UK Quantum Technology Hub: NQIT - Networked Quantum Information Technologies
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
This Hub accelerates progress towards a new "quantum era" by engineering small, high precision quantum systems, and linking them into a network to create the world's first truly scalable quantum computing engine. This new computing platform will harness quantum effects to achieve tasks that are currently impossible.
The Hub is an Oxford-led alliance of nine universities with complementary expertise in quantum technologies including Bath, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Strathclyde, Southampton, Sussex and Warwick. We have assembled a network of more than 25 companies (Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon BBN, Google, AMEX), government labs (NPL, DSTL, NIST) and SMEs (PureLiFi, Rohde & Schwarz, Aspen) who are investing resources and manpower.
Our ambitious flagship goal is the Q20:20 engine - a network of twenty optically-linked ion-trap processors each containing twenty quantum bits (qubits). This 400 qubit machine will be vastly more powerful than anything that has been achieved to date, but recent progress on three fronts makes it a feasible goal. First, Oxford researchers recently discovered a way to build a quantum computer from precisely-controlled qubits linked with low precision by photons (particles of light). Second, Oxford's ion-trap researchers recently achieved a new world record for precision qubit control with 99.9999% accuracy. Third, we recently showed how to control photonic interference inside small silica chips. We now have an exciting opportunity to combine these advances to create a light-matter hybrid network computer that gets the 'best of both worlds' and overcomes long-standing impracticalities like the ever increasing complexity of matter-only systems, or the immense resource requirements of purely photonic approaches.
Engineers and scientists with the hub will work with other hubs and partners from across the globe to achieve this. At present proof-of-principle experiments exist in the lab, and the 'grand challenge' is to develop compact manufacturable devices and components to build the Q20:20 engine (and to make it easy to build more).
We have already identified more than 20 spin-offs from this work, ranging from hacker-proof communication systems and ultra-sensitive medical and military sensors to higher resolution imaging systems.
Quantum ICT will bring great economic benefits and offer technical solutions to as yet unsolveable problems. Just as today's computers allow jet designers to test the aerodynamics of planes before they are built, a quantum computer will model the properties of materials before they've been made, or design a vital drug without the trial and error process. This is called digital quantum simulation. In fact many problems that are difficult using conventional computing can be enhanced with a 'quantum co-processor'. This is a hugely desirable capability, important across multiple areas of science and technology, so much so that even the prospect of limited quantum capabilities (e.g. D-Wave's device) has raised great excitement. The Q20:20 will be an early form of a verifiable quantum computer, the uncompromised universal machine that can ultimately perform any algorithm and scale to any size; the markets and impacts will be correspondingly far greater.
In addition to computing there will be uses in secure communications, so that a 'trusted' internet becomes feasible, in sensing - so that we can measure to new levels of precision, and in new components - for instance new detectors that allow us to collect single photons.
The hub will ultimately become a focus for an emerging quantum ICT industry, with trained scientists and engineers available to address the problems in industry and the wider world where quantum techniques will be bringing benefits. It will help form new companies, new markets, and grow the UK's knowledge economy.
The Hub is an Oxford-led alliance of nine universities with complementary expertise in quantum technologies including Bath, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Strathclyde, Southampton, Sussex and Warwick. We have assembled a network of more than 25 companies (Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon BBN, Google, AMEX), government labs (NPL, DSTL, NIST) and SMEs (PureLiFi, Rohde & Schwarz, Aspen) who are investing resources and manpower.
Our ambitious flagship goal is the Q20:20 engine - a network of twenty optically-linked ion-trap processors each containing twenty quantum bits (qubits). This 400 qubit machine will be vastly more powerful than anything that has been achieved to date, but recent progress on three fronts makes it a feasible goal. First, Oxford researchers recently discovered a way to build a quantum computer from precisely-controlled qubits linked with low precision by photons (particles of light). Second, Oxford's ion-trap researchers recently achieved a new world record for precision qubit control with 99.9999% accuracy. Third, we recently showed how to control photonic interference inside small silica chips. We now have an exciting opportunity to combine these advances to create a light-matter hybrid network computer that gets the 'best of both worlds' and overcomes long-standing impracticalities like the ever increasing complexity of matter-only systems, or the immense resource requirements of purely photonic approaches.
Engineers and scientists with the hub will work with other hubs and partners from across the globe to achieve this. At present proof-of-principle experiments exist in the lab, and the 'grand challenge' is to develop compact manufacturable devices and components to build the Q20:20 engine (and to make it easy to build more).
We have already identified more than 20 spin-offs from this work, ranging from hacker-proof communication systems and ultra-sensitive medical and military sensors to higher resolution imaging systems.
Quantum ICT will bring great economic benefits and offer technical solutions to as yet unsolveable problems. Just as today's computers allow jet designers to test the aerodynamics of planes before they are built, a quantum computer will model the properties of materials before they've been made, or design a vital drug without the trial and error process. This is called digital quantum simulation. In fact many problems that are difficult using conventional computing can be enhanced with a 'quantum co-processor'. This is a hugely desirable capability, important across multiple areas of science and technology, so much so that even the prospect of limited quantum capabilities (e.g. D-Wave's device) has raised great excitement. The Q20:20 will be an early form of a verifiable quantum computer, the uncompromised universal machine that can ultimately perform any algorithm and scale to any size; the markets and impacts will be correspondingly far greater.
In addition to computing there will be uses in secure communications, so that a 'trusted' internet becomes feasible, in sensing - so that we can measure to new levels of precision, and in new components - for instance new detectors that allow us to collect single photons.
The hub will ultimately become a focus for an emerging quantum ICT industry, with trained scientists and engineers available to address the problems in industry and the wider world where quantum techniques will be bringing benefits. It will help form new companies, new markets, and grow the UK's knowledge economy.
Planned Impact
NQIT will deliver a quantum network for computing, communications and sensing with unprecedented capability. NQIT will therefore impact on:
(a) Society, by providing a template for new information technologies that will enhance our quality of life. This will occur by provision of powerful new computers and secure data handling capability. These machines will deliver approaches to big data that will revolutionise society by enabling new mechanisms for discovery based on quantum machine learning. This will impact, for example, public health because of the possibility to manage disease and for drug discovery; the environment because of the dramatically enhanced ability to calculate long-term properties of the atmosphere and energy because of the dramatically reduced energy consumption of quantum computers for large-scale processing. The secure networks that NQIT will enable will allow trust in the internet to be maintained, and personal data and information to be held securely. The benefits of big data will only be ensured if such trust is maintained.
(b) The Economy, by demonstrating new kinds of information processing including massive parallelism and inviolable security of data that will transform major sectors, such as telecoms, finance, defence and government. Information economy has a GVA of £58bn annually in the UK. Power grids and other critical infrastructure will also benefit from the security of quantum networks.
(c) Knowledge: both academic and commercial, as new regimes of physics, chemistry, materials science and biology and biomedicine are opened for discovery because of the new computing capability. This, in turn, will open up new commercial opportunity to exploit the research outputs.
(d) People, through the new understanding, technical expertise and skills developed by the researchers and partners during the project, including training in core quantum technology skills for a new, emerging sector of the economy, and in engagement with the media, the public and policy makers.
The outcomes of the Hub will be of value to UK and global commerce, the general public and government. This will happen in the following ways:
(i) Commerce: The exponential increase in data traffic, and the required information processing present increasing challenges to information companies such as Google, Microsoft and Apple. Security is also an increasing concern. A new technology sector will grow in the UK as a consequence of quantum applications that address these problems, and leadership in quantum science and engineering. This will also lead to new applications in other areas. For example, secure sensor networks may impact personal health monitoring, leading to improved patient care and outcomes.
(ii) The Public: Everyone, whether they live in highly industrialized countries, or in the developing world, is dependent on access to information, which changes behaviour. For instance, more precise and long-ranging weather and climate prediction will change urban planning, transport and public safety policies.
(iii) Government: The security of society is the responsibility of governments and their agents. This responsibility ranges from the security of patient data in the NHS to secure communications for national defence and secure monitoring for the smart grid. Regulation must be informed by the capabilities of current and future technology, so that legislation can be effective. NQIT will explore what is feasible, allowing policy makers and those defining security standards to plan for the future.
Past changes in technology have had radical effects. Consider, for instance, how cellular telephony has transformed society in the last 20 years. Similar changes will happen as quantum technologies become embedded. NQIT will both develop the technologies, and by responsible innovation, will inform policy and create a framework where developments can be deployed for the benefit of society.
(a) Society, by providing a template for new information technologies that will enhance our quality of life. This will occur by provision of powerful new computers and secure data handling capability. These machines will deliver approaches to big data that will revolutionise society by enabling new mechanisms for discovery based on quantum machine learning. This will impact, for example, public health because of the possibility to manage disease and for drug discovery; the environment because of the dramatically enhanced ability to calculate long-term properties of the atmosphere and energy because of the dramatically reduced energy consumption of quantum computers for large-scale processing. The secure networks that NQIT will enable will allow trust in the internet to be maintained, and personal data and information to be held securely. The benefits of big data will only be ensured if such trust is maintained.
(b) The Economy, by demonstrating new kinds of information processing including massive parallelism and inviolable security of data that will transform major sectors, such as telecoms, finance, defence and government. Information economy has a GVA of £58bn annually in the UK. Power grids and other critical infrastructure will also benefit from the security of quantum networks.
(c) Knowledge: both academic and commercial, as new regimes of physics, chemistry, materials science and biology and biomedicine are opened for discovery because of the new computing capability. This, in turn, will open up new commercial opportunity to exploit the research outputs.
(d) People, through the new understanding, technical expertise and skills developed by the researchers and partners during the project, including training in core quantum technology skills for a new, emerging sector of the economy, and in engagement with the media, the public and policy makers.
The outcomes of the Hub will be of value to UK and global commerce, the general public and government. This will happen in the following ways:
(i) Commerce: The exponential increase in data traffic, and the required information processing present increasing challenges to information companies such as Google, Microsoft and Apple. Security is also an increasing concern. A new technology sector will grow in the UK as a consequence of quantum applications that address these problems, and leadership in quantum science and engineering. This will also lead to new applications in other areas. For example, secure sensor networks may impact personal health monitoring, leading to improved patient care and outcomes.
(ii) The Public: Everyone, whether they live in highly industrialized countries, or in the developing world, is dependent on access to information, which changes behaviour. For instance, more precise and long-ranging weather and climate prediction will change urban planning, transport and public safety policies.
(iii) Government: The security of society is the responsibility of governments and their agents. This responsibility ranges from the security of patient data in the NHS to secure communications for national defence and secure monitoring for the smart grid. Regulation must be informed by the capabilities of current and future technology, so that legislation can be effective. NQIT will explore what is feasible, allowing policy makers and those defining security standards to plan for the future.
Past changes in technology have had radical effects. Consider, for instance, how cellular telephony has transformed society in the last 20 years. Similar changes will happen as quantum technologies become embedded. NQIT will both develop the technologies, and by responsible innovation, will inform policy and create a framework where developments can be deployed for the benefit of society.
Organisations
- University of Oxford (Lead Research Organisation)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Haydale (Collaboration)
- Federal University of ABC (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- ColdQuanta (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- ID Quantique (Collaboration)
- Clas-SiC (Collaboration)
- D Wave Systems (Collaboration)
- Bruker Corporation (Collaboration)
- Oxford Ionics (Collaboration)
- Oxford Quantum Circuits (Collaboration)
- LDT Design (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- Crypta Labs (Collaboration)
- Allectra GmbH (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- De Beers Group (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- TMD Technologies Limited (Collaboration)
- Fraunhofer Society (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Cold Quanta (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- HighFinesse GmbH (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- Mind Foundry (Collaboration)
- Route Monkey (Collaboration)
- Veriqloud (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Cambridge Quantum Computing (Collaboration)
- Graphcore (Collaboration)
- Gooch & Housego (Collaboration)
- Riverlane Research (Collaboration)
- University of Sussex (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Lockheed Martin (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- pureLiFi Ltd (Project Partner)
- Google (United States) (Project Partner)
- Covesion (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Sofia University (Project Partner)
- Raytheon (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Joint Quantum Institute (Project Partner)
- Oxford Capital (Project Partner)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (Project Partner)
- Centre for Quantum Technologies (Project Partner)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Project Partner)
- Electronics and Telecomm Res Inst ETRI (Project Partner)
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Satellite Applications Catapult (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- American Express (Project Partner)
- Aspen Electronics (Project Partner)
- Toshiba (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- National Physical Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Government Communications Headquarters (Project Partner)
- Fraunhofer UK Research (Project Partner)
- Cognizant (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Först M
(2015)
Spatially resolved ultrafast magnetic dynamics initiated at a complex oxide heterointerface.
