The NIST Safety Commission will hold a two-day meeting on March 9-10, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. The agenda includes discussions, listening sessions, a lab tour, and working sessions focused on NIST’s safety and ethics practices.
Key points:
– The meeting will be held in Boulder, with sessions running from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday and 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on Friday (Mountain Time)
– Thursday’s agenda includes an ethics briefing, discussions with technical division chiefs, and a public comment session
– Friday’s highlights include a lab tour led by Dr. John Bollinger, discussing the legacy of NIST’s Nobel Prize-winning work in quantum computing and precision timekeeping
– The meeting will also feature unrehearsed discussions with researchers across multiple labs and subcommittee findings
The meeting aims to review and discuss NIST’s safety and ethics practices, with a focus on the organization’s ongoing work in quantum computing and other advanced technologies.
Keywords: Quantum, Computing, Algorithms, Metrology