Q-MEEN-C Poem Wins People's Choice Award

"A Quest Profound" Winner of the People's Choice Award at the Energy Frontier's 2023 Poetry of Science Art Contest II.

A modern poem with three stanzas of coupled rhymes (AABB). A humorous introductory quatrain about the current tech scene, followed by an octet describing the process of energy-efficiency using quantum material in new computers that mimic the human brain, and a concluding limerick to sum up the mission of the Energy Frontiers Research Cener.

Congratulations to the authors Alex Frañó, Mario Rojas, and Jon Schuller!

Posted 9.18.2023

Julie Grollier's Summer Talks

A leading pioneer in neuromorphic computing, working at France's CNRS, Thales, and Paris-Saclay.

Julie is visiting UCSD this summer to build on the collaborations forged by Q-MEEN-C. Here she imparts a lecture on equilibrium propagation, a new idea to make neural networks more efficient.

Posted 7.25.2023

Q-MEEN-C 2 Launched in Ceremony of Funding Renewal

Q-MEEN-C 2 is officially launched in a ceremony of renewed funding that featured distinguished guests such as California's 52nd Congressional District Representative Scott Peters and UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla who honored attendees with their words after a comprehensive introduction by Director Ivan K. Schuller, reminding us of the center's importance in present and future science:

"During the semiconductor revolution, materials science helped developers identify silicon and germanium as ideal materials. It is the same now, where we see quantum materials as the key to increasing computational power while also decreasing local energy consumption."

Posted 9.3.2022

Q-MEEN-C 2 Launched in Ceremony of Funding Renewal

Q-MEEN-C 2 is officially launched in a ceremony of renewed funding that featured distinguished guests such as California's 52nd Congressional District Representative Scott Peters and UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla who honored attendees with their words after a comprehensive introduction by Director Ivan K. Schuller, reminding us of the center's importance in present and future science:

"During the semiconductor revolution, materials science helped developers identify silicon and germanium as ideal materials. It is the same now, where we see quantum materials as the key to increasing computational power while also decreasing local energy consumption."

Posted 9.3.2022

Yayoi Takamura visits UCSD

Yayoi Takamura talks of her ongoing research during UCSD visit

Professor Yayoi Takamura of UC Davis, visited UCSD to discuss her ongoing research with fellow Q-MEEN-C principal investigators and directors. She spoke of her research on quantum materials and fostered new and exciting collaborations to better understand and discover novel materials to develop a platform for neuromorphic computing.

Posted 3.22.2023

UCSD Researchers Receive DOE Funding to Continue Exploring Quantum Materials

The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes. The second, transistors and the third, integrated circuits. Each new generation allowed computers to be faster, smaller and more energy efficient. Now, as the world stretches beyond the limits of integrated circuits, what does the fourth generation of computing look like.

Reviewed by Laura Thomson for AZO Quantum

Posted 3.19.2023