"Assessing and Advancing Quantum Information Processing Technologies for NASA applications: A Vision"
Eleanor G. Rieffel and and Lucas Braydwood (Quantum AI Laboratory, NASA Ames)
Quantum information processing (QIP) is one of the most enticing emerging computational paradigms with the potential to revolutionize diverse areas of future-generation information processing. Quantum Information Processing is a critical area of technology development for future NASA missions, from aeronautics to astrophysics, Earth science to space exploration. Quantum information processing technology has great promise but is not yet a mature technology. As groups around the world work to make more robust quantum information processors, there is an opportunity to develop quantum-ready technologies for NASA missions. The Quantum AI Laboratory (QuAIL) has worked for more than a decade to assess and advance QIP technologies, including through partnerships with industry, academia, and other government agencies, as well as diverse groups within NASA. We will discuss the current state of the art in quantum information processing, potential NASA applications, and potential areas of collaboration. We will provide glimpses into use cases we have explored, particularly in the areas of optimization and ML/AI, touch on areas such as distributed quantum computing, networked arrays of quantum sensors, and quantum enhanced very long baseline interferometry telescopes, and introduce the notions of quantum-ready and quantum-inspired approaches to solving computational challenges. We intend for the talk to be highly interactive, and to lead to further discussions with NASA domain experts about quantum technologies and how QIP can be embedded in existing and future projects.
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