Professor Michael Biercuk
Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems
Prof. Michael J. Biercuk is a quantum physicist, innovator, and Director of the Quantum Control Laboratory at the University of Sydney. His group is working to develop a new generation of advanced technologies powered by the strangest phenomena in quantum physics – Quantum Tech.
The world on the atomic scale is very different from the world around us. The simple principles that govern the behaviour of our classical world – principles elucidated by the likes of Newton and Maxwell – break down and give way to a new set of rules provided by quantum mechanics. To date, quantum mechanics represents our most accurate and widely applicable scientific theory, providing deep insight into the fundamental nature of light and matter.
Quantum mechanics has captured our imagination more than any other physical theory because of the intrinsic strangeness of many of its principles – particles as waves, light as particles, hidden correlations between systems separated by huge distances. These phenomena, however, are not manifested in our daily existence and have largely been inaccessible due to the barrier between the classical and quantum worlds.
A new discipline – Quantum Science – is opening a door between our world and that of the quantum, allowing classical systems access to the most exotic quantum mechanical phenomena. The past two decades have seen an explosion in the number of systems that have been able to provide access to the quantum realm: from superconducting circuits and semiconductor nanostructures, to trapped atoms and single-photon optics.
Quantum coherent devices are real and accessible to scientists today. But building quantum technologies – exploiting the strangest quantum effects – will take a new kind of effort. It will require systems engineering in the quantum regime.
The Quantum Control Laboratory combines theory and experiment to tackle the most challenging problems in the field of quantum physics, and to usher in a new revolution in quantum-enabled technology. The lab provides access to one of he leading quantum technologies worldwide – trapped atomic ions. Using a combination of custom ultra-high-vacuum systems, precision stabilized lasers, high-stability radiofrequency oscillators, and flexible microwave control systems, this laboratory allows detailed measurements of the control, evolution, and interactions of quantum systems.
QUANTUM CONTROL AND QUANTUM FIRMWARE: Control theory is a universal enabling discipline within the engineering community. We are seeking to bring insights from control theory to the quantum domain, allowing us to efficiently exploit quantum coherent systems. Our aim is to produce a flexible quantum control toolkit that is adaptable to any future quantum technology, but with specific emphasis on quantum computing. Specific projects relate to dynamical error suppression and the development of filter transfer functions for arbitrary quantum control.
QUANTUM SIMULATION:The simulation of interacting many-body systems is a promising near-term application of quantum information systems. Through experiments using linear Paul traps and ion arrays in Penning traps we are seeking to engineer designer Hamiltonians for studies of problems including quantum magnetism. Our research marries with questions of quantum control theory quantum information theory, as we seek to develop techniques allowing a user to execute a “program” on constrained simulator hardware.
QUANTUM METROLOGY: We are seeking to develop new sensing and metrology techniques leveraging trapped atomic ions as model quantum coherent systems. Our owrk includes the development of ion-based force and field detectors as well as applications of quantum control techniques to the development of precision frequency standards.
- InnovationAus, Q-CTRL \Australian Hero (2021)
- The Australian, Top 100 Innovators (2021)
- Australian Financial Review, Q-CTRL Most Innovative Companies (2021)
- AmCham Alliance Awards, Quantum Information (Finalist) (2021)
- Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science Communication (Finalist) (2019)
- TEDxSydney Speaker (2016)
- Australian Museum Eureka Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher (Winner, 2015)
- Prime Minister's Malcolm McIntosh Prize (Shortlist, 2015)
- Australian Innovation Challenge (Finalist, 2014)
- Australian Innovation Challenge (Finalist, 2013)
- Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's 100 Most Influential People (2012)
- Research selected #8 "World-changing" experiment by BBC Focus (2012)
- Eureka Prize for Innovation in Computer Science (Finalist, 2012)
- NMI Prize for Excellence in Measurement Science (Winner, 2011)
- Australian Innovation Challenge (Finalist, 2011)
- Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key Honour Societies
(Tsinghua University) Experimental Ion Trapping | |
(CSIR) Quantum Control Theory and Ion Trapping | |
(Dartmouth College) Quantum Control and Quantum Firmware | |
(Duke University) Experimental Ion Trapping | |
(Harvard University) Quantum Control | |
(MIT) William D. Oliver | |
(NIST Boulder) Experimental Quantum Simulation in Penning Ion Traps | |
(Univ. of Maryland, JQI) Experimental Yb+ Ion Trapping |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Biercuk, M. (2013). Nanotechnology and You. In Andrew Jaspan (Eds.), The Explainer: From Deja Vu to Why the Sky is Blue, and Other Conundrums, (pp. 255-258). Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing.
