• Breadcrumb MIT News Leading quantum at an inflection point Leading quantum at an inflection point Press Contact: Previous imageNext image Danna Freedman is seeking the early adopters. • She is the faculty director of the nascent MIT Quantum Initiative, or QMIT. • In this new role, Freedman is giving shape to an ambitious, Institute-wide effort to apply quantum breakthroughs to the most consequential challenges in science, technology, industry, and national security. • The interdisciplinary endeavor, the newest of MIT President Sally Kornbluth’sstrategic initiatives, will bring together MIT researchers and domain experts from a range of industries to identify and tackle practical challenges wherever quantum solutions could achieve the greatest impact. • “We’ve already seen how the breadth of progress in quantum has created opportunities to rethink the future ofsecurityandencryption, imagine new modes of navigation, and even measuregravitational wavesmore precisely to observe the cosmos in an entirely new way,” says Freedman, the Frederick George Keyes Professor of Chemistry. • “What can we do next?
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- MIT has announced the launch of the MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT), an interdisciplinary effort aimed at applying quantum technology to key scientific, industrial, and national‑security challenges. Faculty director Danna Freedman will lead the initiative, which will bring together researchers from across MIT and industry partners to identify practical problems where quantum solutions can have the greatest impact. The initiative will formally debut on Dec. 8 and plans to establish a campus hub for academic, public, and corporate engagement with state‑of‑the‑art quantum systems. QMIT will also collaborate with the U.S. government and MIT Lincoln Laboratory to advance quantum hardware, systems engineering, and rapid prototyping for national‑security priorities.
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