Argonne National Laboratory

Collaborations

Q-NEXT

Q-NEXT is a U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Research Center led by Argonne National Laboratory. The center brings together roughly 100 experts from national laboratories, universities and industry. Its mission is to develop the science and technology for controlling and distributing quantum information, enabling pivotal discoveries and U.S. competitiveness in quantum science and engineering. It achieves its mission by:

  • Advancing research in quantum communication, materials, sensing and simulation.
  • Creating and strengthening connections between science organizations and industry to build a national quantum ecosystem.
  • Launching foundries dedicated to the development of quantum materials and technologies.
  • Leveraging world-class science facilities, including supercomputers, light sources, and materials fabrication labs at the national laboratories, to accelerate QIS research.
  • Building the quantum workforce.

Chain Reaction Innovations

The goal of CRI is to give the nation’s brightest energy and science innovators the best chance at success. CRI’s mission is to open Argonne’s door to deliver on our promise of a sustainable, prosperous, and equitable world — one innovator, one startup at a time. CRI identifies innovators with ideas for energy- and science-based technologies that can have a significant impact on the lives of billions of people. It provides these innovators with the laboratory tools, seed capital and collaborators needed to grow their early-stage technologies so they can attract the long-term capital and commercial partners needed to scale and launch into the marketplace.

Chicago Quantum Exchange

Argonne is one of the founding members of the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), located at the University of Chicago, along with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. CQE is an intellectual hub for multi-sector quantum information science and engineering initiatives.

The mission of CQE is to accelerate discovery and innovation in the rapidly developing areas of quantum technology, and to attract talent, funding, and industry to the Chicago area to become the source for tomorrow’s leading quantum engineers. Members of CQE are focused on developing new ways of understanding and exploiting the laws of quantum mechanics, the fundamental yet counterintuitive theory that governs nature at its most fundamental level.

IBM Q Hub

Argonne is part of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s IBM Q Hub. The IBM Q Networkis the world’s first community of Fortune 500 companies, startups, academic institutions, and research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing and explore practical applications for business and science.

As part of Q Hub, Argonne scientists will develop quantum algorithms to tackle challenges in chemistry and physics, simulate quantum network architectures, and develop hybrid quantum-classical architectures techniques which that combine the power of quantum processors with Argonne’s world-class supercomputing resources.

Duality

Argonne is an anchoring partner of Duality, the first accelerator program in the US exclusively focused on supporting innovative quantum startups. The 12-month program is based in Chicago, the world’s leading hub for quantum innovation.