Dr. Bakalov Co-PI on Quantum Computing Research Project

NC State Mathematics Professor Bojko Bakalov is a Co-Principal Investigator on a new $10 million research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The project will explore the potential of hybrid quantum computing processors, a novel approach that combines quantum harmonic oscillators with traditional qubits.

Led by NC State Assistant Professor Yuan Liu (website), the project’s Principal Investigator, the interdisciplinary team includes researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Rutgers University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The research will utilize state-of-the-art resources at NC State’s IBM Quantum Innovation Center.

Dr. Bakalov (website), together with Dr. Lex Kemper (website) from the Physics Department, will lead the thrust on Mathematical Foundations and Algorithms. They will utilize Lie algebras, Lie groups, harmonic analysis, and quantum signal processing to advance the general theory of hybrid quantum computation and to develop quantum algorithms to efficiently simulate fermi-boson mixtures.

This project positions NC State at the forefront of quantum computing research, with the potential to impact research in various scientific fields. For more information, please see https://research.ncsu.edu/nc-state-to-lead-doe-quantum-computing-research/.