Quantum subroutine for order finding in Shor’s algorithm. - Credit: Bender2k14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
NERSC is seeking proposals to conduct research using NERSC’s Perlmutter supercomputer in the area of quantum information science (QIS).
All areas of quantum information science are encouraged to apply, including, but not limited to
- Quantum simulation of materials and chemical systems,
- algorithms for compilation of quantum circuits,
- error mitigation for quantum computing, and
- development/testing of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms.
Up to 50,000 Perlmutter GPU node hours (one Perlmutter GPU node contains four A100 CPUs) may be awarded to accepted proposals initially, with more available if necessary.
The cuQuantum library from Nvidia will be available for both state vector and tensor network simulation on the GPUs, as well as other relevant software.
Successful applicants will also be able to partner with NERSC and vendor staff on topics such as utilizing GPUs or optimizing their workflows.
Award criteria
Proposals that demonstrate a plan to take advantage of Perlmutter’s salient features (e.g., 6,000+ NVIDIA A100 GPUs, all-flash scratch file system) will be given preference, as will projects that can show a strong benefit to current or future DOE Office of Science research objectives or society at large.
Projects must be executed within six months. Awardees will be required to report progress regularly to NERSC and provide a summary at the end of the six-month term. Projects should abide by the usual NERSC policies.
Awards are for the NERSC 2022 Allocation Year.
Eligibility, deadline, and application process
This is an open call. It is not limited to current NERSC users. Online applications must be received by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, December 13, 2021.
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is the mission computing facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the nation’s single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences.
Located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), NERSC serves 11,000 scientists at national laboratories and universities researching a wide range of problems in climate, fusion energy, materials sciences, physics, chemistry, computational biology, and other disciplines. An average of 2,000 peer-reviewed science results a year rely on NERSC resources and expertise, which has also supported the work of seven Nobel Prize-winning scientists and teams.
NERSC is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.