in Nature materials
Chen Y
(2016)
Laser writing of coherent colour centres in diamond
in Nature Photonics
Beige A
(2016)
A new take on the slit experiment
in Nature Photonics
Barrett T
(2020)
Pushing Purcell enhancement beyond its limits
in New Journal of Physics
Allcock D
(2016)
Dark-resonance Doppler cooling and high fluorescence in trapped Ca-43 ions at intermediate magnetic field
in New Journal of Physics
Valahu C
(2021)
Robust entanglement by continuous dynamical decoupling of the J-coupling interaction
in New Journal of Physics
Buca B
(2020)
Bethe ansatz approach for dissipation: exact solutions of quantum many-body dynamics under loss
in New Journal of Physics
Kiffner M
(2016)
Two-way interconversion of millimeter-wave and optical fields in Rydberg gases
in New Journal of Physics
Gheorghiu A
(2015)
Robustness and device independence of verifiable blind quantum computing
in New Journal of Physics
Gheorghiu A
(2017)
Rigidity of quantum steering and one-sided device-independent verifiable quantum computation
in New Journal of Physics
| Description | NQIT, a network of 9 universities and more than 25 companies focuses on hardware development in the area of ion-traps, photonics, superconductors and diamond, and applications in Quantum computing, Quantum Simulation, Networked Sensing and Communications. The project was completed in 2019. The Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation now takes on many elements of the programme. Key findings for the final year of NQIT, and overall, are given below. Computing-Q5:50 demonstrator: In 2019 the performance of the optical link between ion-trap based processors was improved, to a level that gives the highest combination of fidelity and speed for network-based entanglement across any physical system. The rate of entanglement generation is around five orders of magnitude faster than prior experiments at comparable fidelity levels (>90%). This is a key building block for the Q5:50 architecture, and for a scalable quantum computer, and is reported in a paper to appear in early 2020. The ion trap control system associated with this, which is scalable to a large number of computing nodes, is in use in several laboratories with further enhancements underway. Sussex has spun out their modular design, with a start-up company, Universal Quantum. In addition spinout Oxford Ionics has been founded, and aims to commercialise aspects of the Oxford group's Ion-trap technology. Alternative node and enabling technologies: Work on superconducting qubits continued in 2019 with refinement of the coaxial architecture using precision machining to create custom housing that improves performance. Work on memories continues, and spinout ORCA Computing has been formed to commercialise a means for deterministic photonic entangled state preparation. Also, novel waveguide structures that allow topologically-protected optical states to be created have been developed. This uses the ultrafast laser writing capabilities developed with NQIT. The NV centre laser writing capability, unique to NQIT researchers has been further enhanced and developed over the past year, and the etching process for creating the diamond membrane substrates has been further optimised. Quantum random number generators are a key early application for quantum technologies and results implementing a patented design for authenticated all-optical entropy generation are being prepared for publication. A spinout company, Quantum Dice, has been formed to exploit this technique, with a demonstration at the UK quantum technology showcase in 2019. Work on networked sensing includes the first study of fault-tolerant quantum metrology, and studies of 3d magnetometry, including techniques of estimating optical measurements for magnetometry There has been contined work on architectures and error correction for longer term, universal fault tolerant quantum computing. Applications: Highlights in this work include; • Quantum simulation, including the use of IBMs quantum computer under the IBM Q network, of which Oxford is a member. • Variational quantum algorithms, a strong prospect for getting value from NISQ-era quantum devices using hybrid quantum-classical systems • Software stack concepts • Concepts of Blind Quantum Computing and Multi-party Computation • Continued work on verification , with a new scheme for 'quantum accreditation' developed and work with IBM Yorktown. • Continued work on advanced emulators, where the QuEST emulation and the related QuESTlink tool among the fastest and most comprehensive demonstrated thus far |
| Exploitation Route | The NQIT project was completed in Dec 2019, and much of the work has been taken up by its successor Hub, the Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation. We will engage strongly with the National Quantum Computing Centre, and work with new Hub partners to further a range of quantum computing technologies in the coming year. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport,Other |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/content/resources |
| Description | NQIT continued its engagement with industry, science, policy makers and the public with the objective to create a lasting positive impact of the networked quantum information technology on the economy, society and policy. In pursuit of economic impact NQIT has continued to engage with all parts of the value chain: Enabling Technologies, System Development, Application Development and Users. User Projects, i.e. co-funded collaboration between academics and industrial partners has been a particular successful path to gain access to industrial expertise, know-how and equipment and accelerate the new technology development in the NQIT Hub. It has also enabled established technology providers to improve their products or develop new ones and thus strengthen their position in an emerging market of advanced quantum technologies. Spinout activity, including the transfer of IP, know-how and expertise into new commercial enterprises, has resulted in a new industry in the UK of whole system developers including Oxford Quantum Circuits, Quantum Motion Technologies, Universal Quantum, Oxford Ionics and ORCA Photonic Systems. Alongside this group of new hardware system developers we also observe another new industry in the UK in the form of the quantum software developers which include River Lane Research, Cambridge Quantum Computing, Phasecraft, VeriQloud and others. These two emerging groups are working closely together and forming a UK Quantum Computing cluster with many close ties with the research groups in the Hub and also with international customers and suppliers. NQIT engaged with prospective end-users of quantum information technologies through the provision of its reports, many meetings with individual companies and organisations and through its Quantum Readiness Programme (QRP) in collaboration with Cambridge Quantum Computing, though its membership (via the University of Oxford) of IBM Q's international partnership network and through the support of quantum hackathons and teaching events to an audience of researchers in academia and research. Examples of sectors that we have engaged with include Aerospace, Space & satellites, Chemistry, Pharma, Banking, Insurance, Business Services, IT Services, Defence & Security, Logistics and Healthcare. A selection of UK companies and organisations in these 'user sectors' are now better informed and some are making early commitments to the development and quantum computing awareness and skills. In the UK technology sector we observe companies that have an internationally prominent position in this field: examples include Oxford Instruments and MSquared Lasers and ICE Oxford and Cambridge Quantum Computing. We have a new UK industry in quantum computing hardware and software made up mostly from very young companies but all of which have raised investment and are employing highly skilled staff and several of which are generating revenues. The Hub has engaged with policy makers through the UK Government Departments of BEIS, DCMS and the Government Office of Science and, through the Local Enterprise Partnership in Oxfordshire with Parliament. It set out a vision for the second phase of the UK QT Programme which included a new Technology Hub, ongoing engagement with industry and government and the creation of the national facility for the scaling up of quantum computing technologies in the UK, an idea which is now taking shape in the form of the National Quantum Computing Centre. The NQIT Hub has participated in the cross-Hub initiative for public engagement called Quantum City and has sought contact with the public to inform and to learn about interests and concerns. The Hub has put forward ideas for a broader public engagement with quantum technologies to create a 'national quantum literacy'. The NQIT Hub has supported a comprehensive RRI activity that has promoted societal impact awareness among the researchers, studied (and reported) on potential impacts on specific sectors such as defence and security, and shared experience and insights with other RRI experts in other fields where technology causes significant societal changes, e.g. AI. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Benjamin - Private briefing to the Home Office on 31st May 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Co-Director was on the advisory committee for the GO Science Blackett Review of Quantum Technologies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quantum-technologies-blackett-review |
| Description | Director is on the high-level steering committee for the EC Quantum Technologies Flagship programme |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/expert-group-quantum-technology-flagship-now-set |
| Description | Geurtsen - BEIS & DCMS Quantum Technology Review: Roundtable to discuss barriers to growth, London, Oct 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Geurtsen and Hensinger - Challenge Panel for DCMS & BEIS Quantum Technology Policy Review, Sep - Nov 2018. Other attendees included Sir Peter Knight, Graeme Malcolm (MSquared) and Sheila Rowan (Glasgow Uni and Science Advisor to the Scottish Govt) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Hensiner - testify in front of the House of Commons Parliamentary Select Committee about quantum computing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?id=45420 |
| Description | Hensinger - Appointed to EPSRC's Physical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Hensinger - invited by the ministries of DCMS and BEIS to join their challenge Panel of quantum technology specialists for Quantum Technology Policy Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Hensinger - testify in a German Parliamentary select committee providing advice on quantum computing in June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?id=45115 |
| Description | Hensinger; Contributing to EPSRC Challenges for Quantum Computer Science & Simulation Workshop |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/quantumcompsciworkshopeoi/ |
| Description | Hensinger; invited to the US/UK Quantum computing algorithm sandpit organised by the UK Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defence, Chicheley Hall |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Hosted visit by Director of Office of Science & Technology Policy (White House, USA) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Invited public lecture at Government Digital Services Academy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Jirotka - All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics: Steering Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Jirotka - ESPRC Public Dialogue in Quantum Technologies - published by EPSRC |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Jirotka and Inglesant - Meetings with Policy Advisors in Emerging Technologies, DCMS |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Marina Jirotka, ESPRC Public Dialogue in Quantum Technologies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | NQIT - EPSRC Quantum Technologies Quantum Computing and Simulation workshop, Oxford, Mar 2018, Attendance by NQIT Leadership Team and WPLs. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | NQIT - QT Technologies Roundtable, Canada House, 2-4pm, 24th September 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | NQIT - Written evidence to UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee (Commons) - Quantum technologies inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-c... |
| Description | NQIT Directors worked with the UKNQT SAB and EPSRC on the White Paper for Phase II of the QT Programme submitted to BEIS and UK Treasury |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | NQIT Quantum Technology & RRI Workshop |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | O'Brien, Benjamin, Leek, Lucas, Geurtsen - UKRI, BEIS and DCMS workshop for the National Quantum Computing Centre, London, Dec 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | O'Brien, Geurtsen, Srivastava - Meeting with Dr Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. DoE, Oxford, Oct 2018. Also attending Liam Blackwell, Amanda Howes (EPSRC) and Roger McKinlay (InnovateUK) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | OxLEP economic briefing to House of commons |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Quantum Computing Competitive Landscape Workshop (BEIS) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Quantum Computing Roundtable (BEIS and GO Science) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Quantum Technologies - Opportunities for European industry |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news/quantum-technologies-opportunities-european-industry... |
| Description | Quantum Technologies Workshop on Championing Responsible Growth |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Srivastava - Local Industrial Strategy 'Disruption Workshop' with Oxfordshire Local Enterprise (OxLEP) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.oxfordshirelep.com/sites/default/files/uploads/TECHNICAL%20NEGOTIATING%20DRAFT%20The%20O... |
| Description | Srivastava - Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) roundtable with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at BEIS, Feb 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Walmsley and Hensinger - Oral evidence to UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee (Commons) - Quantum technologies inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-c... |
| Description | Workshop on Quantum Technologies and Industry for the EC |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news/report-workshop-quantum-technologies-and-industry |
| Description | 2D·SIPC |
| Amount | £710,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/Foundation Fellowship - Matteo Barbone |
| Amount | € 92,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | Birmingham QT Hub Partnership Resource Morley |
| Amount | £85,142 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Bristol QTEC Quantum Technology Entrepreneurship Fellowship - Carmen Palacios Berraquero |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 4 Handheld Quantum Wireless |
| Amount | £345,994 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104161 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 4 MITAS |
| Amount | £235,151 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104159 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 4 OQC |
| Amount | £382,540 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104153 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 4 QFC |
| Amount | £381,612 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104165 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies CRD R3 ESCHER |
| Amount | £1,240,653 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104000 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies CRD R3 HighQ |
| Amount | £429,673 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 103879 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies CRD R3 Q-DOS |
| Amount | £987,871 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 103874 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies FS R3 VeriVin |
| Amount | £240,124 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 133092 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies R4 IOTA |
| Amount | £399,533 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104158 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | EU Flagship "AQTION" project |
| Amount | € 1,500,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 820495 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Established Career Fellowship (Kashefi) |
| Amount | £1,237,804 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N003829/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Exploring the Commercial Applications of Quantum Technologies (Bath) |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 102247 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Exploring the Commercial Applications of Quantum Technologies (Bay/Nokia) |
| Amount | £124,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 131882 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 04/2016 |
| Description | FQXi Large Grant |
| Amount | $76,296 (USD) |
| Organisation | Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| Description | Feasibility Study for QWISPS |
| Amount | £110,436 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 131877 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Feasibility study for next-generation light source for Satellite Quantum Key Distribution |
| Amount | £255,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 27534 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church College, University of Oxford |
| Amount | £32,494 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | LIMQUET MSCA-ITN 2 PhD positions |
| Amount | € 546,575 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 765075 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| Description | MITAS: Miniaturised Ion Trap Atomic Source |
| Amount | £55,213 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R044562/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grants |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Smith EPSRC Strategic Equipment Grant |
| Amount | £1,374,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N010868/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | US Army project on microwave quantum logic gates |
| Amount | $1,400,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | US Army |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | University Research Fellowship Morley |
| Amount | £334,173 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Title | Dataset for "Atomic dispensers for thermoplasmonic control of alkali vapor pressure in quantum optical applications" |
| Description | This dataset contains data supporting the results presented in the paper "Atomic dispensers for thermoplasmonic control of alkali vapor pressure in quantum optical applications". It includes the data used to plot each figure, together with the raw oscilloscope data in .csv format, associated with this publication. This study uses plasmonic nanoparticles as an alternative to the conventional means, such as bulk heating or laser desorption to convert light into localized thermal energy and to achieve optical depths in warm vapors, which was proven to produce far improved results. The response is over a thousand times faster than previously observed corresponding to a ~16 times increase in vapour pressure in less than 20 ms., with possible reload times much shorter than an hour. The results enable robust and compact light-matter devices, such as efficient quantum memories and photon-photon logic gates, in which strong optical nonlinearities are crucial. Supplementary Information of the publication contains more details on the methodology and data preparation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Dataset for "Birefringent Anti-resonant Hollow-core Fiber" |
