To celebrate World Quantum Day on Sunday, a coalition of Chattanooga business and education groups are launching a six-week effort to explore and promote quantum technologies with at least 4,000 quantum-related activities.
Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative, a nonprofit group formed this year to promote the first commercial quantum network in the country in Chattanooga, is helping coordinate an array of seminars, activities and classes on quantum physics and technology to help more students and workers explore the potential of particle physics and its effect on everything from computers to sensing equipment.
“We’re grateful for the scientists, instructional designers, teachers and others who have contributed expertise to build a collection of learning resources to help make learning about quantum accessible for everyone,” Charlie Brock, CEO of Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative, said in an announcement Friday on the new initiative.
Quantum offers the potential to significantly boost the computing and cybersecurity power of computers and network devices seen as key to the growth and development of artificial intelligence. EPB is using its fiber optic network, which already provides the first communitywide gigabyte internet service, to also connect quantum users and researchers in Chattanooga along a new quantum network.