Sijia Dong, a Northeastern professor, has received a prestigious grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore algorithms for simulations on quantum computers that may further the pursuit of renewable energy sources.
Dong was among the recipients of $11 million in federal funding for 15 projects in exploratory research across a variety of fields that include high-end computing, scientific machine learning and artificial intelligence.
“These projects will help us find promising directions to realize the full potential of scientific computing from emerging technologies,” said Ceren Susut, DOE acting associate director of science for advanced scientific computing research.
Dong will apply her grant award to develop quantum algorithms for enabling quantum chemical simulations of macromolecules that may be leveraged for solar energy…