| Description | This dataset contains data supporting the results presented in the paper "Birefringent Anti-resonant Hollow-core Fiber" and the supplementary material. It includes the data used to plot each figure (in .xlsx format), together with simulated data obtained using COMSOL. Hollow-core fibres have demonstrated record performance in applications such as high-power pulse delivery, quantum computing, and sensing. However, their routine use is yet to become reality. A major obstacle is the ability to maintain the polarisation state of light over a broad range of wavelengths, while also ensuring single-mode guidance and attenuation that is low enough for practical applications that require only a few meters of fibre length (<1 dB/m). Here we simulated, fabricated and characterized a single-mode birefringent anti-resonant hollow-core fibre. The birefringence was achieved by introducing capillary tubes of different thicknesses, thereby creating reduced symmetry in the structure. The measured group birefringence is in good agreement with the calculated group birefringence from simulations across the fibre guidance band within the telecommunications C-band. At 1550 nm, we measured a group birefringence of 4.4E-5, which corresponds to a phase birefringence of 2.5E-5. The measured loss of the fibre was 0.46 dB/m at 1550 nm. The measured polarisation extinction ratio of the fibre at 1550 nm was 23.1 dB (25.7 dB) along the x-(y-) polarisation axis, relating to an h-parameter of 9.8E-4 (5.3E-4). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/767 |
| Title | Dataset for "Fibre-integrated noise gating of high-purity heralded single photons" |
| Description | Dataset for the publication "Fibre-integrated noise gating of high-purity heralded single photons". Includes the raw and analysed data used to calculate and plot the coincidence-to-accidentals ratio and heralded second-order coherence data in the manuscript. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Dataset for "Resource-efficient frequency conversion for quantum networks via sequential four-wave mixing" |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw data files, and the Matlab analysis and plotting scripts, used to produce the experimental results presented in the manuscript "Resource-efficient frequency conversion for quantum networks via sequential four-wave mixing". The data within include seeded and unseeded degenerate four-wave-mixing spectra, Bragg-scattering four-wave-mixing spectra, and oscilloscope traces monitoring four-wave mixing sideband intensity. Numerical analysis of this data is performed to calculate Bragg-Scattering up- and down-conversion efficiencies as well as to investigate the pulse-to-pulse stability of degenerate FWM sidebands. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/868 |
| Title | Dataset for 'Hybrid Microfibre-Lithium Niobate Nanowaveguide Structures as High Purity Heralded Single Photon Sources' |
| Description | This article contains all of the data and codes supporting the paper: 'Hybrid Microfibre-Lithium Niobate Nanowaveguide Structures as High Purity Heralded Single Photon Sources' Philip Main, Peter J Mosley, Wei Ding, Lijian Zhang and Andriy V. Gorbach In this paper we propose a new architecture for photon pair generation by parametric downconversion. The zip file in this repository contains a set of .csv spreadsheets, each of which contains the data for a figure in the paper. For more info contact: P.B.Main@bath.ac.uk |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Dataset for All-fiber multiplexed source of high-purity single photons |
| Description | Raw data for coincidence count rate and second order coherence measurements. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Dataset for Two-way photonic interface for linking the Sr + transition at 422 nm to the telecommunication C band |
| Description | Dataset for the publication "Two-way photonic interface for linking the Sr + transition at 422 nm to the telecommunication C band". Includes both the raw data code used to calculate the up- and down-conversion efficiencies, signal to noise ratios and µ1 values plotted in the manuscript. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Dataset for resource-efficient fibre-integrated temporal multiplexing of heralded single photons |
| Description | Research data for manuscript "Resource-efficient fibre-integrated temporal multiplexing of heralded single photons". The raw data were collected using home-built single photon coincidence counting electronics programmed in a field-programmable gate array. The number of photon pairs detected were measured as a function of laser pump power, with and without the loop multiplexing protocol active. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | 4-Photon Circle Dance |
| Organisation | Federal University of ABC |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-created concept and designed and executed experiment |
| Collaborator Contribution | Original idea for interference of distinguishable quantum particles. |
| Impact | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.08125.pdf |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Allectra - Sussex - Ultra High Vacuum Feedthroughs for QT |
| Organisation | Allectra GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £111,985 to a user project to develop versatile, and truly ultra-high vacuum compatible optical fibre feedthroughs, for ion-trap based systems and has relevance in other areas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Allectra provides the design, product definition, market research, materials and manufacturing and testing of prototypes. University of Sussex has unique expertise in optical fibre feedthrough designs and fabrication |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Allectra - Sussex - Ultra High Vacuum Feedthroughs for QT |
| Organisation | University of Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £111,985 to a user project to develop versatile, and truly ultra-high vacuum compatible optical fibre feedthroughs, for ion-trap based systems and has relevance in other areas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Allectra provides the design, product definition, market research, materials and manufacturing and testing of prototypes. University of Sussex has unique expertise in optical fibre feedthrough designs and fabrication |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | BAE Systems Jaksch |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professor Dieter Jaksch at the University of Oxford has undertaken the technical aspects of the project, using dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) as a test algorithm for simulation of quantum systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | BAE Systems acted as an industrial supervisor to monitor progress on the project and provide direction to ensure the work produced is industrially relevant |
| Impact | No tangible outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Bruker Morley |
| Organisation | Bruker Corporation |
| Department | Bruker BioSpin |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Gavin Morley and his group at the University of Warwick are designing and developing towards a magnetic field tensor gradiometer using four diamonds. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Bruker are assessing the commercial competitiveness of this magnetometer over vapour cell magnetometers. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Cambridge Quantum Computing - Compiler for Q20:20 |
| Organisation | Cambridge Quantum Computing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £81,179 to a user project to develop the theory and foundational software demonstrator for a new software compiler that will run on NQIT's Q20:20 networked quantum computer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NQIT Compiler Module. Additional theory work was required to understand the unique Q20:20 networked architecture for the compiler design. Software development is underway to create a proof of principle compiler. |
| Impact | Theory paper: Steven Herbert - On the depth overhead incurred when running quantum algorithms on near-term quantum computers with limited qubit connectivity. https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.12570 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Durham - Heriot Watt - Quantum Sensing of Electric Fields in SiC Devices |
| Organisation | Clas-SiC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £27,697 to Durham University, and £44,719 to Heriot-Watt University to support their work (see below). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SIC has a full process capability in their plant in Fife and this enables them to undertake the entire fabrication process using their own facilities, including metallisation, etch, photolithography, annealing, oxidation and implantation and the manufacture of the high voltage devices that will be characterised by the academic partners. Clas-SIC provided six fully processed wafers with a market value of £72k. Durham University worked with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software. Parametric testing of the fabricated devices prior to ODMR characterisation was performed at Durham using existing facilities, which are capable of sub fA resolution at voltages up to 20kV. Heriot-Watt undertook Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. This setup includes a newly-installed superconducting single-photon detector system to detect near-infrared luminescence of divacancies, down to the single defect level. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Durham - Heriot Watt - Quantum Sensing of Electric Fields in SiC Devices |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £27,697 to Durham University, and £44,719 to Heriot-Watt University to support their work (see below). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SIC has a full process capability in their plant in Fife and this enables them to undertake the entire fabrication process using their own facilities, including metallisation, etch, photolithography, annealing, oxidation and implantation and the manufacture of the high voltage devices that will be characterised by the academic partners. Clas-SIC provided six fully processed wafers with a market value of £72k. Durham University worked with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software. Parametric testing of the fabricated devices prior to ODMR characterisation was performed at Durham using existing facilities, which are capable of sub fA resolution at voltages up to 20kV. Heriot-Watt undertook Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. This setup includes a newly-installed superconducting single-photon detector system to detect near-infrared luminescence of divacancies, down to the single defect level. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Durham - Heriot Watt - Quantum Sensing of Electric Fields in SiC Devices |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £27,697 to Durham University, and £44,719 to Heriot-Watt University to support their work (see below). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SIC has a full process capability in their plant in Fife and this enables them to undertake the entire fabrication process using their own facilities, including metallisation, etch, photolithography, annealing, oxidation and implantation and the manufacture of the high voltage devices that will be characterised by the academic partners. Clas-SIC provided six fully processed wafers with a market value of £72k. Durham University worked with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software. Parametric testing of the fabricated devices prior to ODMR characterisation was performed at Durham using existing facilities, which are capable of sub fA resolution at voltages up to 20kV. Heriot-Watt undertook Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. This setup includes a newly-installed superconducting single-photon detector system to detect near-infrared luminescence of divacancies, down to the single defect level. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Heriot-Watt - Durham - Quantum sensing of electric fields in SiC devices |
| Organisation | Clas-SiC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £70,166 for a user project to utilise quantum technology to measure, with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, the properties of high-voltage power electronic devices, to optimize their use in electric vehicles. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SiC - provide 6 silicon carbide wafers worth £60,000 Heriot-Watt - Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments will be undertaken at Heriot Watt University, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. Durham - will work with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Heriot-Watt - Durham - Quantum sensing of electric fields in SiC devices |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £70,166 for a user project to utilise quantum technology to measure, with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, the properties of high-voltage power electronic devices, to optimize their use in electric vehicles. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SiC - provide 6 silicon carbide wafers worth £60,000 Heriot-Watt - Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments will be undertaken at Heriot Watt University, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. Durham - will work with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Clas-SIC - Heriot-Watt - Durham - Quantum sensing of electric fields in SiC devices |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £70,166 for a user project to utilise quantum technology to measure, with high sensitivity and spatial resolution, the properties of high-voltage power electronic devices, to optimize their use in electric vehicles. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clas-SiC - provide 6 silicon carbide wafers worth £60,000 Heriot-Watt - Optically-Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) experiments will be undertaken at Heriot Watt University, using a custom confocal microscope equipped with radio-frequency for spin driving. Durham - will work with the engineers at Clas-SiC to develop optimised high voltage devices using their existing simulation software |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cold Quanta Hensinger |
| Organisation | Cold Quanta |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Winfried Heninsger at the University of Sussex is working with Cold Quanta on the design and fabrication of vacuum systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cold Quanta have expertise in this field. |
| Impact | No tangible outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ColdQuanta - Single Wafer Integrated FeedThrough |
| Organisation | ColdQuanta |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £98,010 to a project to develop a through-wafer electrical feedthrough allowing close integration of complex microfabricated ion trap chips with compact vacuum systems. This technology reduces the per-node space requirements and also improve reliability and provide a highly scalable manufacturing chain. The team tested silicon-based feedthrough, glass-based feedthrough and reported on the electrical tests and summarised the conclusions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ColdQuanta have developed a series of scalable processes for producing extremely compact ultrahigh vacuum systems for use with ultracold atoms. ColdQuanta UK has an interest in the development of miniaturised vacuum system and optically delivery technologies that may be applied to the full gamut of quantum technologies. ColdQuanta UK contributed 3 months of staff costs in kind. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | ColdQuanta Stevens |
| Organisation | Cold Quanta |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Chris Stevens at Oxford University is designing a bench demonstration device designed for delivering ~300 V narrowband RF (30-50 MHz) through a vacuum barrier. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ColdQuanta will integrate the MIW demonstration device developed at Oxford University into a UHV package to demonstrate feasibility for future trapped ion packages |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Crypta Labs - Integrating a self-certifying quantum random number generator |
| Organisation | Crypta Labs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £47,034 to a project to establish the feasibility of integrating a self-certifying quantum random number generator (QRNG) into a hardware security module (HSM). It built a compact QRNG prototype based on a patent-pending design developed by NQIT researchers. The prototype interfaced with a HSM developed by the project partner Crypta Labs (CL). The suitability of the QRNG was verified using CL's statistical benchmarking. The aim was to verify the utility of quantum selfcertification for this application, showing that the NQIT device enables improved security using compact and robust photonics hardware suitable for real-world applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The industrial partner for this project was Crypta Labs (CL), a London-based quantum security technology company. CL develops security hardware and software solutions for the IoT. CL's interest in this project was proving the feasibility of embedding the certified QRNG developed by NQIT within a hardware security module (HSM). CL committed staff time, including time of the head of R&D, CTO, and hardware and software engineers. CL also loaned a photonic RNG prototype for direct comparison with the NQIT self-certified device |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | D Wave Systems - Durham University - Quantum Local Searching in Complex Energy Landscapes |
| Organisation | D Wave Systems |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £19,930 to Durham University to support their experiments (see below). |
| Collaborator Contribution | D-Wave Systems Inc provided system time and assistance from their hardware and algorithms experts to enable Durham University to use its commercially available quantum annealing system. The team at Durham University undertook three sets of experiments: (a) Free spin gadget experiments, which demonstrate experimentally that the underlying principles of local search are sound; (b) 'Anticluster' problem experiments, which can be used to study how the range of local search by reverse annealing can be controlled; (c) 'Planted solution' experiments, which will provide a realistic test of how well these protocols can actually solve problems, by determining how close you have to be to the solution for this approach to work. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | D Wave Systems - Durham University - Quantum Local Searching in Complex Energy Landscapes |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £19,930 to Durham University to support their experiments (see below). |
| Collaborator Contribution | D-Wave Systems Inc provided system time and assistance from their hardware and algorithms experts to enable Durham University to use its commercially available quantum annealing system. The team at Durham University undertook three sets of experiments: (a) Free spin gadget experiments, which demonstrate experimentally that the underlying principles of local search are sound; (b) 'Anticluster' problem experiments, which can be used to study how the range of local search by reverse annealing can be controlled; (c) 'Planted solution' experiments, which will provide a realistic test of how well these protocols can actually solve problems, by determining how close you have to be to the solution for this approach to work. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Element Six Morley |
| Organisation | De Beers Group |
| Department | Element Six |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Gavin Morley's group is characterizing the concentrations of colour centres in diamond. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Element Six is providing the diamonds. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Gooch & Housego O'Brien |
| Organisation | Gooch & Housego |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NQIT project is setting the requirement for Acoustic-Optical Shifters for Quantum Computers - lasers that operate at blue and near UV wavelengths and require fast switching of the optical power. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Gooch & Housego is using its expertise to develop devices for the blue and near UV wavelengths |
| Impact | No tangible outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Graphcore - Mind Foundry - Machine Learning for Quantum Technologies |
