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                            <p class="xb-item--content">ESE’s research profile is broad, but it is not diffuse. The department’s work increasingly clusters into three major thrusts that reflect both present strength and future direction: Quantum; Semiconductor & VLSI; and AI & Intelligent Systems. These thrusts are not isolated silos. They interact with one another through shared faculty, cross-cutting technologies, common facilities, and mission-oriented programs. Together, they define ESE’s long-horizon academic and translational identity.</p>
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                                <p>ESE has the ingredients to build a serious and distinctive quantum vertical that extends from foundational theory to experimental systems and deployable hybrid platforms. Existing strengths already span photonic quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum sensing, quantum randomness, quantum illumination, quantum algorithms, quantum information theory, and mixed-signal / classical interfaces for quantum systems. This gives ESE a broad internal quantum stack that includes algorithms, optics, circuits, systems, sensing, and translational potential.</p>
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                                    The department’s quantum work is especially notable because it is not limited to a single style of contribution. It includes theoretical work on quantum information, quantum walks, quantum error correction, and quantum algorithms; experimental work on photonic quantum systems, quantum random number generation, quantum sensing, and quantum illumination; and emerging efforts around quantum control electronics, hybrid quantum-classical architectures, and semiconductor-linked quantum futures. The long-term direction is to move beyond isolated proof-of-concept demonstrations toward robust, miniaturized, and deployable quantum systems with relevance to communication, secure systems, sensing, metrology, and strategic applications.
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                                <p>Representative faculty associated with this pillar include those working on photonic quantum computation and communication, quantum sensing and metrology, quantum-safe hardware, mixed-signal interfaces, and semiconductor-linked future quantum platforms.</p>
                                <p>Associated labs and facilities include photonic quantum laboratories, quantum-classical sensing and mixed-signal labs, quantum technology lab infrastructure, and related shared characterization and electronics platforms.</p>
                                <p>Typical opportunity areas for students and collaborators in this pillar include photonic quantum systems, quantum-classical interfaces, quantum randomness and secure systems, chip-scale sensing, quantum algorithms, and hybrid quantum platforms.</p>
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