Program
NSF Expedition / Coherent Ising Machines
Advanced photonic computing for hard optimization.
Cohesing brings together researchers in nonlinear photonics, quantum optics, optimization, machine learning, benchmarking, and applications to explore coherent network computing as a new substrate for solving difficult computational problems.
Program readout
Physics, photonics, optimization.
Focus
Coherent Ising Machines
Mode
Photonic optimization R&D
Research map
Five connected areas.
fundamentals
Fundamentals
Physical dynamics beyond conventional digital electronics as foundations for hard optimization.
generalizations
Generalizations
Coherent Ising Machines as a reference architecture for broader coherent network computing.
applications
Applications
Practical uses of CIMs and related architectures for real-world optimization.
benchmarking
Benchmarking
Principled comparisons among unconventional, quantum, and conventional optimization approaches.
participation
Broadening Participation in Computing
Education and participation studies connected to computer science identity and persistence.
Latest
News from the project.
Conference News
Coherent Network Computing Workshop 2022
The second Coherent Network Computing conference took place at Stanford, California from Oct 24-26, 2022.
September 26, 2022
Publication
New Paper: Few-Cycle Vacuum Squeezing in Nanophotonics
The Nonlinear Photonics Laboratory at Caltech demonstrated an integrated nanophotonics platform based on lithium niobate to generate and measure squeezed states on the same optical chip.
October 20, 2022
Preprint
New pre-print: Programmable simulation of bosonic transport in optical lattices
The McMahon Lab, in collaboration with NTT Research, shows that photonics can make very large analog simulators that take advantage of the broad bandwidth of optics.
August 15, 2022