University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, United States
The University of Texas at Austin hosts the Quantum Information Center (QIC), a collaboration of 10 faculty across computer science, physics, and electrical/computer engineering, plus dozens of affiliated faculty across UT departments. The Texas Quantum Institute (TQI) coordinates research spanning quantum algorithms, materials, metrology, and systems. Graduate training is anchored in departmental PhDs (Physics, CS, ECE) with quantum specializations, plus the new Q-CAT program (NSF Research Traineeship, $3M award, 2026), which provides a structured graduate certificate in quantum science and technology and bridges quantum-computing hardware, software, algorithms, and applications across multiple platforms.
Faculty
Quantum computing systems, quantum key distribution, and director of the Center for Quantum Research at Applied Research Laboratories
Quantum photonics, nonlinear integrated photonics, superconducting-photonic transducers for scalable quantum computing networks, and hybrid quantum systems; 2024 Google Research Scholar Award winner
Quantum information theory, quantum complexity, random quantum circuits, unitary designs, quantum many-body physics, and quantum advantage
Quantum computer architecture and reliability
Quantum complexity theory and quantum supremacy
Superconducting and semiconducting quantum circuits and devices for quantum information science and engineering
Quantum complexity theory, quantum cryptography, quantum lower bounds, and hardness of learning quantum states
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