May 2025
IN THIS EDITION...
Can New Mexico, DARPA and Elevate Quantum build their quantum computer by 2023? (Wall Street Journal feature)
A call for further quantum investment in New Mexico
Research within a mine by Mines
Upcoming Pitch Day for DARPA’s MTO
Jobs, events, and more!
The Quantum Lead
WSJ: New Mexico Wants To Be The Heart of Quantum Computing
New Mexico, home to some of the nation’s top defense research facilities, is placing a bet on a different area of national security: quantum computing.
The state has formed a coalition of organizations, including the governor’s office, local universities and the U.S. Department of Defense, to turn the region into a hotbed of innovation for quantum computing in national security.
The Wall Street Journal took a look into how New Mexico and Elevate Quantum are helping make the state the heart of quantum computing.
Quantum Advancement
The Quantum State: A Generational Opportunity for National & Economic Security in New Mexico
Alongside partners Atom Computing, Maybell Quantum, IBM, Roadrunner Venture Studios, Quantinuum, QuEra Computing Inc., and The University of New Mexico, Elevate Quantum is calling on the State of New Mexico to further invest in the full-scale quantum computing that could solve some of the largest societal challenges facing humanity today.
With the state considering a special legislative session this summer, we see this as an opportunity to make the investments needed to secure a generation of good jobs that afford all New Mexicans a safe, healthy, and thriving future.
Read the full story from the Albuquerque Business Journal.
Quantum Impact
Colorado School of Mines Developing a Quantum Research Lab Inside a Literal Mine
Colorado School of Mines is known for both cutting-edge research and its historical roots supporting Colorado’s mining industry. Now these two worlds are coming together in a new way.
Mines is developing a quantum research facility inside the Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs to serve as a testbed for experiments that will push the boundaries of fundamental science and support quantum technology commercialization by industry.
Quantum World
New Boulder Atomic Clock Submitted to Track World’s Time
For people all over the globe, one area where time is monitored is by an atomic clock housed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology lab in Boulder.
According to scientists at NIST in Boulder, their newest atomic clock, the NIST-F4, will help track time more precisely and help put global time on a more accurate frequency.
Scientists believe in the ability of the F4 so much that they have submitted it to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures to be used as a primary frequency standard that would oversee the world’s time.
Quantum Events
Next Gen Quantum Scientists: Career Expo at the 2025 Physics & Astronomy Congress
Are you interested in hiring the next generation of quantum scientists? Join the Career Expo at the 2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress! As the largest gathering of undergraduates studying physics and astronomy, this congress attracts enthusiastic, hardworking, and committed students, many of whom have an interest in the fast-growing realm of quantum communication. Make sure you’re represented at our Career Expo to show students how you’re leading this field and begin to scout your next hire!
July 25: DARPA to Hold Pitch Day in Aurora for $400K in Potential Funding
DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) will host an invitation-only, in-person Pitch Day on July 25, 2025. It will be held in conjunction with MTO Spark Tank in Aurora, Colo.
MTO Pitch Day is an opportunity for selected participants to pitch revolutionary concepts directly to MTO program managers for potential funding of up to $400,000 for short-term exploratory efforts. Awardees will be announced the same day that they are pitched.
This initiative aims to fast-track transformative ideas that could evolve into future DARPA programs. MTO is looking for revolutionary – not evolutionary – research ideas that align with the following technical areas of interest:
Unconventional Computing: Exploring new paradigms beyond traditional digital computing, with the potential to improve speed, energy efficiency, and processing capabilities
Biologically Inspired Microsystems: Developing electronic microsystems that integrate biomolecules and leverage biological principles for superior sensing and computation capabilities
Commercially Catalyzed Defense Deployment: Leveraging commercial-scale technologies to enhance national security and create a self-sustaining ecosystem for accelerating defense-specific microsystem deployment.
Upcoming Quantum Events
May 8
Simulating Magnetism at Classical Limits with Digital Quantum Computer
Webinar
May 14-15
Q-Expo 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 15-16
Q2B Tokyo 2025
Tokyo, Japan
May 20-22
IQT Nordics 2025
Gothenburg, Sweden
May 20-23
Quantum Summer School
University of Wyoming
May 28
Quantum Community Forum
Colorado School of Mines
June 2-4, 11-13
CSU San Marcos Faculty Workshops
CSU San Marcos, California
June 2-5
Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference & Exhibition
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 9-12
Adiabatic Quantum Computing (AQC) Conference 2025
Vancouver, BC, Canada
June 16-19
SPIE Photonics for Quantum 2025
Waterloo, ON, Canada
June 18-19
Quantum Now
Montreal, QC, Canada
June 20-25
IEEE MTT-S International Microwaves Symposium
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 24-27
World of Quantum 2025 – Munich
Munich, Germany
Quantum Jobs
Systems Test Engineer – FormFactor
Supply Chain Manager – FormFactor
Field Service Engineer – FormFactor
Director, Quantum Engineering – Atom Computing
Quantum Engineering Manager – Atom Computing
RF Engineer – Mesa Quantum Systems
Analog Electrical Engineer – Quantinuum
Materials Manager – Quantinuum
Test & Validation Physicist, Architechture – Quantinuum
Sr. Software Engineer – Infleqtion
Laser Engineer – Infleqtion
Quantum Physicist – Infleqtion
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