- Biercuk, M., Ilani, S., Marcus, C., McEuen, P. (2008). Electrical Transport in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In Ado Jorio, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Eds.), Carbon Nanotubes: Advanced Topics in the Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications - Topics in Applied Physics Volume 111, (pp. 455-493). Germany: Springer. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Zolper, J. (2008). Electronics for Defense Applications. In Mike Golio, Janet Golio (Eds.), RF and Microwave Applications and Systems: RF and Microwave Handbook, Second Edition, Volume 1, (pp. 1-18). United States: CRC Press. [More Information]
Journals
- Stace, T., Chen, J., Li, L., Perunicic, V., Carvalho, A., Hush, M., Valahu, C., Tan, T., Biercuk, M. (2024). Optimized Bayesian system identification in quantum devices. Physical Review Applied, 21(1). [More Information]
- Saywell, J., Carey, M., Light, P., Szigeti, S., Milne, A., Gill, K., Goh, M., Perunicic, V., Wilson, N., Macrae, C., et al (2023). Enhancing the sensitivity of atom-interferometric inertial sensors using robust control. Nature Communications, 14(1). [More Information]
- Mundada, P., Barbosa, A., Maity, S., Wang, Y., Merkh, T., Stace, T., Nielson, F., Carvalho, A., Hush, M., Biercuk, M., et al (2023). Experimental Benchmarking of an Automated Deterministic Error-Suppression Workflow for Quantum Algorithms. Physical Review Applied, 20(2). [More Information]
Conferences
- Blakestad, R., Ospelkaus, C., VanDevender, A., Wesenberg, J., Biercuk, M., Leibfried, D., Wineland, D. (2012). Transport of Trapped-ion Qubits in a Scalable Architecture. 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Piscataway: Optical Society of America.
- Bollinger, J., Biercuk, M., Uys, H., Britton, J., Itano, W., Shiga, N. (2011). Dynamical Decoupling Experiments with Ion Crystals in Penning Traps. 41st Winter School on the Physics of Quantum Electronics PQE 2011, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.
- Biercuk, M., Uys, H., VanDevender, A., Ospelkaus, C., Shiga, N., Itano, W., Bollinger, J. (2010). Coherent control and large-scale entanglement in ion crystals. 10th International Conference on Quantum Control, Measurement, and Computation QCMC 2010, United States: Springer.
Patents
- Biercuk, M., Khodjasteh, K., Viola, L. (2018). Long-time low-latency quantum memory by dynamical decoupling. Patent No. 2013277927, 9,946,973.
- Sastrawan, J., Biercuk, M. (2016). Optimised stabilisation protocols for atomic clocks. Patent No. 9362929.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Biercuk, M. (2013). Australian science: A fair go means rewarding quality. ABC Science.
Research Reports
- Biercuk, M. (2008). Short-Changing Our Future: America's Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish Approach to Supporting Tomorrow's Scientists, (pp. 1 - 7). Washington, United States of America: The Progressive Policy Institute.