| Organisation | Graphcore |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £105,978 to a project to use deep generative models and Bayesian optimisation to characterise the Coulomb diamonds in double dot devices, and to find the region in multidimensional parameter space which are optimal for singlet-triplet qubits. The project interfaced an actual device in the cryostat with a simulated device in the test facility, and optimal tuning for a classical SWAP gate and this gate will allows mimicking gate operations in the quantum setting and to explore them as much as it is classically possible. It was followed with actual measurements of a 2-qubit device in the cryostat, and evaluation of how well the hardware-in-the-loop simulation enabled the machine to learn in advance of tuning the actual two-qubit device. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Graphcore is a Bristol-based company developing a new type of hardware, which will accelerate algorithm innovation and product deployment in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML). It has provided an AI Computing Appliance containing 16 interconnected IPUs. They currently estimate the value of this AI Computing Appliance as £192k including VAT. Mind Foundry provided academic licenses to their products including their Bayesian optimisation product, Optaas. Their contribution's value is £160k, which includes staff and product development time, and a perpetual license of their automated data science technology platform. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Graphcore - Mind Foundry - Machine Learning for Quantum Technologies |
| Organisation | Mind Foundry |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £105,978 to a project to use deep generative models and Bayesian optimisation to characterise the Coulomb diamonds in double dot devices, and to find the region in multidimensional parameter space which are optimal for singlet-triplet qubits. The project interfaced an actual device in the cryostat with a simulated device in the test facility, and optimal tuning for a classical SWAP gate and this gate will allows mimicking gate operations in the quantum setting and to explore them as much as it is classically possible. It was followed with actual measurements of a 2-qubit device in the cryostat, and evaluation of how well the hardware-in-the-loop simulation enabled the machine to learn in advance of tuning the actual two-qubit device. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Graphcore is a Bristol-based company developing a new type of hardware, which will accelerate algorithm innovation and product deployment in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML). It has provided an AI Computing Appliance containing 16 interconnected IPUs. They currently estimate the value of this AI Computing Appliance as £192k including VAT. Mind Foundry provided academic licenses to their products including their Bayesian optimisation product, Optaas. Their contribution's value is £160k, which includes staff and product development time, and a perpetual license of their automated data science technology platform. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Haydale Graphene Industries - Cambridge - Large-scale single-photon source array formation in atomically thin materials |
| Organisation | Haydale |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £70,925 to a user project to research large arrays of single photon sources for quantum computing and other fields. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Haydale Graphene - £30k worth of materials and consumables, as well as offer direct access to their layered material surface functionalisation system Cambridge - developing integrated fabrication process (e.g. silica-on silicon) to build the photonic emitters at for generating single photon sources at the predetermined coordinates. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Haydale Graphene Industries - Cambridge - Large-scale single-photon source array formation in atomically thin materials |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £70,925 to a user project to research large arrays of single photon sources for quantum computing and other fields. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Haydale Graphene - £30k worth of materials and consumables, as well as offer direct access to their layered material surface functionalisation system Cambridge - developing integrated fabrication process (e.g. silica-on silicon) to build the photonic emitters at for generating single photon sources at the predetermined coordinates. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | HighFinesse - Sussex - Ultra-stabile current supply and switch for quantum electronics |
| Organisation | HighFinesse GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £208,052 to a user project to develop an ultra-stable power supply for trapped ion quantum computing, which would benefit both Sussex and Oxford's ion-trap groups, and have uses in other areas that require a precision currently unavailable. This challenging project aims to develop a 10 A unit with an output current stability at <5*10^-6 level and fast (5 µs) switching unit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HighFinesse are developing the hardware and control units with Sussex designing the modules and control interfaces |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | HighFinesse - Sussex - Ultra-stabile current supply and switch for quantum electronics |
| Organisation | University of Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £208,052 to a user project to develop an ultra-stable power supply for trapped ion quantum computing, which would benefit both Sussex and Oxford's ion-trap groups, and have uses in other areas that require a precision currently unavailable. This challenging project aims to develop a 10 A unit with an output current stability at <5*10^-6 level and fast (5 µs) switching unit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HighFinesse are developing the hardware and control units with Sussex designing the modules and control interfaces |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | IBM (NY) - Sheffield - Developing simulation software for quantum computers |
| Organisation | IBM |
| Department | IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £60,413 to a user project to emulate quantum computers on classical hardware. The project utilises a new breed of "stabiliser simulators" to breakthrough current limits of 40 qubits on classical computers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | IBM has contributed $30,000 in staff time from scientists (Sergey Bravyi and David Gosset) and the QIS tool-kit team; hosting a visit to IBM Sheffield University will develop a first generation of open-source simulation software that is fast, flexible, user-friendly and uses enhanced algorithms. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | IBM (NY) - Sheffield - Developing simulation software for quantum computers |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £60,413 to a user project to emulate quantum computers on classical hardware. The project utilises a new breed of "stabiliser simulators" to breakthrough current limits of 40 qubits on classical computers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | IBM has contributed $30,000 in staff time from scientists (Sergey Bravyi and David Gosset) and the QIS tool-kit team; hosting a visit to IBM Sheffield University will develop a first generation of open-source simulation software that is fast, flexible, user-friendly and uses enhanced algorithms. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | IBM Q - IBM Q Oxford Hub |
| Organisation | IBM |
| Department | IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has facilitated an agreement with IBM Q and Oxford University to develop new applications for a quantum computer and will enhance Oxford's and the UK's capability in quantum technology. |
| Collaborator Contribution | IBM Q provides access to their quantum computing platforms Oxford University, being an IBM Q Hub Partner, conducts research and provides training to industry interested in the IBM Q quantum programme. |
| Impact | The IBM Q Oxford Hub has actively organised and participated in various events to promote the Hub and its work, engaging with researchers and industry: • IBM Q Hub launch with the IBM Q exhibit installed in Oxford Physics state-of-the-art building, the Beecroft. Professor Ian Walmsley, then Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Research attending. • IBM Q business briefing at Oxford with business leaders from diverse sectors across the UK • Oxford Innovation Society dinner - with keynote delivered by Anthony Annunziata and Christine Ouyang on the industry panel • IBM Q at NQIT industry Day - where NQIT, the UK's quantum computing hub, hosts its annual industry event to promote quantum computing in the UK • QISkit workshop at the NQIT Skills Forum (with 80 researchers attending from across the UK) • IBM Q at Venturefest Oxford, an event that supports the innovation ecosystem in the region, attracting businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and investors. • IBM Q partnering a quantum computing hackathon in London with IBM Q Oxford Hub representative attending • IBM Q Hub represented at a London Quantum Computing meetup • IBM Q and Oxford at the GI2: GLOBAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE in Paris with a joint panel on quantum computing. This event attracted 40 senior executives from FinTech. • IBM Q at the Quantum Technologies Showcase - the UK's premier government and industry showcase for the National Quantum technologies Programme • IBM Q joint industry engagement activities with Oxford e.g. Johnson Matthey, Rolls Royce. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | ID Quantique Smith |
| Organisation | Fraunhofer Society |
| Department | Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professor Jason Smith and his group at the University of Oxford will produce a reference design report and develop a prototype single photon source |
| Collaborator Contribution | ID Quantique will produce a market-informed Single Photon Source report |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ID Quantique Smith |
| Organisation | ID Quantique |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Professor Jason Smith and his group at the University of Oxford will produce a reference design report and develop a prototype single photon source |
| Collaborator Contribution | ID Quantique will produce a market-informed Single Photon Source report |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Kuhn Matthews Bristol |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | School of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Axel Kuhn is collaborating with Jonathan Matthews in Bristol on atom-photon interfaces. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Jonathan contributed expertise in measurement with quantum states of light. |
| Impact | A paper has been deposited on arXiV: "Photonic Quantum Logic with Narrowband Light from Single Atoms", but this has not been published yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | LDT Design - Leeds - Quantum-enhanced bio-sensing with rare earth ions |
| Organisation | LDT Design |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £55,202 to a user project for "quantum-enhanced bio-sensing with rare earth ions", whose purpose is to develop a non-invasive sensor for measuring blood glucose levels. This is a innovation of the quantum research supported by NQIT for wider societal and economic impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The sensing is based on the detection of fluorescence from the surface of a specially nano-engineered silica glass, which is embedded with rare earth ions. The ions are laser-driven into the silica glass and interact optically with the biomolecules in their immediate proximity on the other side of the glass surface through the skin. The proposed sensing technique is non-invasive and could end the daily finger pricking of people with diabetes by measuring blood glucose concentrations through the skin. The main purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of the optical mechanism and to optimise the current laser sensor using quantum optical methods. Moreover, we plan to investigate the possibility of further enhancing its performance through photon correlation measurements and quantum feedback. LDT Design are a product design and development business who have committed £7000 in the prototype and design of the glucose sensor. |
| Impact | - Redesign the sensor to improve its performance; - Improve the theoretical modelling and prepared a scientific paper; - Set up of a proof-of-principle experiment to verify the expected performance-enhancement of the new sensing platform. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.043827 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | LDT Design - Leeds - Quantum-enhanced bio-sensing with rare earth ions |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £55,202 to a user project for "quantum-enhanced bio-sensing with rare earth ions", whose purpose is to develop a non-invasive sensor for measuring blood glucose levels. This is a innovation of the quantum research supported by NQIT for wider societal and economic impact. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The sensing is based on the detection of fluorescence from the surface of a specially nano-engineered silica glass, which is embedded with rare earth ions. The ions are laser-driven into the silica glass and interact optically with the biomolecules in their immediate proximity on the other side of the glass surface through the skin. The proposed sensing technique is non-invasive and could end the daily finger pricking of people with diabetes by measuring blood glucose concentrations through the skin. The main purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of the optical mechanism and to optimise the current laser sensor using quantum optical methods. Moreover, we plan to investigate the possibility of further enhancing its performance through photon correlation measurements and quantum feedback. LDT Design are a product design and development business who have committed £7000 in the prototype and design of the glucose sensor. |
| Impact | - Redesign the sensor to improve its performance; - Improve the theoretical modelling and prepared a scientific paper; - Set up of a proof-of-principle experiment to verify the expected performance-enhancement of the new sensing platform. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.043827 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Leek collaboration with Ginossar University of Surrey |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Peter Leek is working with Dr Eran Ginossar at the University of Surrey on understanding new types of superconducting qubit readout and development of optimal control for high fidelity superconducting qubit operations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Ginossar is an expert in theory/simulation of superconducting circuits. |
| Impact | No outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Nunn collaboration with Gu |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Joshua Nunn is working with Dr Erdan Gu in Strathclyde on a new collaboration to enhance the memory interaction in NV centres. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Strathclyde are fabricating diamond cavities. |
| Impact | No outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd - Element 6 - Warwick - StrathClyde - Plasma etching to enable single NV-centres creation |
| Organisation | De Beers Group |
| Department | Element Six |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £108,870 to try new plasma etching techniques to create the first diamond membranes containing single nitrogen vacancy centres with good optical and spin properties for quantum computing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology provides the etching tools, staff and laboratory facilities (£50,000) Element 6 provides diamonds that cannot be commercially obtained and in-kind staff time (£10,000) Strathclyde have expertise in plasma etching methods. Warwick will test the spin properties using ODMR Oxford will test using photoluminescence at liquid helium temperatures. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd - Element 6 - Warwick - StrathClyde - Plasma etching to enable single NV-centres creation |
| Organisation | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £108,870 to try new plasma etching techniques to create the first diamond membranes containing single nitrogen vacancy centres with good optical and spin properties for quantum computing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology provides the etching tools, staff and laboratory facilities (£50,000) Element 6 provides diamonds that cannot be commercially obtained and in-kind staff time (£10,000) Strathclyde have expertise in plasma etching methods. Warwick will test the spin properties using ODMR Oxford will test using photoluminescence at liquid helium temperatures. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd - Element 6 - Warwick - StrathClyde - Plasma etching to enable single NV-centres creation |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £108,870 to try new plasma etching techniques to create the first diamond membranes containing single nitrogen vacancy centres with good optical and spin properties for quantum computing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology provides the etching tools, staff and laboratory facilities (£50,000) Element 6 provides diamonds that cannot be commercially obtained and in-kind staff time (£10,000) Strathclyde have expertise in plasma etching methods. Warwick will test the spin properties using ODMR Oxford will test using photoluminescence at liquid helium temperatures. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd - Element 6 - Warwick - StrathClyde - Plasma etching to enable single NV-centres creation |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £108,870 to try new plasma etching techniques to create the first diamond membranes containing single nitrogen vacancy centres with good optical and spin properties for quantum computing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology provides the etching tools, staff and laboratory facilities (£50,000) Element 6 provides diamonds that cannot be commercially obtained and in-kind staff time (£10,000) Strathclyde have expertise in plasma etching methods. Warwick will test the spin properties using ODMR Oxford will test using photoluminescence at liquid helium temperatures. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd - Element 6 - Warwick - StrathClyde - Plasma etching to enable single NV-centres creation |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT has contributed £108,870 to try new plasma etching techniques to create the first diamond membranes containing single nitrogen vacancy centres with good optical and spin properties for quantum computing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology provides the etching tools, staff and laboratory facilities (£50,000) Element 6 provides diamonds that cannot be commercially obtained and in-kind staff time (£10,000) Strathclyde have expertise in plasma etching methods. Warwick will test the spin properties using ODMR Oxford will test using photoluminescence at liquid helium temperatures. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Ionics - Scalable ion-trap fabrication |
| Organisation | Oxford Ionics |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £62,260 to a project to investigate fabrication processes for scalable ion trap chips. The University of Oxford developed the ion trap target specifications, reviewed the design and tested the results of chip, including trapping field performance and fidelity with simulation and microwave control field fidelity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Ionics is a recent ion trap spin-out from NQIT, thatwill develop ion traps both for their in-house quantum computing platform and for sale to other parties. They contributed 3 months of "in-kind" engineering support to the project in the form of staff time to help the design and oversight of the fabrication of the ion-trap chips. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Quantum Circuits - Evidencing the scaling potential of a superconducting architecture |
