Workshop Delved Into Present and Future of Quantum

Northwestern Engineering's Nikos Hardavellas, professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering and director of the Parallel Architecture Group (PARAG@N), has undertaken decades of research aimed moving onward and upward the performance of computer systems, helping lead to today’s intermediate-scale quantum computers.

On October 30, Hardavellas co-hosted with several other Northwestern researchers part two of the Quantum System Software Stack (QS3) Workshop, an event co-sponsored by the University’s Initiative for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) and the Northwestern + Argonne Institute for Scientific and Engineering Excellence (NAISE).

“The work that we do revolves around taking advantage of developments in new materials, new processes and new technologies to overcome bottlenecks, specifically [due to] the antiquated designs of computer systems, taking them to greater scale with higher energy efficiency," he says.