2024
- Stace, T., Chen, J., Li, L., Perunicic, V., Carvalho, A., Hush, M., Valahu, C., Tan, T., Biercuk, M. (2024). Optimized Bayesian system identification in quantum devices. Physical Review Applied, 21(1). [More Information]
2023
- Saywell, J., Carey, M., Light, P., Szigeti, S., Milne, A., Gill, K., Goh, M., Perunicic, V., Wilson, N., Macrae, C., et al (2023). Enhancing the sensitivity of atom-interferometric inertial sensors using robust control. Nature Communications, 14(1). [More Information]
- Mundada, P., Barbosa, A., Maity, S., Wang, Y., Merkh, T., Stace, T., Nielson, F., Carvalho, A., Hush, M., Biercuk, M., et al (2023). Experimental Benchmarking of an Automated Deterministic Error-Suppression Workflow for Quantum Algorithms. Physical Review Applied, 20(2). [More Information]
2021
- Gupta, R., Biercuk, M. (2021). Adaptive filtering of projective quantum measurements using discrete stochastic methods. Physical Review A, 104(1), 012412. [More Information]
- Macdonell, R., Dickerson, C., Birch, C., Kumar, A., Edmunds, C., Biercuk, M., Hempel, C., Kassal, I. (2021). Analog quantum simulation of chemical dynamics. Chemical Science, 12(28), 9794-9805. [More Information]
- Carvalho, A., Ball, H., Biercuk, M., Hush, M. (2021). Error-Robust Quantum Logic Optimization Using a Cloud Quantum Computer Interface. Physical Review Applied, 15(6). [More Information]
2020
- Gupta, R., Edmunds, C., Milne, A., Hempel, C., Biercuk, M. (2020). Adaptive characterization of spatially inhomogeneous fields and errors in qubit registers. npj Quantum Information, 6(1), 53. [More Information]
- Edmunds, C., Hempel, C., Harris, R., Frey, V., Stace, T., Biercuk, M. (2020). Dynamically corrected gates suppressing spatiotemporal error correlations as measured by randomized benchmarking. Physical Review Research, 2(1), 013156. [More Information]
- Marciniak, C., Rischka, A., Wolf, R., Biercuk, M. (2020). High-power spectral beamsplitter for closely spaced frequencies. Optics Express, 28(8), 11372-11379. [More Information]
2019
- Ball, H., Marciniak, C., Wolf, R., Hung, A., Pyka, K., Biercuk, M. (2019). Site-resolved imaging of beryllium ion crystals in a high-optical-access Penning trap with inbore optomechanics. Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(5), 1-26. [More Information]
2018
- Mavadia, S., Edmunds, C., Hempel, C., Ball, H., Roy, F., Stace, T., Biercuk, M. (2018). Experimental quantum verification in the presence of temporally correlated noise. npj Quantum Information, 4(7), 1-8. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Khodjasteh, K., Viola, L. (2018). Long-time low-latency quantum memory by dynamical decoupling. Patent No. 2013277927, 9,946,973.
- Gupta, R., Biercuk, M. (2018). Machine Learning for Predictive Estimation of Qubit Dynamics Subject to Dephasing. Physical Review Applied, 9(6). [More Information]
2017
- Frey, V., Mavadia, S., Norris, L., de Ferranti, W., Lucarelli, D., Viola, L., Biercuk, M. (2017). Application of optimal band-limited control protocols to quantum noise sensing. Nature Communications, 8(1), 1-8. [More Information]
- Bermudez, A., Xu, X., Nigmatullin, R., O'Gorman, J., Negnevitsky, V., Schindler, P., Monz, T., Poschinger, U., Hempel, C., Home, J., Biercuk, M., et al (2017). Assessing the progress of trapped-ion processors towards fault-tolerant quantum computation. Physical Review X, 7(4), 041061-1-041061-41. [More Information]
- Mavadia, S., Frey, V., Sastrawan, J., Dona, S., Biercuk, M. (2017). Prediction and real-time compensation of qubit decoherence via machine learning. Nature Communications, 8, 1-6. [More Information]
2016
- Ball, H., Nguyen, T., Leong, P., Biercuk, M. (2016). A functional basis for efficient physical-layer classical control in quantum processors. Physical Review Applied, 6(6), 1-15. [More Information]
- Sastrawan, J., Jones, C., Akhalwaya, I., Uys, H., Biercuk, M. (2016). Analytically exploiting noise correlations inside the feedback loop to improve locked-oscillator performance. Physical Review E, 94(2), 1-10. [More Information]
- Sastrawan, J., Biercuk, M. (2016). Optimised stabilisation protocols for atomic clocks. Patent No. 9362929.