| Organisation | Oxford Quantum Circuits |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £64,836 to a project led by OQC and the Leek group at Oxford to push several technical angles geared towards producing at least a 7-qubit demonstration quantum computer, and to prove the feasibility of new architecture improvements to aid scaling further. This project explored ideas related to increasing architecture functionality and to aid extension of the architecture to larger chip sizes and to multiple chips, while retaining good control of the microwave environment. The project demonstrated a chip in operation in an OQC fridge, on loan to the university lab. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Quantum Circuits Ltd is a spin-out company founded by Peter Leek of Oxford University in 2017, and is building quantum computers based on IP from the Leek group. In thisproject it provided support, access to its IP and its facilities including a dilution fridge. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Queen's University Belfast - FPGA-based Low Latency Rotations for Quantum Error Correction |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £89,218 to Queen's University Belfast to develop new FPGA rotation operators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | QUB developed an extreme low-latency FPGA rotation operator for qubit state manipulation, analysed the error correction and real-time performance, cost and scalability of rotation-based quantum error correction (QEC) algorithms on FPGA and deployed the QEC component on a Xilinx Kintex-7 demonstration platform, to gauge performance/cost on practical devices. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Riverlane Research - Linear Network Coding |
| Organisation | Riverlane Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NQIT contributed £82,44 to devleoping and writing a paper detailing the possible theoretical improvements that Linear Network Coding (LNC) can yield when realising multiple two-qubit operations across a large network, and specifying when these improvements will be realised in practise. This work was submitted for presentation at an international conference or workshop as well as publication in a journal. It wrote a software module that implements the LNC techniques discovered during the project with Swapping solution discovery and Swapping solution realisation. This module is suitable for inclusion into a larger code-base, such as a quantum network compiler. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Riverlane is a Cambridge based tech company developing a Simulation Engine for microscopic systems. Using nascent quantum computing technology to accurately account for quantum effects in materials and ultimately biological systems will transform the discovery of new materials and drugs. For this project it provided computer equipment and office facilities and specialist staff advice. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Route Monkey Heriot-Watt |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Researchers from NQIT are working on discovering novel quantum circuit designs that could become the basis of new quantum algorithm building blocks |
| Collaborator Contribution | Route Monkey has identifed the key target subroutines to focus on from their state of the art logistics optimisation code. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Route Monkey Heriot-Watt |
| Organisation | Route Monkey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Researchers from NQIT are working on discovering novel quantum circuit designs that could become the basis of new quantum algorithm building blocks |
| Collaborator Contribution | Route Monkey has identifed the key target subroutines to focus on from their state of the art logistics optimisation code. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | TMD Mosley |
| Organisation | TMD Technologies Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Peter Mosley and colleagues at the University of Bath will demonstrate the potential of next-generation coatings to enhance the properties of alkali metal vapours inside hollow-core fibre (HCF) and high-aspect-ratio vapour cells. |
| Collaborator Contribution | TMD will provide access to a fibre-filling rig recently developed as part of a project, FEmtosecond Measurement Technology Options (FEMTO), funded by Innovate UK's quantum technology programme. |
| Impact | no outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | VeriQloud - Establishing a connection between a quantum server and an optical client to remotely program the server |
| Organisation | VeriQloud |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed £138,434 to a project on making an ion trap processor programmable by a networked client. This involved three layers of technologies: the quantum hardware (ion trap and photonic link), the classical controls (microwave and laser excitation of the ions; polarization control of the emitted photons) and the software interface (including data acquisition and processing for diagnostics and feedback control) |
| Collaborator Contribution | VeriQloud is a recently founded startup that plans to become a world leader in quantum secure networking. For this collaboration VeriQloud has provided Software, Engineering and web-services and adapted its software to work with the hardware used in the networked client. VeriQloud also created the web interface that can be used to control the trapped ion client-server system. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | CALIBRATION OF PARTICLE DETECTORS |
| Description | A method of calibrating an optical detector arrangement (38,42) comprises simultaneously generating a plurality of entangled photon pairs, such that one photon from each pair traverses a first path (36-38-42) and the other photon from each pair traverses a second path (36-40-44). The number of photons received along the first path is calculated using the detector arrangement (38,42), while the number of simultaneously-generated photons received along the second path is calculated using a second detector arrangement (40,44). These photon numbers are used to calculated an estimate of the detection efficiency (50) of the first detector arrangement (38,42). |
| IP Reference | US2011276296 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2011 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER |
| Description | An electromagnetic frequency converter includes an atomic ensemble; one or more first sources (6, 8) of electromagnetic radiation (P, R) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble to excite atomic valence electrons from a ground state to a first Rydberg state; one or more second sources (6, 14) of electromagnetic radiation (A, C) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble to excite atomic valence electrons from an excited state to a second Rydberg state; a first input (20) and/or output (26) for electromagnetic radiation (L) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble from the first input or received from the atomic ensemble at the first output; and a second input (14) and/or output (24) for electromagnetic radiation (M) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble from the second input or received from the atomic ensemble at the second output. |
| IP Reference | US2018373118 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | None |
| Title | ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER |
| Description | An electromagnetic frequency converter includes an atomic ensemble; one or more first sources (6, 8) of electromagnetic radiation (P, R) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble to excite atomic valence electrons from a ground state to a first Rydberg state; one or more second sources (6, 14) of electromagnetic radiation (A, C) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble to excite atomic valence electrons from an excited state to a second Rydberg state; a first input (20) and/or output (26) for electromagnetic radiation (L) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble from the first input or received from the atomic ensemble at the first output; and a second input (14) and/or output (24) for electromagnetic radiation (M) to be incident upon the atomic ensemble from the second input or received from the atomic ensemble at the second output. |
| IP Reference | WO2017109475 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | INTERFEROMETER AND METHOD OF DESIGNING AN INTERFEROMETER |
| Description | A universal interferometer (100) for coupling modes of electromagnetic radiation according to a transformation has N inputs and N outputs for inputting and outputting N modes of electromagnetic radiation into and from the interferometer. Waveguides (101, 102, 103, 104, 105) pass through the interferometer to connect the N inputs to the N outputs and to carry the N modes of electromagnetic radiation. The waveguides provide crossing points between pairs of waveguides and a reconfigurable beam splitter (107) implements a reconfigurable reflectivity and a reconfigurable phase shift at each crossing point. The waveguides and crossing points are arranged such that each of the N modes of electromagnetic radiation is capable of coupling with each of the other modes of electromagnetic radiation at respective reconfigurable beam splitters. The couplings between modes at the reconfigurable beam splitters are configured such that the interferometer implements a transformation of the N modes between the N inputs and the N outputs. |
| IP Reference | WO2017144895 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | QUANTUM MEMORY DEVICE |
| Description | A quantum memory device includes an atomic ensemble (4) and a signal source of electromagnetic radiation (10) for generating modes to be stored and having a frequency corresponding to an off-resonant transition between first and second states in the atomic ensemble. The quantum memory device also includes a control source of electromagnetic radiation (12) for generating electromagnetic radiation having a frequency corresponding to an off-resonant atomic transition between second and third states in the atomic ensemble; the third state has a higher energy than the second state which has a higher energy than the first state. The signal source and the control source create a coherent excitation of the transition between the first state and the third state such that the atomic ensemble stores the signal source modes, and the control source subsequently stimulates emission of the stored modes from the atomic ensemble. |
| IP Reference | WO2017212212 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | QUBIT COUPLING |
| Description | A method of forming coupling interactions between three or more information qubits (3) in a qubit ensemble (5), the method including: coupling the information qubits (3) to each other; coupling each of the information qubits (3) to each of one or more ancilla qubits (9); and controlling the interaction between the information qubits (3) by applying a bias to the one or more ancilla qubits (9), such that the low energy states of the qubit ensemble (5) include three-or-more-body coupling effects between information qubits (3). |
| IP Reference | WO2017163019 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR |
| Description | A method (300) for generating random numbers including: mixing (304) a bright quantum state in a first mode with a vacuum input (15), in a two mode transformation for mixing the first mode and an orthogonal second mode; after mixing, detecting (306) the intensity in the first mode, and the second mode; generating random numbers (312) based on the difference between the detected intensity of the first mode and the second mode; and simultaneously to generating random numbers, certifying the numbers as random, based on the sum of the detected intensity of the first mode and the second mode, wherein certifying confirms that the process by which the random numbers are generated is quantum in origin and so the numbers are random. |
| IP Reference | WO2018087516 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | None |
| Title | SPECTROMETER |
| Description | A spectrometer for temporally separating electromagnetic radiation (10) includes a cavity (105) having first and second reflecting mirrors (1, 2, 4, 5). The first mirror (1, 2) has an aperture (8) arranged to allow electromagnetic radiation (10) to be input into the cavity (105). The spectrometer also includes an imaging device (3) between the first and second mirrors (1, 2, 4, 5) that defines an optical axis of the cavity (105) and performs spatial Fourier transforms of the electromagnetic radiation (10). The first and/or second mirrors (1, 2, 4, 5) has a normal that is arranged at a non-parallel angle to the optical axis, such that the position and/or angle of incidence of electromagnetic radiation (10) on the second mirror is shifted after each round trip. The second mirror (4, 5) allows a wavelength component (14) of the electromagnetic radiation to be output from the cavity (105) when the position and/or angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation on the second mirror (4,) after one or more round trips of the cavity (105) exceeds a threshold. |
| IP Reference | WO2017137765 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | Qiskit |
| Description | Qiskit is an open-source quantum computing software development framework for leveraging today's quantum processors in research, education, and business. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Impacts not yet known |
| URL | https://qiskit.org/ |
| Title | QuEST |
| Description | The Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit is a high performance simulator of universal quantum circuits, state vectors and density matrices. QuEST can be used by both C and C++, is open source, multithreaded, distributed and GPU-accelerated. Needing only compilation, QuEST is easy to run both on laptops and supercomputers, where it can take advantage of multicore and networked machines to quickly simulate circuits on many qubits. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | More than 50% of the papers (preprint or published) in Professor Simon Benjamin's group have utilised this software. See https://arxiv.org/find/quant-ph/1/au:+Benjamin_S/0/1/0/all/0/1 |
| URL | https://quest.qtechtheory.org/ |
| Company Name | Oxford Ionics |
| Description | Development of quantum computer systems using ion-traps |
| Year Established | 2019 |
| Impact | Impacts not yet known |
| Company Name | ORCA COMPUTING LIMITED |
| Description | Development of quantum optics for quantum computing |
| Year Established | 2019 |
| Impact | Impacts not yet known |
| Company Name | Quantum Dice |
| Description | Devleopment of single device QRNG |
| Year Established | 2019 |
| Impact | Impacts not yet known |
| Website | https://quantum-dice.com/ |
| Company Name | NIQS TECHNOLOGY LTD |
| Description | Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment for diabetes |
| Year Established | 2020 |
| Impact | Unknown |
| Website | https://www.niqstech.com/ |
| Company Name | Oxford HighQ Ltd |
| Description | Oxford HighQ is a spinout from the University of Oxford's Departments of Materials and Chemistry that will produce next generation chemical and nanoparticle sensors that offer a step change in fluid-based sensing across a wide range of applications and markets. The company has been awarded £900k of InnovateUK funding and incorporated in October 2017. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | too early |
| Website | http://www.oxfordhighq.com/ |
| Company Name | Oxford Quantum Circuits Limited |
| Description | Quantum Motion Technologies was founded on the research undertaken by Professor Simon Benjamin (Department of Materials, University of Oxford) and Professor John Morton (University College London). The company was formed in June 2017, and is aiming to build a universal quantum computer that would be able to tackle the full range of quantum applications. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | none yet |
| Company Name | Oxford Quantum Circuits Limited |
| Description | The company was founded by Dr Peter Leek, who is based at the Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, and is aiming to build a quantum computer based upon a superconducting circuit approach to forming qubits. The intention is to leverage the latest technology in this field and overcome the key challenge that has confounded researchers to-date: scaling the system up to a large number of qubits. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | none yet |
| Website | https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxford-quantum-circuits |
| Company Name | NQIE LIMITED |
| Description | This company is in formation and with founders Thomas Harty and Chris Ballance from the Department of Physics, University of Oxford, and will develop ion-trap technologies |
| Year Established | 2019 |
| Impact | None |
| Company Name | UNIVERSAL QUANTUM LTD |
| Description | This company is in formation and with founders Winnie Hensinger and Sebastian Weidt from the Department of Physics, University of Sussex, and will develop a scalable quantum computer system using ion-trap technologies |
| Year Established | 2018 |
| Impact | None |
| Description | AI & QC Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference exhibit aimed at IT professionals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | An Evening of Quantum Discovery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "An Evening of Quantum Discovery" was an event we held for the general public in the Physics Department in Oxford held on October 17 2017. It was co-organised by the Physics Department Outreach Officer, the NQIT Communications Manager and the Quantum Materials Outreach Officer. The event was divided into a family-friendly set of activities from 5pm to 6.30pm and then activities for a general 12+ audience from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The quantum theme included a wide range of physics topics such as quantum computing, photonics, quantum materials, and superconductivity. Activities included: - 20-minute talks by members of the Physics Department - Guided lab tours in 6 labs - A hands-on science fair with 7 stalls - A "Quantum Story Corner" for children - Voting for your favourite image in a Quantum Photography Competition - More than 150 people attended on the night and we had some great feedback from visitors: "We thoroughly enjoyed the evening and thank everyone for all the work they put into making it such an interesting and stimulating event." "Interactive, amazing, not one bit was boring and completely captivated my children's minds and my own, wish it was that interesting at school" 36 students and researchers from the department volunteered to help with lab tours, talks and the science fair. 97% of visitors who responded to the feedback survey said they enjoyed the event; 88% said that their understanding of quantum physics had improved "a lot" or "a little" from this event and 84% said they were inspired to learn more about quantum physics. We asked visitors about "science capital" and were interested to see that 35% of respondents said that, outside of school or work, they only talk about science with other people once a month or less, which indicates we were reaching an audience that doesn't involve science in their lives on a regular basis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/evening-quantum-discovery |
| Description | BBC Click Quantum at Solstice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers were featured heavily in a BBC Click documentary about quantum technologies. Nearly half of the 30 minute programme was devoted to quantum computing, with interviews with several NQIT researchers and footage from the National Quantum Technologies Showcase in November 2017. The journalists who worked on the programme were very keen to find out more about our work and said they are interested in producing a follow-up programme in 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09jlw4y/click-quantum-at-solstice |
| Description | BBC programme The Inquiry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Winfried Hensinger was one of three experts interviewed in the episode 'Why the race to build a quantum computer?' as part of the BBC's programme The Inquiry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csytgh |
| Description | Becker - ATOM Science Market |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The festival delivered diverse, imaginative and family-friendly events to allow local people to discover world-class science and technology taking place on their doorstep, as well as learning about the companies, organisations and scientists who make it happen. This included optics demonstrations on the Oxford Optics and Photonics Student Society (OxOPS) stall and NQIT's work on Quantum Computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/2018/03/29/oxford-physics-at-the-atom-festival |
