomedical devices. We hope these ambitious goals will be seeing their realization in\u00a0the\u00a0not-so-distant future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n