2015
- Green, T., Biercuk, M. (2015). Phase-Modulated Decoupling and Error Suppression in Qubit-Oscillator Systems. Physical Review Letters, 114(12), 1-5. [More Information]
- Ball, H., Biercuk, M. (2015). Walsh-synthesized noise-filtering quantum logic. EPJ Quantum Technology, 2(1), 11. [More Information]
2014
- Soare, A., Ball, H., Hayes, D., Zhen, X., Jarratt, M., Sastrawan, J., Uys, H., Biercuk, M. (2014). Experimental bath engineering for quantitative studies of quantum control. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), 89(4), 1-12. [More Information]
- Soare, A., Ball, H., Hayes, D., Sastrawan, J., Jarratt, M., McLoughlin, J., Zhen, X., Green, T., Biercuk, M. (2014). Experimental noise filtering by quantum control. Nature Physics, 10(11), 825-829. [More Information]
- Lee, M., Jarratt, M., Marciniak, C., Biercuk, M. (2014). Frequency stabilization of a 369 nm diode laser by nonlinear spectroscopy of Ytterbium ions in a discharge. Optics Express, 22(6), 7210-7221. [More Information]
2013
- Ball, H., Lee, M., Gensemer, S., Biercuk, M. (2013). A high-power 626 nm diode laser system for Beryllium ion trapping. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84(6), 1-6. [More Information]
- Green, T., Sastrawan, J., Uys, H., Biercuk, M. (2013). Arbitrary quantum control of qubits in the presence of universal noise. New Journal of Physics, 15, 1-29. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M. (2013). Australian science: A fair go means rewarding quality. ABC Science.
2012
- Britton, J., Sawyer, B., Keith, A., Wang, J., Freericks, J., Uys, H., Biercuk, M., Bollinger, J. (2012). Engineered two-dimensional Ising interactions in a trapped-ion quantum simulator with hundreds of spins. Nature, 484(7395), 489-492. [More Information]
- Green, T., Uys, H., Biercuk, M. (2012). High-Order Noise Filtering in Nontrivial Quantum Logic Gates. Physical Review Letters, 109(2), 1-5. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M. (2012). Precision sensing: A new role for trapped ions. Australian Physics, 49(2), 53-58.
2011
- Bollinger, J., Biercuk, M., Uys, H., Britton, J., Itano, W., Shiga, N. (2011). Dynamical Decoupling Experiments with Ion Crystals in Penning Traps. 41st Winter School on the Physics of Quantum Electronics PQE 2011, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.
- Biercuk, M., Doherty, A., Uys, H. (2011). Dynamical decoupling sequence construction as a filter-design problem. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(15), 1-15. [More Information]
- Blakestad, R., Ospelkaus, C., VanDevender, A., Wesenberg, J., Biercuk, M., Leibfried, D., Wineland, D. (2011). Near-ground-state transport of trapped-ion qubits through a multidimensional array. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), 84(3), 032314-1-032314-14. [More Information]
2010
- Biercuk, M., Uys, H., VanDevender, A., Ospelkaus, C., Shiga, N., Itano, W., Bollinger, J. (2010). Coherent control and large-scale entanglement in ion crystals. 10th International Conference on Quantum Control, Measurement, and Computation QCMC 2010, United States: Springer.
- Uys, H., Biercuk, M., VanDevender, A., Ospelkaus, C., Meiser, D., Ozeri, R., Bollinger, J. (2010). Decoherence due to Elastic Rayleigh Scattering. Physical Review Letters, 105(20), 200401-1-200401-4. [More Information]
- Uys, H., Biercuk, M., VanDevender, A., Ospelkaus, C., Meiser, D., Ozeri, R., Bollinger, J. (2010). Decoherence of Superposition States in Trapped Ions. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics SAIP 2010, South African: South African Institute of Physics (SAIP).