| Description | Beige Pint of Science Leeds 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Almut Beige gave a talk about "Bright Computers?" as part of the Pint of Science public engagement event in Leeds in May 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Benjamin - Cambridge University Physics Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Introduction to Quantum Computing and current work of NQIT to a young audience at the Cambridge University Physics Society. The subject of the talk was "Harnessing the Quantum World" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QbHynuqeKg |
| Description | Benjamin - Google Quantum Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An event in Los Angeles to promote NQIT's work on quantum computing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Benjamin - YCombinator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | You Tube Interview with Y Combinator, seed funding company for startups interviewed Professor Simon Benjamin on "Architectures for Quantum Computing". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHZKDTJJknE |
| Description | British Computer Society (Oxfordshire) talk Seb Weidt |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Seb Weidt gave a talk entitled "Quantum Computers and their potential to revolutionise our lives" at the AGM of the Oxfordshire branch of the British Computing Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.oxon.bcs.org/programme/quantum-computers-and-their-potential-to-revolutionise-our-lives-a... |
| Description | British Embassy Seoul UK Alumni Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ian Walmsley gave a talk entitled "A New Generation of Computers: Towards Quantum 2.0 Technologies" to a group of UK alumni at the British Embassy in Seoul. This stimulated increased interest in quantum research in a group which wouldn't necessarily get to hear the research message often. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CAMEL 15 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | J. Alvarez, B. Yuen, T. D. Barrett, and M. Ijspeert all gave talks at the workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CGTN document Razor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An episode of the CGTN documentary series Razor, focusing on Dr Winfried Hensinger's research in quantum computing. This one hour piece led to the largest engagement the news channel ever measured on their site with over 600,000 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37_vw8WsuZI&t=67s |
| Description | Can We Build A Quantum Computer? - Cheltenham Science Festival 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quantum physicists Gavin Morley, Winfried Hensinger and Elham Kashefi discussed with an audience of around 200 members of the general public how the theory of quantum computing will ever become reality. This prompted discussion and interest in the research, and demonstrable interest on social media too (99 "Likes" on Facebook, for example). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/can-we-build-a-quantum-computer/ |
| Description | Causality in the quantum world workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | J. Barrett contriubted a talk on 'Quantum Causal Models' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Centre for Science & Policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Philip Inglesant took part in a workshop on Future Threats & Challenges of Quantum Technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers participated at the Quantum City stall, the joint public engagement initiative by partners of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, featuring interactive activities to highlight quantum key distribution and exhibits such as ion traps, a single pixel camera, magnetometers and atomic clocks, Quantum City demonstrated how new research in quantum properties translated to emerging technologies that could have an impact on everyday life in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/about-the-festival/free-activities-on-site-2018/ |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quantum City exhibition at the Science Festival to the general public to raise awareness of quantum computing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over three days, a group of NQIT researchers and graduate students demonstrated the fundamental physics behind our approach to quantum computing - ion traps and photonics - and explained some of its potential applications. We used a rotating saddle trap that keeps a ping pong ball stable while it spins to illustrate how we use a rotating electric field to trap single ions in an ion trap. This was then further demonstrated with a dust trap where electrostatically-charged grains of sand are trapped inside a static electric field. We showed visitors how you can control light with a beautifully simple demonstration involving shining a laser pointer into a flow of water - the photons follow the curving path of the water in just the same way that they flow down an fibre optic cable providing internet to peoples' homes or photonic networking in our quantum computer. We explained why quantum computers will be faster than regular computers using a fun and quick game of "snap" with a twist that the 'regular computer' has to sort through the deck of cards one card at a time whereas the 'quantum computer' can see all the cards face-up on the table because they are in a "quantum superposition of all possible solutions". Lastly, we invited visitors to find the pirate treasure (and win a chocolate coin) by finding the shortest route to search all the locations on the treasure map. This is a demonstration of the Travelling Salesman problem - it's not that difficult to solve for a handful of points on a map, but the complexity increases exponentially as you add more points to the map. This is the sort of problem that quantum computers are likely to be able to solve considerably more quickly than classical computers. Hundreds of visitors to the festival - young and old - visited our stand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/nqit-cheltenham-science-festival |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival Variety Night: An Evening of Unnecessary Detail |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gavin Morley did 8 minutes of stand-up comedy on "Quantum Weirdness" to an audience of over 600 members of the general topic. This enagaged the interest of the audience in a complex area of research in an accessible way, and also prompted interest on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/science-festival-variety-night-an-evening-o... |
| Description | Choi London Sessions - Next Gen Tech - Advanced Computing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Join the next London Session at Entrepreneur First, where they tackle the rapidly changing landscape of Advanced Computing! They'll be diving into cryptography and cybersecurity, building meaningful applications on the blockchain, the disruptive force of quantum technologies....and of course anything else you want to add in our Q&A panel! Dr Iris Choi, NQIT Technology Associate, will be on the panel, along with Nathan Benaich, Co-Founder of London.AI, Katie Bilton, Head of Community for CyLon, the UK & Europe's first cyber security accelerator programme, and Imogen Bunyard, COO and Co-Founder of Zerado, a London based blockchain consultancy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/london-sessions-next-gen-tech-advanced-computing |
| Description | Diamond More than a Gemstone exhibit at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gavin Morley and his group at the University of Warwick had an exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2016 called "Diamond: more than just a gemstone", which explained the exciting uses of diamond in new technologies, including for quantum computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2016/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/diamond... |
| Description | Dunningham Sussex Universe Lecture Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jacob Dunningham gave a talk entitled "Made to measure: using quantum to see more" as part of the Sussex Universe Lecture Series. These talks are organised by Sussex University undergraduate students, and are aimed at a level suitable for undergraduates and A-level students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sussexuniverselectureseries.wordpress.com/page/ |
| Description | ESA Quantum Technology workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed a talk on 'Quantum Processing of Big Data: From Quantum Computing to Earth Observation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | European Conference on Trapped Ions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C. Christoforou delivered a talk as part of the conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | European Quantum Technology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr A. Beige contributed a talk on quantum jump metrology to the first EQT conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibition & presentation at Chief Disruptor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition and presentation to management in industry and government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibition at HPS & Quantum Computing Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conference exhibit to IT professionals attending HPS & Quantum Computing Summit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Festival of Ideas, York, quantum panel session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Hensinger was a panelist on the session: The Shape of Things to Come? Life in the Quantum Age. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2018/talks/life-in-the-quantum-age/ |
| Description | Future of the Workplace Brighton Chamber of Commerce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk and panel discussion on "The future of the workplace", Brighton 20/09/17 given by Dr Seb Weidt, organised by the Brighton Chamber of Commerce |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-the-workplace-tickets-36272115875# |
| Description | Hensinger - Government Digital Services Academy - 13 December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A talk on Quantum computers - the world's most incredible machines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gds-academy-masterclasses |
| Description | Hensinger - National Quantum Technologies Showcase - 9 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Sussex Ion Quantum Technology Group had two individual exhibits at the 2018 National Quantum Technologies Showcase, November 9, 2018, more than 500, industry and business, requests for further involvement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-national-quantum-technologies-showcase-2018-tickets-45798298945# |
| Description | Hensinger - NewScientist - 1 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article entitled: "A zap from a laser could make bigger quantum computers possible" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184236-a-zap-from-a-laser-could-make-bigger-quantum-computers-... |
| Description | Hensinger - Radio 4 Today Programme - 15 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Comment on quantum technology breakthroughs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5qnjq |
| Description | Hensinger - The Daily Mail - 1 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daily Mail articles "A super-fast 'quantum internet' for everyone is one step closer to reality as British researchers make a major breakthrough" published on 1 Nov 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6338899/A-super-fast-quantum-internet-one-step-close... |
| Description | Hensinger - The Telegraph interview - 5 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Telegraph article entitles: "Scientists plan to build new quantum computing facility in Brighton". Professor Hensinger said "It's now time to translate academic achievements into the construction of practical machines. We're in a fantastic position to do this at Sussex and my team is working round the clock to make large-scale quantum computing a future reality." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/11/05/scientists-plan-build-new-quantum-computing-facili... |
| Description | Hensinger - University of Ulm - 4 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hensinger - University of Worcester (Combined IOP/IET/BCS) - 16 October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | There were 151 attendees at the lecture entitled "The emergence of quantum computers: Technology and societal implications" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hensinger - York Festival of Ideas - 11 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Shape of Things to Come? Life in the quantum age - an expert panel consisting of Steve Beaumont, Kai Bongs, Winfried Hensinger and Timothy Spiller at the York Festival of Ideas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hensinger Brighton Nerd Night |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Winfried Hensinger gave an invited lecture at Brighton Nerd Night, 25th October 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://brighton.nerdnite.com/2017/10/10/nerd-nite-brighton-45-waves-vision-quantum/ |
| Description | Hensinger British Science Festival 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Winfried Hensinger was invited by the Physics Section of the British Science Association to deliver a public lecture at the British Science Festival 5 September, 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Hensinger Devoxx UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Winfried Hensinger was invited to give the opening keynote address at a highly prestigious software developers conference (DEVOXX UK) with more than 1000 attendees, 11-12th May, 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHw6ikgknXQ&t=0s&list=PLRsbF2sD7JVq8QYW0vlbOS2JuXUWaWMnT&index=2 |
| Description | Hensinger Gadget Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Winfried Hensinger participated on Channel 4's Gadget Show with a feature on his work on quantum computing, broadcast 31 March 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.my5.tv/the-gadget-show/season-25/episode-3 |
| Description | Hensinger IOP Northern Ireland John Bell lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Winfried Hensinger was invited to deliver the IOP Northern Ireland John Bell lecture at a special public event and concert in Belfast on Feb. 15 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.events.iop.org/e/entangled---john-bell-lecture--concert-performance-0e3a087a4fa24a748a81... |
| Description | Hensinger Naked Scientist Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Winfried Hensinger was interviewed on the Naked Scientist Podcast 25 July 2017. This podcast was distributed via UK and Australian Radio and online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/quantum-computer-plans-unveiled |
| Description | Hensinger New Scientist Instant Expert Quantum Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | New Scientist presents... Instant Expert: The Quantum Revolution. This was a one-day masterclass where six leading experts, including Professor Winfried Hensinger, guided the audience through one of today's most exciting fields of science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/instant-expert-the-quantum-revolution-tickets-35014009846?aff=nsevent... |
| Description | Hensinger Pint of Science 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Winfried Hensinger was invited to give a public lecture entitled "Quantum Computing: The world's most incredible machines" in London as part of the Pint of Science festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/small-is-beautiful |
| Description | Hensinger Quantum computer exhibition London Science Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Researchers from the University of Sussex will reveal the secrets of quantum computers to the UK public at the Science Museum in London this week. Launched on Wednesday February 7th, the 'Could quantum computers change the world?' will illuminate a topic that has baffled scientists for decades. Researchers from the University of Sussex will reveal the secrets of quantum computers to the UK public at the Science Museum in London this week. Launched on Wednesday February 7th, the 'Could quantum computers change the world?' will illuminate a topic that has baffled scientists for decades. Curated by Sussex physicists in partnership with the Science Museum, it will be displayed in the Tomorrow's World gallery space and will run for four months. Once confined to science fiction - quantum theory predictions include that an object can be in two places at the same time - quantum computers are now becoming a reality, with the University of Sussex among those leading the development. The technology is so powerful that quantum computers will be able to calculate in minutes what would take even today's fastest supercomputers billions of years. Unlike current computing, which uses binary codes, quantum computers instead use quantum states. It has enormous implications for a broad range of sectors such as finance, science and security. Last year the University of Sussex published the world's first practical blueprint for constructing a quantum computer. It followed collaboration with scientists around the world and Google US. The Sussex team is now in the process of building a prototype device, and are ramping up their efforts to build what may be the most powerful computer on earth. Dr Sebastian Weidt, Senior Scientist in the Ion Quantum Technology group at the University of Sussex, is the lead physicist on the exhibition. He and colleagues will be talking to members of the public at a series of live events at the Science Museum between 13th and 15th February. Visitors will have the chance to remotely take control of a small-scale quantum computer that is located at the University of Sussex. Dr Weidt said: "It has been a fantastic experience and a great pleasure to work with the Science Museum on this exhibition and help explain this potentially world-changing technology to the public. "I am particularly thrilled visitors will be able to see some of the core quantum computer components currently under development at the University of Sussex. It'll help people get a real feel for what these machines look like. I am also very much looking forward to having the opportunity to talk to the general public about our work at the Science Museum Tomorrow's World Live events." Amy Pollak, Content Developer at the Science Museum, said: "Quantum computers may soon have a significant impact on all of our lives. So it's great for us to be working with the University of Sussex to share this exciting and cutting edge technology with our visitors." Visitors will learn about some of the most important underlying principles of how a quantum computer works and what makes it so powerful. They will learn how these computers will be useful, and may change our lives. A model of the vacuum system used in the University of Sussex's quantum computer prototype will be on display. The exhibition will also show a silicon wafer comprising 64 quantum computing microchips, which is the heart of the quantum computer being developed at Sussex |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-quantum/ |
| Description | Hensinger walk-in quantum computer installation British Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Winfried Hensinger and his group at the University of Sussex exhibited a walk-in quantum computer installation at the British Science Festival 5-9 September 2018 in Brighton. They created a walk in quantum computer installation in order to provide an authentic quantum computing experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.britishsciencefestival.org/event/discover-quantum-an-immersive-laboratory-experience-4/ |
| Description | Hensinger walk-in quantum computer installation Spitalfields |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We have created a walk in quantum computer installation. This is the first time a UK university has taken Quantum Technology to the streets and invited the public along to see the ground-breaking work being carried out in order to develop quantum computers. The designed structure houses four amazing exhibits that will help develop a greater understanding of QT for anyone entering the space. Visitors to the quantum computer installation are able to quiz the team on how their discoveries may shape the future, watch immersive video projections of experiments being carried out in the lab and see exhibits including real chips used in quantum computer as well as a simulation of the vacuum system that enables quantum computation along with other interactive exhibits. The team explains what it's like to work at the cutting edge of scientific research and how this might help solve some of life's most complex problems. The installation was taken in the centre of London's financial district, Spitalfields Markets, in order to interact with the general public. It was also exhibited at the British Science Festival in Brighton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xEoZdFkn1E |
