DARP A SN 23-52
Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT) Webinar
April 11, 2023
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring a live webinar to provide information and promote technical exchange with potential proposers on the objectives of the Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow (IMPAQT) Advanced Research Concept (ARC) Opportunity (DARPA-EA 23-01-01). The webinar will include an IMPAQT-specific presentation and overview of DSO and the ARC initiative. Registrants will have the opportunity to hear from Government personnel, university professors, industry leading quantum hardware providers, and participate in the live question and answer sessions. The webinar will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Registration is required for all attendees of the live webcast.
To maximize the pool of innovative research concepts, DARPA strongly encourages participation in these events and subsequent solicitations by non traditional performers, including small businesses, academic and research institutions, and first time government contractors.
IMPAQT OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
Overview: DARPA/DSO has issued an ARC Opportunity inviting submissions of abstracts for innovative exploratory research concepts in the technical domain of quantum computing applications (https://www.darpa.mil/ARC). ARC Opportunities are designed to allow an individual researcher the opportunity and time to focus on nascent, paradigm-shifting ideas for national security applications. This IMPAQT Opportunity is issued under the umbrella ARC Exploration Announcement (EA), DARPA-EA-23-01.
Background: A number of new approaches to quantum information processing have been proposed that take advantage of recent advances in quantum computing hardware. These quantum systems include Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices where processors with > 100 qubits have been demonstrated in multiple platforms. Under the DARPA Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program, researchers have recently demonstrated a qubit (q) circuit depth (N) product > 2,000, and are currently developing systems with q*N > 10,000. In NISQ systems, hybrid classical/quantum algorithms have demonstrated fundamentally different behavior compared to purely classical systems when applied to computationally complex problems. While these initial results have only been implemented on a small set of test problems, DARPA is interested in further exploring the capabilities of hybrid quantum/classical computational systems.
Solicitation Question: The IMPAQT ARC Opportunity is soliciting ideas to explore the following question: What are the applications for a quantum system with N*q > 10,000 as a co-processor for a classical computational system?
Scope: The IMPAQT ARC Opportunity encourages development of practical use cases of quantum computers. The solicitation welcomes algorithms that achieve a quantum advantage, whether using a near-term device with q*N 10,000 or a fault-tolerant device with q*N 10,000. Targeted problems (e.g., search for or optimize catalysts for a specific reaction), algorithmic primitives, and practically-relevant quantum simulations are welcome.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The webinar will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT with virtual check in beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Participants must register to attend the webinar through the registration website: https://events.sa-meetings.com/IMPAQT. There is no fee for the webinar.
Registration Opens: As of publication of this announcement.
Registration Closes: Friday, April 7, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first.
Interested parties are encouraged to coordinate attendance internally within their organizations prior to registration.
If registrants cannot register because registration is closed or capacity has been reached, instructions for being added to the waitlist will be provided on the website. If slots remain open after registration closes or become available due to cancellations, the slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis from the waitlist. Personnel requesting to attend in excess of this limitation will also be added to the waitlist.
All briefing materials shared at the webinar will be posted to the DARPA Work With Us / Opportunities page: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities.
Attendance is open to individuals who are U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and foreign nationals. All registrants who are not U.S. citizens must complete and submit either a DARPA Form 60 (U.S. Permanent Resident and Foreign National Visit Request e.g., industry or academia) or an Official Visit Request (foreign government personnel, only) through the U.S. Embassy based in Washington, DC, no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 3, 2023. Form 60 submission instructions are provided on the registration website and in the registration confirmation email. Contact your Embassy staff for assistance in submitting the Official Visit Request.
DISCLAIMERS
Attendance at the IMPAQT webinar is voluntary and is not required to propose to DARPA-EA-23-01-01. The webinar does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. This announcement is issued solely for information and program planning purposes and is not a Request for Information (RFI). Since this is not an RFI, the Government will not accept submissions against this notice. DARPA will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred to participate in this webinar.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Registration Website: https://events.sa-meetings.com/IMPAQT
POC: IMPAQT Administrative Team at IMPAQT@darpa.mil
Administrative questions should be submitted to IMPAQT@darpa.mil. Please include IMPAQT Webinar in the subject line in all correspondence. Inquiries that do not include this subject line may not receive a response.
