The University of California, Davis, is emerging as a global hub to discuss and advance the field of quantum information science. 

Two teams of researchers led by Marina Radulaski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently won University of California grants that promise to give scientists a better understanding of quantum information sciences—a rapidly-emerging technology that stands to transform the way society interacts with computers and technology.

Quantum Computing at Davis (QCAD) is organizing a Quantum Game Hackathon from January 26 to January 28 at UC Davis with participation from qcb (Quantum Computing @ Berkeley) and QCSA (Quantum Computing Student Association at UCLA). The aim of the hackathon is to introduce quantum computing concepts to people from all backgrounds by redesigning popular games with all the fun and spookiness of quantum computing. 

Design a game that will be played at the 2023 Picnic Day!

Marina Radulaski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was selected as one of 58 scientists and engineers to receive funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research's 2023 Young Investigator Research Program, or YIP.   

Quantum Computing at Davis (QCD) is a student research group that aims to educate undergraduate and graduate students in quantum information sciences by providing them with hands-on projects and workshops. They foster the quantum community at UC Davis through collaborations between faculty and students and facilitate the transition from top-quality coursework to publishable work. 

We are delighted to announce the Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) Colloquium under the College of Engineering Next Level Idea initiatives. This is an interdisciplinary speaker series, aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students in engineering and science departments. Colloquia will give a window to research topics pursued internationally by renowned researchers, as well as on campus by UC Davis faculty.

UC Davis electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Marina Radulaski recently earned a Google Research Scholar award for her work in quantum computing. 

The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. The Program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions worldwide and focuses on world-class funding research conducted by early-career professors. 

Physics professor Veronika Hubeny gave a presentation at the 28th Solvay Conference on Physics: The Physics of Quantum Information and participated in a panel discussion, a public event associated with the conference, moderated by Prof. David Gross alongside professors Edward Farhi, John Preskill, Michelle Simmons, and Peter Zoller. Prof.

UC Davis electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Marina Radulaski earned a OneQuantum award from QuEra Computing. Presented at a ceremony on December 7 at the Q2B conference in Santa Clara, the OneQuantum awards recognize “those who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of global quantum technology.”

The Radulaski group at UC Davis' electrical and computer engineering department (ECE) has completed an international project on quantum emitter integration into nanodevices whose results have been published today in Nature Materials in a manuscript entitled Fabrication and nanophotonic waveguide integration of silicon carbide colour centres with preserved spin-optical coherence.

Martin Fraas, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has been named a 2021 Hellman Fellow. He will be pursuing the project entitled Microscopic Theory of Anyons in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect. The Hellman family inaugurated the Hellman Fellows Program in 1994 to support junior faculty research by making grants to junior faculty at 14 institutions: the ten campuses of the University of California along with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and Williams College. Congratulations Martin!

UC Davis Computer Science is expanding its efforts in Quantum Information. Dr. Isaac Kim, a theorist working on quantum computing and quantum many-body physics, has joined the department as an Assistant Professor and an NSF Quantum Computing and Information Science Faculty Fellow.

Bruno Nachtergaele, distinguished professor of mathematics, has received a Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements in mathematics. Given annually by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, award winners receive a 60,000 euro cash prize and a travel stipend to spend up to one year in Germany collaborating with colleagues on a long-term research project. 

Prof. Radulaski is developing quantum nanophotonic devices to enable the next generation of quantum hardware

Marina Radulaski, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for the project entitled Scalable Quantum Photonics based on Color Center Integration with Angle-etched Silicon Carbide Devices. 

A team of students in the Radulaski Lab: Victoria Norman, Sridhar Majety, Jesse Patton and Liang Li, won the California division of the Qiskit Summer Jam Hackathon, sponsored by IBM.