ECE Seminar Lecture Series
Wednesday, 4/10/2024

12:00-1:00 PM

1400 Wegmans Hall

Technology roadmaps for quantum computing are under development within the framework of the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS). The superconducting circuit approach to quantum computing was the first to be selected for roadmapping. Both IBM and Google have presented rough roadmaps with goals of one million physical superconducting qubits and aggressive timelines. Key technologies to achieve this goal include physical qubits with sufficiently low error rates, an efficient error-correction scheme, error-corrected logical qubits, and control systems that don’t exceed available refrigeration capacity. A current roadmap for key technologies is presented along with plans for further development.

Dr. D. Scott Holmes chairs the Cryogenic Electronics and Quantum Information Processing (CEQIP) International Focus Team (IFT) for the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS). He previously supported the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), including the SuperTools program to develop electronic design automation (EDA) tools for superconductor circuits and the Cryogenic Computing Complexity (C3) program that developed technologies for energy-efficient superconductor computing. He served as a DARPA program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). Earlier career experience includes large-scale superconductor systems development at what is now the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lake Shore Cryotronics, and a decade as a Learning Strategist. Areas of interest include superconductor electronics and novel computing technologies. Professionally, Holmes is a member of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity as a representative of the Electron Device Society. Holmes received a BSME from MIT and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison