National Quantum Coordination Office
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The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act established the National Quantum Coordination Office to oversee the interagency coordination of the NQI Program, carry out the daily activities needed for coordinating and supporting the NQI, and provide technical and administrative support to the interagency and advisory committees.
THE NATIONAL QUANTUM COORDINATION OFFICE
Located in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO) carries out the daily activities needed for coordinating and supporting the National Quantum Initiative (NQI). The NQCO was established to:
provide technical and administrative support to the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittees on Quantum Information Science (SCQIS) and the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Science (ESIX), and the National Quantum Initiative NQI Advisory Committee;
oversee interagency coordination of the NQI Program;
serve as a central point of contact regarding Federal civilian quantum information science and technology activities;
ensure coordination among the consortia and various quantum centers;
conduct public outreach, including dissemination of findings and recommendations of the NQI Advisory Committee, as appropriate;
and promote access to and early application of the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived from NQI Program activities in pursuit of discoveries and new applications invoking quantum systems.
The NQCO staff are federal employees on detail assignments from across the government. NQCO staff serve as co-chairs of the various interagency working groups established by the SCQIS and ESIX.
ABOUT THE NQCO SEAL
Each aspect of the NQCO seal is representative of key drivers of the National Quantum Initiative and the NQCO’s mission:
As a whole, the NQCO seal symbolizes the office’s commitment to promote scientific advancement in the Federal government and the private sector and to drive American leadership in QIS.
In quantum physics, the notation to represent a quantum system, such as the state of a quantum computer, is the so-called “ket” notation. For example, the ket |QC> would represent the state of a quantum computer. Following this terminology,