2009
- Biercuk, M., Uys, H., VanDevender, A., Shiga, N., Itano, W., Bollinger, J. (2009). Experimental Uhrig dynamical decoupling using trapped ions. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), 79(6), 062324-1-062324-12. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Uys, H., VanDevender, A., Shiga, N., Itano, W., Bollinger, J. (2009). High-fidelity quantum control using ion crystals in a Penning trap. Quantum Information and Computation, 9(11-12), 920-949.
- Biercuk, M., Uys, H., VanDevender, A., Shiga, N., Itano, W., Bollinger, J. (2009). Optimized dynamical decoupling in a model quantum memory. Nature, 458(7241), 996-1000. [More Information]
2008
- Biercuk, M., Ilani, S., Marcus, C., McEuen, P. (2008). Electrical Transport in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In Ado Jorio, Gene Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus (Eds.), Carbon Nanotubes: Advanced Topics in the Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications - Topics in Applied Physics Volume 111, (pp. 455-493). Germany: Springer. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Zolper, J. (2008). Electronics for Defense Applications. In Mike Golio, Janet Golio (Eds.), RF and Microwave Applications and Systems: RF and Microwave Handbook, Second Edition, Volume 1, (pp. 1-18). United States: CRC Press. [More Information]
- Home, J., Jost, J., Amini, J., Biercuk, M., Blakestad, R., Bollinger, J., Britton, J., Brown, K., Hanneke, D., Hume, D., et al (2008). Progress towards Scalable Quantum Information Processing with Trapped Ions. Frontiers in Optics 2008 / Laser Science XXIV Conference FiO/LS 2008, United States: Optical Society of America.
2006
- Biercuk, M., Reilly, D., Buehler, T., Chan, V., Chow, J., Clark, R., Marcus, C. (2006). Charge sensing in carbon-nanotube quantum dots on microsecond timescales. Physical Review B, 73(20), 201402-1-201402-4. [More Information]
- Zolper, J., Biercuk, M. (2006). The path to adaptive microsystems. Intelligent Integrated Microsystems Conference 2006, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. [More Information]
2005
- Biercuk, M., Mason, N., Martin, J., Yacoby, A., Marcus, C. (2005). Anomalous Conductance Quantization in Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 94(2), 026801-1-026801-4. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Mason, N., Martin, J., Yacoby, A., Marcus, C. (2005). Erratum: Anomalous Conductance Quantization in Carbon Nanotubes [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 026801 (2005)]. Physical Review Letters, 95(6), 069902-1. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Garaj, S., Mason, N., Chow, J., Marcus, C. (2005). Gate-Defined Quantum Dots on Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Letters, 5(7), 1267-1271. [More Information]
2004
- Mason, N., Biercuk, M., Marcus, C. (2004). Local Gate Control of a Carbon Nanotube Double Quantum Dot. Science, 303(5658), 655-658. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Mason, N., Marcus, C. (2004). Local Gating of Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Letters, 4(1), 1-4. [More Information]
- Biercuk, M., Mason, N., Chow, J., Marcus, C. (2004). Locally Addressable Tunnel Barriers within a Carbon Nanotube. Nano Letters, 4(12), 2499-2502. [More Information]
2003
- Biercuk, M., Monsma, D., Marcus, C., Becker, J., Gordon, R. (2003). Low-temperature atomic-layer-deposition lift-off method for microelectronic and nanoelectronic applications. Applied Physics Letters, 83(12), 2405-2407. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2020
- Automated and Predictive Performance Evaluation in compleX environments for Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing APPEX FTQC, Biercuk M, Hempel C, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command/Research Support
- Simulating Chemical Dynamics on Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers, Biercuk M, Hempel C, Kassal I, US Office of Naval Research (USA)/Research Grants
2017
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, Biercuk M, Doherty A, Bartlett S, Flammia S, Reilly D, NSW Department of Industry/Research Attraction and Acceleration Program
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems - EQUS, White A, Bartlett S, Doherty A, Biercuk M, Bowen W, Brennen G, Davis M, Fedorov A, McFerran J, Milburn G, Reilly D, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H, Shaddock D, Stace T, Tobar M, Twamley J, Volz T, Starr R, Aspelmeyer M, Viola L, Zoller P, Auffeves A, Fedrizzi A, Jelezko F, Mueller H, Pernice W, Romero-Isart O, Schmiedmayer J, Senellart P, Wallraff A, Wolf P, Wouters M, Bartholomew J, Walmsley I, Croot X, Grimsmo A, Australian Research Council (ARC)/ARC Centres of Excellence
In the media
Smart Company
“A century-defining technology: What is quantum computing...”
