Reflecting on a year of community, growth and milestones at the Institute for Quantum Computing

As the year draws to a close, we reflect proudly on the accomplishments of the Institute for Quantum Computing’s (IQC) community of researchers, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students for their research excellence, academic achievements and collaborative outreach efforts.

As we look ahead to 2025, we are excited to celebrate the International Year of Quantum as proclaimed by the United Nations, with all of you. We wish all our partners, supporters, collaborators and community a joyful holiday season and a warm welcome to 2025!

In 2024, total IQC funded peer-reviewed publications exceeded 3,000 articles and 100,000 citations. We supported 53 postdoctoral fellows working across seven departments and invited 29 local and global postdoctoral fellows and junior professors to join our scientific event of the year, Quantum Innovators (QI). These rising stars of the global quantum science and technology joined the IQC community for a week of seminars, networking and collaboration.

In April, undergraduate and graduates students, and postdoctoral fellows participated in the Quantum for Environment (Q4Environment) Design Challenge hosted by Transformative Quantum Technologies with 12 winners receiving up to $10,000 in funding towards their green-tech solutions. Ideas included using quantum computing to improve medical devices and sensors that can detect microplastics and toxic nanomaterials in our oceans.