UB’s Quantum Leap

The university’s many quantum-related research centers and labs, including the Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies and the Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, are entering a new phase with the creation of the UB Quantum Institute.

Quantum science explores how matter and energy behave at the smallest scales, including atoms and subatomic particles. Because it serves as the foundation for most modern technologies, it has the potential to revolutionize computing, medicine, materials science and other fields that improve national security, economic competitiveness and related objectives.

The new institute leverages UB’s wide-ranging and long-standing expertise in areas such as computation, nanofabrication and advanced instrumentation, and builds upon the university’s international reputation for research that advances semiconductors, sensing and imaging, cybersecurity, optics and other fields.

It also gives momentum to UB’s growing reputation as a key technological innovator in New York State and the nation, as evidenced by its role as the home of Empire AI’s supercomputing center, which is poised to become one of the world’s most powerful academic-based computers.

By connecting quantum science, engineering and artificial intelligence, says Venu Govindaraju, senior vice president for research, innovation and economic development, “we are preparing UB to solve the world’s most complex problems and drive economic growth for New York and beyond.”