A new partnership with the federal government has been inked, solidifying Maryland as a hub in quantum computing research, Gov. Wes Moore announced Monday at the University of Maryland Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security.
The partnership is with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and will help the state leverage up to $100 million in federal match funding to the state’s quantum investments over the next four years, Gov. Moore said.
Now, Maryland is “the first quantum hub on the entire east coast,” Gov. Moore said.
The quantum partnership will create benchmarks for research to determine what’s being created on the quantum front and if the development will result in meaningful advancements. But, because the race to development is underway and the industry is so new, it’s not clear what’s real and what’s hype, according to Joe Altepeter, DARPA Quantum Benchmark Initiative program manager.
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