02
October
2014
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20:00 PM
America/New_York

USRA invites proposals for Cycle 1 of the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Research Opportunity

Quantum Computing, Computer Science & Information Technology

Description:

The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is pleased to invite proposals for Cycle 2 of the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Research Opportunity, which will allocate computer time for research projects to be run on the D-Wave System at NASA's Ames Research Center.

The total allocated computer time for the research opportunity represents approximately 20% of the total available runtime during the period. Successful projects will be allowed to remotely access the quantum computer, and to run a number of jobs up to a maximum allocated runtime usage.

The Call is open to all qualified researchers affiliated to accredited universities, not-for-profit organizations, and industry. Exceptions to researchers unaffiliated with universities might be considered in case of proposals of outstanding quality and the desire to publish the results of the investigation. The computer time will be provided free of charge. No financial support is offered for the completion of the project.

Proposals are sought for research on artificial intelligence algorithms and advanced programming (mapping, decomposition, embedding) techniques for quantum annealing, with the objective to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing and its application to artificial intelligence.

The D-Wave 2X machine currently features the "Washington" chip. High-level descriptions of the computer and its programming can be found on the D-Wave website http://www.dwavesys.com/resources/tutorials . The specific machine installed at ARC currently has 1097 qubits in the working graph, and this is planned to be upgraded in the future as new processors become available. UPDATE: As of May 2016 the machine has been upgraded to support annealing times as short as 5 microseconds.

A number of published research papers documenting the use of D-Wave processors or discussing its applications can be found at http://www.usra.edu/quantum/bibliography

Applications are currently accepted, and will be given full consideration. For detailed information and application instructions, download the following:

Request for Proposal
Quantum Computer Research Agreement

The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a collaboration among teams at NASA's Ames Research Center, Google, and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).

USRA Points of Contact:

Dr. Davide Venturelli
Quantum AI Lab Science Operations Manager
[email protected]

Dr. David Bell, Director
USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
[email protected]