30 January 2018
ComputerWorld
Quantum start-up Q-Ctrl “unmixing the soup” of qubit decoherence
3 November 2017
Australian Financial Review
CSIRO’s Main Sequence Ventures backs Q-Ctrl, a quantum computing firmware start-up
2 November 2017
Sydney Morning Herald
Peter Dutton signals room to move on work visas for universities
21 April 2017
Australian Financial Review
Malcolm Turnbull’s 457 visa crackdown a disaster for universities
20 April 2017
The Economist
Technology Quarterly: Here, There and Everywhere
March 2017
The Christian Science Monitor
“Machines learn to find patterns in quantum chaos”
January 17, 2017
Motherboard
“Researchers accurately predicted the future of a quantum system”
January 15, 2017
COSMOS
“Quantum oracle: AI predicts and fixes qubit failure”
16 January 2017
The Australian
“Sydney University’s Quantum Leap into the Supercomputing’s Future”
16 January 2017
Sydney Morning Herald
“How Quantum Physics Research can help us see the future”
16 January 2017
Australian Financial Review
“Has innovation hit peak hype?”
3 June 2016
Sydney Morning Herald
“US intelligence awards multimillion dollar grant to Sydney University quantum science lab”
3 May 2016
Sydney Morning Herald
“Quantum computing leaps: Sydney University and UNSW as the best of frenemies”
23 April 2016
The Daily Telegraph
World Leading Institute for Nanoscience
21 April 2016
SBS
20 April 2016
New Scientist
“Sydney’s nanoscience lab has floating floors and Faraday cages”
18 April 2016
The Sydney Morning Herald
“Federal budget: Scientists push for more research funding.”
15 April 2016
The Mark Bouris Show
13 April 2016
The Guardian
“Politicisation of NBN a tragedy that has held back innovation, ABC’s Q&A told.”
29 March 2016
Q&A
28 March 2016
The Australian
“Big plans loom for uni’s nano hub”
23 March 2016
The Australian
“On the cusp of the nano revolution”
23 March 2016
Seven News
“Science fiction comes true in Sydney”
9 March 2016
Sydney Morning Herald
“Sydney University to Open Nanoscience Hub for the Quantum Technologies of the Future”
9 March 2016 (Front cover, print edition)
Qantas
“Tech Talk in The Sky Takes Off”
18 Feb 2016
Mashable
“The first TEDx talk was held on a plane, but you weren’t invited”
17 Feb 2016
The Australian
“Qantas flies our top thinkers on tech route”
17 Feb 2016
The Herald Sun
“Qantas hosts world’s first tech talk in the sky on its direct Sydney to San Francisco route.”
