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Quantum Computing and Simulations for Energy-Related Applications

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Quantum Information Science (QIS) is an emerging field that has the potential to cause revolutionary advances in many areas of science and engineering, and nations around the world are vying for dominance in the field. To support DOE urgent task to make sure the U.S. wins the quantum race, in Spring of 2019 NETL started to establish and maintain QIS competency by focusing on energy-related applications. After more than five years’ hard-working, NETL QUEST (quantum for energy systems & technologies) team has made great progress on quantum sensing and quantum computing for energy applications. Significant outcomes have been achieved. To report our research progress and to propose new research directions, in this presentation at the American Physical Society (APS) annual meeting, I'm highlighting the progress of QUEST team on quantum computing for energy-related applications.

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Paudel, Hari [NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory], Lee, Yueh-Lin [NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory], Alfonso, Dominic [NETL] (ORCID:0000000228862433), Nguyen, Manh [National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)], Crawford, Scott [NETL] (ORCID:0000000321616536), Duan, Yuhua [NETL] (ORCID:0000000174470142), Avramidis, Benjamin [University of Pittsburgh], Jordan, Kenneth [University of Pittsburgh]. 2025-03-19. Quantum Computing and Simulations for Energy-Related Applications. https://doi.org/10.2172/2531239

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