| Description | How will Quantum Technologies change how you do business? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In July 2016, NQIT's KE fund award was used to host an event for local businesses entitled "How will Quantum Technologies change how you do business?". Around 50 people from a range of businesses along with members of the public came to the evening session at the Oxford Martin School, which is an interdisciplinary research centre. The attendees were given talks about business opportunities, an introduction to current research, and responsible research and innovation (RRI), from NQIT's Co-Director for User Engagement, one of our researchers in Cambridge, and an expert in RRI from UCL. These talks were followed by a question and answer session, which gave people the opportunity to engage in more depth with our panel, and finally a networking session. Attendees appreciated "seeing wider opportunities from current near-home engagement" and "improvement of my knowledge of quantum technology". We will use other feedback to optimise future events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/how-will-quantum-technologies-change-how-you-do-business |
| Description | IBM Q Annual Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at workshop to industry and academic professionals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IBM Symposium on AI and Quantum Computing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Inglesant - London Quantum Computing MeetUp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The role of Responsible Innovation in the National Quantum Technologies programme describing NQIT's leading role, and raising aware of Responsible Innovation issues related to quantum computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Inside Quantum Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the conference to senior management in industry, policymakers and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Institute for Science, Innovation & Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Philip Inglesant contributed a seminar on 'Quantum Computing and Simulation: A Responsible Innovation perspective' to the seminar series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IoP trip to Oxford April 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A group of retired physicists visited Oxford on a trip organised by the Insitute of Physics. Just under 20 people attended and were given a talk by Peter Leek on "Superconducting Quantum Circuits", and also a lab tour. This led to discussion with the group attending on the latest advances in quantum research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/PhysicsOxford/photos/a.625705274196580.1073741841.217580765009035/625705877... |
| Description | Leek - National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The first spinout from NQIT, Oxford Quantum Circuits, founded by Peter Leek, was present at the Showcase, engaging with industry and the investment community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Leek - VentureFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk on quantum computing based on superconducting circuit technology, and the first spinout from NQIT, Oxford Quantum Circuits, to commercialise the research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | London Quantum Computing MeetUp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Philip Inglesant delivered a talk to the London Quantum Computing MeetUp group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lucas - Physics alumni event, Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT's work on quantum computing using ion traps was presented to Physics Alumni. This raised awareness of the National Quantum Technologies Programme, the role of the NQIT Hub and helped communicate the role of the Department of Physics in this pioneering field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lucas - Lab tours for Physics open days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lab tours to showcasing world-leading research in ion-based qubits to the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lucas - NQIT Industry Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Senior industry/business people engaged with NQIT on progress, opportunities for engagement, funding partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://nqit.ox.ac.uk/sites/www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/files/2018-07/NQIT%20Industry%20Day%20Report%202018.pd... |
| Description | Lucas - National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor David Lucas was a member of the NQIT Hub team at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase, to describe the current progress of ion-based quantum computing to industry, government and investors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lucas - VentureFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Senior industry/business people engaged with NQIT on progress, opportunities for engagement, funding partnerships. There were also A-level students present who were interested in the developments in quantum computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Minister for Universities and Science visit to NQIT February 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Universities and Science Minister, Jo Johnson, visited Oxford, where he was shown laboratory and workshop facilities, and met doctoral students, in the University's Networked Quantum Information Technologies (NQIT) Hub and Mobile Robotics Group. The NQIT Directors spoke with Mr Johnson about the UK National Quantum Technology Programme and why quantum technology is such an exciting area for research and technology development. He then was given a tour of our NQIT lab in the Physics Department where Vera Schafer, a doctoral student, and Dr Ben Metcalf, a post-doctoral researcher, explained how their research into ion traps and photonics provide the core hardware for NQIT's Q20:20 quantum computer. During his visit to Oxford, Mr Johnson announced new Government funding to support DPhil students in engineering and physical sciences, as well as significant funding geared towards boosting the UK's research into quantum technologies. Mr Johnson said in the press: 'We are committed to securing the UK's position as a world leader in science and innovation. The Government is ensuring major new discoveries happen here, such as the creation of super-powerful quantum computers which scientists are working on in Oxford. This new funding builds on our protection for science spending by supporting research in our world-leading universities and helping to train the science leaders of tomorrow.' This story featured particularly in the local press but also on the BIS landing page for a few days, and the visit was also retweeted by the Minister on Twitter. This meant that the profile of NQIT was raised outside of the Ministerial visit to a wide range of the general public, as well as the researchers having the opportunity to present the research directly to a politician, who also asked a number of questions about the research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/universities-and-science-minister-jo-johnson-visits-nqit-hub |
| Description | Morley - Legacy of Stephen Hawking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Live national TV interviews about the legacy of Stephen Hawking, March 2018: The channels were France24, TRT World (Turkey), Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera and CGTN (China). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Morley - National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Leading the team demonstrating the diamond magnetometer developed at University of Warwick at the Quantum Technology Showcases (Westminster, 2018). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Morley - Pint of Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pint of Science presentation with Dr Gavin Morley and NQIT PhD student (Yashna Lekhai), Coventry 15th May 2018. The talk was called "Can a diamond be in two places at once?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/diamonds-cats-and-rollercoasters |
| Description | Morley Royal Society Parent-Carer-Scientist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Gavin Morley featured in an online booklet from the Royal Society entitled "Parent Carer Scientist". This booklet celebrates the diversity of work life patterns of 150 scientists across the UK with the aim of increasing the visibility of people combining a career in science with a family life. The project aims to encourage and inspire current and future talented scientists to succeed in science regardless of their commitments outside work. Providing information on both their career and their personal journey through a timeline of academic, career and family milestones, this resource highlights the various formulas utilised by mothers, fathers and carers in the efforts to balance a career in science with family life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/diversity-in-science/parent-carer-scientist/ |
| Description | Morley Warwick Physics Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Gavin Morley gave a talk entitled "Quantum Diamond" for Warwick Physics Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NASA Quantum Technology Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a workshop for researchers in industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NQIT Industry Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We held our first NQIT Industry Day in July in the beautiful surroundings of Rhodes House, Oxford. It was a unique forum bringing together the national and global investment and business community with key quantum computing scientists and engineers from the UK-wide research consortium. Together we explored the commercial opportunities of quantum computing and informed the community on important developments within the UK and elsewhere - such as the €1 billion Quantum EU Flagship and NQIT's progress towards the UK Quantum Computer Demonstrator, the so-called Q20:20 engine. Thirty-two organisations attended, including multi-nationals, SMEs and start-ups from a variety of sectors including manufacturing, aerospace, finance, hi-tech, digital, telecoms, oil and gas, and IT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/nqit-industry-day |
| Description | NQIT Photography Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT held a Quantum Photography Competition, where we invited students and researchers from around the world working in quantum to submit a photo of their research that best captures the innovation and beauty of their work. We received nine fantastic entries. All the entries were displayed at our Evening of Quantum Discovery, where visitors could vote for their favourite image. 75 people voted and there was a clear winner: David Nadlinger's beautiful image of a single atom in an ion trap (this is also the image that went on to win the EPSRC Science Photography Competition for 2017). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/content/nqit-quantum-photography-competition-round-one |
| Description | NQIT Public Lecture Winfried Hensinger |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Winfried Hensinger gave the first NQIT Public Lecture at Rhodes House in Oxford in July 2017. The talk was entitled "Quantum Computers - the World's Most Incredible Machines". The lecture hall was packed out and attendees gave positive feedback: all of those who filled in a feedback survey said the speaker was extremely or very engaging. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/quantum-computers-public-lecture-2017 |
| Description | NQIT RI Final Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference hosted by project to showcase work on Responsible Innovation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NQIT User Engagement Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We hold User Forums every 6 months to facilitate dialogue between researchers and industrial/commercial users. This provides an opportunity for users to find out our latest research and development. It also ensures that the researchers are fully aware of the users' requirements, specifications and technology expectations, and therefore, can align their research with the industrial and commercial demands. These events have led to a number of requests to work further with NQIT, either through potential User Projects or potentially funding separate projects (for example doctoral students). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://nqit.ox.ac.uk/user-engagement |
| Description | NQIT at the Curiosity Carnival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oxford's Curiosity Carnival 2017 was part of the 2017 European Researchers' Night, celebrated by universities across Europe. Researchers from NQIT took part in several activities on the day, including the Quantum Story Corner, where you could learn about quantum entanglement with sweeties and custard; the Great Research Bake Off, where graduate student Amy Hughes made an Ion Trap Quantum Computing cake; the Living Library, where Professor Ian Walmsley could be "borrowed" for a time to chat about his research; and an amazing-looking dance in the Ashmolean Museum from the Quantum Ballerina, Merritt Moore. Nearly 10,000 people engaged with the live activities of Curiosity Carnival and 83% of visitors surveyed strongly agreed or agreed with the statement "I learnt about research". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/nqit-curiosity-carnival |
| Description | Nadlinger EPSRC Photography Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Single Atom in an Ion Trap", by David Nadlinger, a graduate student in Professor David Lucas's Trapped Ion Lab, won the overall prize in a national science photography competition, organised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). David Nadlinger is based in the Physics Department at the University of Oxford and his photo shows the atom held by the fields emanating from the metal electrodes surrounding it. This prize led to wide media coverage including technical, mainstream and local press. It also led to a lively discussion on Twitter in which David Nadlinger engaged with members of the public to explain the science behind his photo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/single-trapped-atom-captures-science-photography-competitions-top-priz... |
| Description | National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This event, now in its third year, is the major industry-facing showcase for the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, which NQIT is a part of. The key audiences are industry, both suppliers and end users of quantum technology, senior government officials and European and international research and technology institutes. The aim is to showcase the technology and work of the four Hubs and other partners within the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. NQIT Directors presented the quantum computing Hub at the event to the audience, and there were demonstrations of NQIT-related technologies presented by early career and more established researchers. Each year this event has taken place has seen an increased presence from NQIT researchers and 2017 also featured spinout companies based on NQIT research. Feedback collated from the audience showed that the demonstrations of technology as well as the time spent networking with researchers were appreciated, and the reaction to the presentation was positive, that it was pitched at the right level and useful. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/nqit-national-quantum-technologies-showcase-2017 |
| Description | New Scientist Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers participated at the Quantum City stall, the joint public engagement initiative by partners of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, featuring interactive activities and demonstrations. Quantum City initiative demonstrates how new research in quantum properties translate to emerging technologies that could have an impact on everyday life in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://live.newscientist.com/2018-pictures |
| Description | Nunn - London Quantum Computing Meetup - 17th May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Platforms for quantum computing talk given to 40 people |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nunn - London Quantum Computing Meetup - 26 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public talk on Quantum Secure Communications to around 40 people in London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nunn - Quantum Startup Lightning Talks & Networking Event - 29 Jan 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 20 people attended this lightning talk, a 5 min introduction to the UK Quantum Technology Programme and how it has stimulated commercialisation of quantum technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nunn - The Schools Challenge Final at the London Science Musuem |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Final event for Year 9 students that have taken on a challenge to solve some London's most pressing environmental issues, as set by the Mayor of London's Office. We (Steve Kolthammer and his student Mengbo Long) exhibited our quantum random number generator in a STEM marketplace, introducing the students to examples of state-of-the-art technology and innovation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | O'Brien - VentureFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk on the Q20:20 engine - the quantum computing demonstrator being developed by NQIT, its scalable modular architecture based on ion-trap technologies and the control systems required to operate it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Brookes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Philip Inglesant delivered a lecture to Oxford Brookes students on 'Computing Frontiers' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Innovation Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference exhibit at Oxford Innovation Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Martin School "Hacking nature's computers: exploring quantum computation with organic molecules" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Philip Inglesant was invited to give a presentation about Responsible Research and Innovation in Quantum Computing as part of the Oxford Martin School's event "Hacking nature's computers: exploring quantum computation with organic molecules" with Prof Vlatko Vedral. Philip's presentation formed the basis of a panel discussion about the future implications of quantum computing. The event was livestreamed online and has been viewed online by nearly 1000 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5puYxdmCM6k |
| Description | Oxford Museums |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at a public event hosted by Oxford Museums, 'Who writes the future?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Physics Alumni Day June 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Joshua Nunn's group contributed to a stall promoting the activities of NQIT to a group of Oxford Physics Alumni and their families, representing a wide range of professions and highlighting new research in quantum physics to an interested group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/2015/06/27/alumni-garden-party-2015-including-atomic-laser-phys... |
| Description | Oxford Physics Space Industry Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NQIT introduced the audience to the NQIT programme, overall objectives and scope of NQIT's programme, and the different approaches to building a quantum processor, including ion traps, superconducting circuits and NV centres in diamonds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/enterprise/research-and-collaboration/space-industry-day |
| Description | Oxford Science + Ideas Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers led the Quantum City stall, the joint public engagement initiative by partners of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, featuring interactive activities and demonstrations to illustrate the work of NQIT, together with the general background to the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://if-oxford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IF-2018-programme_A4-for-web.pdf |