17 Feb 2016
ABC News
“Eureka prize honours quantum computing pioneers in their quest for “super computers””
27 Aug 2015
The Australian
“Eureka moment for quantum computing”
27 Aug 2015
The Conversation
“Pioneers of quantum computing are among the 2015 Eureka Prize Winners”
27 Aug 2015
ABC News
21 May 2015
Sydney Morning Herald
6 May, 2015
The Australian
“Quantum leap to help build safer and brighter lifestyles”
November 1, 2014
ABC Science [commentary]
“New accuracy record set for quantum computing”
October 14, 2014
Sydney Alumni Magazine
“Donors fast track quantum leaps”
July, 2014
The University of Sydney, Inspired Campaign
“Generous gift supports the promise of quantum computing”
11 July, 2014
The New York Times, Bits Blog
“A quantum computing problem solved”
19 June, 2013
Forbes
“Quantum data storage breakthrough brings quantum computing one step closer”
19 June, 2013
Wired
“Research gives new permanence to quantum memory”
19 June, 2013
ABC News
“Quantum memory gets a reality check”
20 June, 2013
Sydney Morning Herald, the(sydney)magazine
30 Nov, 2012
Lateline, ABC Television (Commentary)
“Laws will stifle research claim scientists”
31 Oct, 2012
The Australian (Commentary)
“Defence Bill a research risk: academics.”
16 Oct, 2012
Sydney Alumni Magazine
“Tiny particles: quantum leaps”
10 Oct, 2012
ABC Science
20 Sept, 2012
BBC FOCUS
“The 10 world-changing experiments that will shape the future”
July 2012
New Scientist (Commentary)
“Teleportation record heralds global quantum network”
15 May, 2012
The Guardian, UK
“Quantum computers are leaping ahead.”
6 May, 2012
The Australian
“Link to ‘world’s most advanced computer’.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
“Sydney Scientist helps design tiny supercomputer.”
The Canberra Times
“Device just one atom thick a quantum leap for technology.”
Sky News
“Tiny crystal ‘revolutionises’ computing”
Herald Sun
“Scientists develop ‘most powerful’ quantum simulator”
Fox News
“Tiny crystal may hold key to future of computers”
Popular Science
“NIST’s quantum simulator mimics hundreds of qubits interacting”
The Huffington Post
“Quantum Computer Breakthrough?”
Video:
Lateline, ABC
Radio:
6PR, 4BC...
April 26-30, 2012
Australian Parliament
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade
Testimony on behalf of Universities Australia and the University of Sydney
Defence Trade Controls Bill, 2011
Sydney Morning Herald
“Defence red tape to hit research, uni heads say”
The Conversation
“Bill to stop misuse of dangerous technology could hit uni researchers”
21 March, 2012
COSMOS
“Sweating the (very) small stuff.”
January 12, 2012
The Australian
“Tuning into the secret of mining’s holy grail.”
November 12-13, 2011
The Australian
“Science gets the measure of all that’s tiny.”
September 5, 2011
- and -
“Getting the measure of awards.”
September 6, 2011
M.J. Biercuk, Recipient of the 2011 NMI Prize.
Minister Carr’s media release,Times Higher Educationwriteup
May, 2011
Physics,“Unexpected Error.”
November 13, 2010
The Economist, “The force is weak with this one.”
April 24-30, 2010
Physics Today,News Pick, “Scientists measure atomic nudge”
April 19, 2010
Nature News (&Scientific American), “Scientists measure atomic nudge”
April 19, 2010
ABC Science News(Australia), “Scientists record world’s tiniest nudge.”
April 12, 2010
Slashdot, “YoctoNewton detector smashes force sensing record.”
April 09, 2010
MIT Technology Review, arXiv blog, “YoctoNewton detector smashes force measurement record”
April 08, 2010
MIT Technology Review, “Extending the life of quantum bits.”
Syndicated,New York TimesNews Feed
April 2009
Physics Today,Search & Discovery, “Carefully timed radio pulses sustain quantum phase.”
June 2009
EE Times, “NIST nudges quantum computers toward commercial viability”
April 2009
The New York Times, “Replacing wire with laser, Sun tries to speed up data.”
March 2008
Science,Science’s Compass, “Carbon nanotubes - the route toward applications.”
August 2002
Physics Today,Physics Update, “Nanotubes boost epoxy properties.”
June 2002
