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Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (RQS)
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With the support of the National Science Foundation, the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation uses quantum simulation to gain insight into and take advantage of the rich behavior of complex quantum systems. Work at the Institute is organized into three major research challenges.
RESEARCH CHALLENGES
News
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Andrew Childs Named Interim Director of UMIACS
June 30, 2025![The head and shoulders of a man with a beard standing in front of an out of focus green wall.]()
Hafezi Receives Humboldt Research Award
June 16, 2025![A superconducting circuit]()
Events
- August 1, 2025 9:00 amRQS Annual Events
- August 4, 2025 9:00 amRQS Annual Events
- October 2, 2025 11:30 amSpecial RQS Seminar
Career Nexus - Telling Stories: A Tool To Build Your Future Career
Yi Hao, PhD and Daniel Serrano, PhDUniversity of Maryland
Latest Publications
Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum simulator
, , Nature Physics, 21, (2025)Schuckert et al_2023_Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum.pdfBright and Purcell-enhanced single photon emission from a silicon G center
, , Nano Letters, (2025)Quantum coarsening and collective dynamics on a programmable simulator
, , Nature, 638, 86–92, (2025)
I’m fascinated by entropy because it’s this abstract concept, quantified with a funny-looking function, but it has such important real-life implications.