| Description | Oxford Women in Physics Undergraduate Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visits arranged to NQIT laboratories: Ion Trap Quantum Computing Group and Superconducting Quantum Devices labs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/confs/cuwip2018/ |
| Description | Oxfordshire Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In June 2016, NQIT's bid for a stall about quantum computing at the Oxfordshire science festival was successful, and we also received internal funding from Oxford University to create new materials specifically aimed at engaging with the public. We designed banners, postcards and some games addressing the questions "Will a quantum computer change your life?", "What are we doing to make quantum computers a reality?", and "How do you build a quantum computer?". We used these materials at the festival to raise the visibility of quantum computing amongst the hundreds of members of the public who attended the free event. We also brought along some demonstrators of quantum technology, which a team of young researchers used to make quantum technologies accessible to the public. We repeated this successful and engaging stand at the Oxfordshire Science Festival in 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/nqit-oxfordshire-science-festival |
| Description | Participation in Kantar Public dialogue on Quantum Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Several researchers within NQIT took part in the public dialogue exercise carried out by Kantar Public on behalf of EPSRC. This included attending an initial stakeholder workshop in London, which helped set the context for the public workshops, and attending several all-day workshops involving members of the public. NQIT researchers acted as academic experts to advise the facilitators on the scientific content and to inform the members of the public who took part in the exercise about their research. Outcomes from this public dialogue will feed into our strategies for public engagement and responsible research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2017 |
| Description | Participation in Quantum Hackathon for Space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in hackathon to develop programming skills in quantum information technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr A. Beige delivered a talk on modelling semi-transparent mirrors with highly-localised field Hamiltonians |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Physics: from the lab into your life |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers provided interactive activities and demonstrations and undertook laboratory visits, showcasing their research work within NQIT's programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/2018/10/16/physics-from-the-lab-into-your-life |
| Description | Pint of Science talk - Peter Smith 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Peter Smith gave a talk to around 50 members of the public in Southampton on "Nonlinear light: from missile defence to quantum computers" which introduced interested members of the public to the subject in an accessible way, and prompted discussion and interest in the research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/light-the-future-of-the-internet/ |
| Description | Presentation at British Computer Society on QIT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to IT professionals on quantum information technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Public lecture Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk to 50 members of the public which introduced them to the subject in an accessible way and the work of NQIT as a whole. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | QIPC Leeds 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers in Leeds organised the QIPC 2015 conference, bringing together international researchers from all aspects of quantum information science. Other NQIT researchers were invited to speak at the conference: David Lucas and Jonathan Barrett. This sparked interest in NQIT research amongst potential collaborators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.qipc2015.leeds.ac.uk/home/plenary-speakers.html |
| Description | QIRIF 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | J. Barrett contributed a talk on 'Bounds on computation from physical principles' at Quantum Information Revolution: Impact to Foundations conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | QMATH14 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C. Cirstoiu contributed a talk on 'Beyond Noether's theorem: on robustness of conservation laws' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quack-Ed Quantum Hackathon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a hackathon between industry and academic researchers, developing programming skills in quantum information technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum - from Schroedinger's Science to New Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sir Peter Knight FRS gave a talk to the public as entitled above, which was also filmed and is available to watch as a videocast at the website below. The audience included a mixture of the general public (a range of ages), students, industrialists, funders of quantum research in the UK and internationally, and academics. There were also demonstrations of the technology for attendees to try. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/quantum-schroedinger%E2%80%99s-science-new-technology-public-lecture-prof-... |
| Description | Quantum Causal Structures workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | J. Barrett contributed a talk on quantum causal models to the workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum Computing for Space Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Quantum Computing for the Space Sector event brought together quantum computing industry, academia and space industry. The goals of the workshop were to understand the developments and the state of the art of quantum computing in the UK; explore the realms of possibility and opportunities for quantum computing in the space sector; and to examine how quantum computing could be used to deliver step changes in materials discovery, mission critical systems and space data. The event was co-hosted by NQIT and the Satellite Applications Catapult. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/quantum-computing-space-sector |
| Description | Quantum Computing in Finance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the conference to IT professionals in finance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum Readiness Programme (BP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to oil and gas industry professionals within BP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum Readiness Programme (Barclays) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to IT professionals within Barclays |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum Readiness Programme (NHS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to IT professionals within the NHS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum Technology Conference (USA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conference exhibit to senior management in industry, policymakers and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quantum UK Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT hosted the first annual meeting of the UK Quantum Technology Hub Network in Oxford in September 2015. The conference was a forum to discuss scientific progress, innovations and technical challenges across all the sectors in the programme. It was also an opportunity to bring together industrial stakeholders and academic and government researchers, to exchange ideas, stimulate new projects and form new collaborations. Nearly 200 people attended the conference, drawn from from academia, government and business. The event ran over three days and began with an overview of quantum technology strategies from the UK government, the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and Innovate UK, who are the key funders of the Network. Then each of the four Quantum Technology Hubs presented their current research, followed by presentations from key industrial partners, including Lockheed Martin and Toshiba. The second and third days delved into more technical issues surrounding the development of quantum technologies, such as systems engineering and standards. There was an eclectic mix of technical talks covering photonics, trapped ions, cold atoms and solid-state devices, including fascinating talks from Nobel Laureate Bill Phillips and from international leaders in quantum materials, precision sensing and engineering, including Eva Andrei, Andrew Steane, Mark Kasevich and Dana Anderson. The conference closed with a tour of the Oxford labs in the departments of Physics and Materials. An industry exhibition and trade show was held throughout the conference, including representatives from 16 companies working in electronics, data, and optics. The conference hosted many international visitors and presented updates from major quantum technology programmes around the world, including MUSIQC in the US, EQUS in Australia, QuTech in the Netherlands, and PCQC in France. There were also a number of programme managers from US military and government agencies, who were keen to engage with and support the UK activities. Overall the event served the dual purpose of bringing together scientists and industrial partners from within the UK Quantum Technology Hub Network, and raising the international visibility of the UK programme. Several NQIT investigators were also invited to speak at the conference: Ian Walmsley, Elham Kashefi, Animesh Datta, David Lucas, Marina Jirotka and Philip Inglesant. NQIT co-organised the second National Quantum Conference with the Sensors and Metrology Hub in Birmingham in 2016. This was an opportunity for academics working in quantum research and technologies to learn about the latest developments in quantum technology research from across the Programme, hear from leading experts in the field, and discover how emerging research is being translated into commercial products, and the skills that are necessary to achieve this. The conference consisted of eight themed sessions of three talks spread over the two and a half days of the conference; a parallel poster session showcasing the latest research from the quantum research community; a public lecture by Professor Ian Walmsley, Director of NQIT and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at the University of Oxford; a Quantum Careers Fair with key UK and international companies working in the area of quantum technology presenting employment opportunities for those with research backgrounds in this field; a conference dinner. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/quantum-uk-2016-conference |
| Description | Question and Answer session: How UK partners can participate in the EU Quantum Technologies Flagship Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NQIT organised an event where Professor Dr Jürgen Mlynek, Chair of the EU Expert group on Quantum Technology, talked about the EU flagship on Quantum Technology. Professor Mlynek gave an "open-house" talk/Q&A session on the EU Quantum Technology Flagship for the benefit of stakeholders in the UK. The talk was co-hosted by Imperial College's Skills & Training Hub in Quantum Systems Engineering (QSE) and the Networked Quantum Information Technologies Hub (NQIT), based at Oxford University. The talk was livestreamed online so stakeholders elsewhere in the UK could attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/eu-quantum-flagship-talk |
| Description | Route Monkey collaboration press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As a result of our collaboration with Route Monkey, they released a press release about the quantum algorithms project which received media interest, mainly in the transport sector press. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/route-monkey-takes-quantum-leap-fleet-optimisation |
| Description | Royal Institute, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quantum City exhibit at public event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SUSTech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sina Salek led a seminar on Quantum Causal Modelling and Machine Learning |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Salisbury 6th Form Cleanroom Tours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | James Gates and Matthew Posner organised a cleanroom tour to a group of Women Sixth Form students. The visit by the all-girls school was part of an initiative to encourage more young women to pursue studies in science and engineering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/q-wow.html |
| Description | Saturday Mornings of Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NQIT researchers in their talks explained the basic principles underlying the quantum dynamics of composite systems and described the challenges of implementing quantum computation and cryptography practically, also about using ion traps and photonics to build a quantum computer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://saturdaytheory.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/quantum-amplitudes-classical-ignorance-quantum-informa... |
| Description | Schaefer Ballance Fast Ion Traps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A high profile publication in Nature from Oxford doctoral student Vera Schäfer and Dr Chris Ballance, both members of David Lucas's Ion Trap group, led to a press release about this research from the University of Oxford and subsequent media interest, including coverage in the Independent. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/news/new-speed-record-trapped-ion-building-blocks-quantum-computers |
| Description | Simon Benjamin New Scientist Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Simon Benjamin gave a talk at New Scientist Live! 2017 at ExCel London entitled "Quantum Leaps: the Next Industrial Revolution" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://live.newscientist.com/new-scientist-live-2017 |
| Description | Simon Benjamin talk about UK NQTP, especially NQIT, at an alumni event in Oxford 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alumni attended a talk about quantum technology, which led to questions and discussions about the future of this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Smith, J - National Quantum technologies Showcase - 9 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | "Create your own qubit" stand at the Quantum Technology Showcase 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Srivastava - London Enterprise Tech Meetup |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A talk to introduce NQIT, the global quantum computing landscape and the UK's global leadership opportuniy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/september-2018-lnetm-disentangling-quantum-computing-tickets-47623125... |
| Description | Srivastava - London Quantum Computing MeetUp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A talk to introduce NQIT, the National Quantum Computing Technology Hub, it's mission and describing the global quantum computing landscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Srivastava - Quantum Computing Hackathon in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 71 people attended the Quantum Computing hackathon hosted by: dividiti, River Lane Research and ThoughtWorks. Dr Rupesh Srivastava attended the hackathon giving a short talk. The event was a great success and has led to another hackathon for March 15th 2019 - Quantum Computing Hackathon for the Space Sector |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/London-Quantum-Computing-Meetup/events/254156028/ |
| Description | Studentship opportunities with the UK National Quantum Technology Hubs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This webinar was arranged by the four Quantum Technologies Hubs and hosted by the Institute of Physics to allow current graduate students to find out about studentship opportunities available across the UK Quantum Technology Hubs. The webinar was presented by the Hub Directors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/webinar-studentship-opportunities-uk-national-quantum-technology-hubs |
| Description | Sussex Universe Lecture Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Winfried Hensinger delivered a lecture on 'Constructing The World's Most Incredible Machines: Quantum Computers' as part of the 2019-2029 programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Technology for tomorrow - the research shaping our future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Simon Benjamin gave a talk entitled "The dawn of quantum technology" to a large group of the general public, which was also streamed live on You Tube. This has had 738 views online. The talk led to questions and discussion about quantum technology, and the further viewing of the talk shows that it reached a wider audience interested in quantum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2259 |
| Description | UK QT Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conference exhibit at UK QT Showcase |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | University of Southampton Science and Engineering Day 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Peter Smith and James Gates organised tours of their NQIT lab, and 180 members of the public attended and expressed an interest in the research being conducted there. The wider festival at the University of Southampton attracted thousands of visitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/0301... |
| Description | Upton Court Grammar School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on quantum computing to pupils |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Walk Cheney School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nathan Walk took the Quantum Story Corner to the Festival of Imagined Worlds at Cheney School. This was a presentation to school children about quantum entanglement and randomness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://eoccc.org.uk/iris-festival-of-imagined-worlds |
| Description | Walmsley Oxford China Lecture 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Ian Walmsley was invited to present the prestigious, annual Oxford China Lecture in Beijing in July 2017. His talk was entitled "Quantum technology: A new era in computing". Building on the University's long tradition of public lectures, the Oxford China Lecture connects audiences in China with some of the most powerful ideas generated by Oxford research. Similar lectures held around the world have explored the future of cities, cyber security, the new age of robotics and the gene revolution. Hosted by Vice-Chancellor Louise Richardson in Beijing, this year's lecture by Professor Ian Walmsley provided an accessible overview of the science and engineering behind quantum computing and the breakthroughs at Oxford that are paving the way for the Q20:20, the world's first working quantum processor. A panel discussion explored the future commercial and social impact of quantum technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nqit.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford-china-lecture-2017-quantum-technology-new-era-computing |
| Description | Walmsley Wheatestone Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Department of Physics at Kings College London holds an annual Wheatstone Lecture. In February 2018, The Wheatstone Lecture was delivered by Professor Ian Walmsley FRS (University of Oxford); his lecture was entitled "Building quantum machines out of light" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/depts/physics/newsevents/eventrecords/Wheatstone-Lecture-Building-quantum-... |
| Description | Wolfson-SUSTech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sina Salek and Dr Jonathan Barrett both contributed talks to the Wolfson-SUSTechi meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | de Beaudrap - VentureFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk on quantum computing applications and the development of the software stack needed for the new paradigm in computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |