Frontiers of Engineered Coherent Matter and Systems
Convened October 3, 2024
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Robert Pool, Rapporteur
Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Proceedings of a Workshop
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON QUANTUM-COHERENT NETWORKS: A WORKSHOP
CHARLES M. MARCUS (NAS), University of Washington, Chair
VEDIKA KHEMANI, Stanford University
NADYA MASON (NAS), University of Chicago
NICHOLAS A. PETERS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ANA MARIA REY AYALA (NAS), University of Colorado Boulder
PEDRAM ROUSHAN, Google
CHARLES TAHAN, Microsoft Corporation
FATIMA TOOR, University of Iowa
Staff
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer, Study Director
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Senior Board Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (until May 15, 2025)
ARUL MOZHI, Associate Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (Acting Board Director from May 16, 2025)
CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS RESEARCH COMMITTEE
LESLIE MOMODA (NAE), HRL Laboratories, Chair
RAYMUNDO ARROYAVE, Texas A&M University
MARIA K. CHAN, Argonne National Laboratory
YOUNG-KAI CHEN (NAE), Coherent, Inc.
STEVE GRANICK (NAS), University of Massachusetts Amherst
SAMSON JENEKHE (NAE), University of Washington
EUN-HA KIM, Cornell University
M. LISA MANNING, Syracuse University
JAGDISH (JAY) NARAYAN (NAE), North Carolina State University
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ (NAS), Northwestern University
MICHAEL RUBENSTEIN, Duke University
JILL E. SEEBERGH (NAE), The Boeing Company
SUBASH SINGHAL (NAE), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (retired)
VICTOR R. VASQUEZ, University of Nevada, Reno
STEVEN ZINKLE (NAE), University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Staff
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer, Director
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Senior Board Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (until May 15, 2025)
ARUL MOZHI, Associate Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (Acting Board Director from May 16, 2025)
BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
JILL P. DAHLBURG, Naval Research Laboratory, Chair
MEIGAN ARONSON, University of British Columbia
MIRIAM E. JOHN (NAE), Sandia National Laboratories
ANTHONY M. JOHNSON, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
YOUNG-KEE KIM (NAS), University of Chicago
CHUNG-PEI MA (NAS), University of California, Berkeley
ANDREW J. MILLIS (NAS), Columbia University
DAVID H. REITZE, California Institute of Technology
EDWARD E. THOMAS, JR., Auburn University
ROBERT TYCKO (NAS), National Institutes of Health
RISA H. WECHSLER, Stanford University
AMIR YACOBY (NAS), Harvard University
Staff
AMISHA JINANDRA, Senior Research Assistant (until April 2025)
CHRIS JONES, Senior Financial Business Partner
TANJA PILZAK, Manager, Program Operations
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Senior Board Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (until May 15, 2025)
ARUL MOZHI, Associate Director, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Board on Physics and Astronomy (Acting Board Director from May 16, 2025)
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Reviewers
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
SARANG GOPALAKRISHNAN, Princeton University
ANDREW HIGGINBOTHAM, University of Chicago
ELIAS TOWE (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University
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