The government’s interest in quantum technologies dates back at least to the mid-1990s, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Defense (DOD), and National Science Foundation (NSF) held their first workshops on the topic.1 NSF described the field of quantum information science in a 1999 workshop as “a new field of science and technology, combining and drawing on the disciplines of physical science, mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Its aim i
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