Analysis of the Necessity of Quantum Computing Capacity Development for National Defense and Homeland Security

Due to events of the past two decades, there has been new and increased usage of radiation-detection technologies for applications in homeland security, nonproliferation, and national defense. As a result, there has been renewed realization of the materials limitations of these technologies and greater demand for the development of next-generation radiation-detection materials. This review describes the current state of radiation-detection material science, with particular emphasis on national security needs and the goal of identifying the challenges and opportunities that this area represents for the materials-science community. Radiation-detector materials physics is reviewed, which sets the stage for performance metrics that determine the relative merit of existing and new materials. Semiconductors and scintillators represent the two primary classes of radiation detector materials that are of interest. The state-of-the-art and limitations for each of these materials classes are presented, along with possible avenues of research. Novel materials that could overcome the need for single crystals will also be discussed. Finally, new methods of material discovery and development are put forward, the goal being to provide more predictive guidance and faster screening of candidate materials and thus, ultimately, the faster development of superior radiation-detection materials.

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Differential Mobility Spectrometry Applications in Homeland Security, Clinical Diagnostics and Drug Discovery

Applied Mechanics ◽

10.1115/imece2006-15937 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joshua Morgan ◽

Cristina Davis

Keyword(s):

Homeland Security ◽

Clinical Diagnostics ◽

Differential Mobility Spectrometry ◽

System Level ◽

Biological Weapons ◽

Respiratory Pathogens ◽

National Defense ◽

Research Groups ◽

Differential Mobility ◽

Chemical Signatures

There is an urgent need for miniaturized sensors that can rapidly, accurately, and specifically detect extremely low concentrations of chemical and biological materials. Such technologies impact many areas including public health, drug development and national defense. Along with other research groups in industry and academia, we are developing new microfabricated sensors based on differential mobility spectrometry - also known as high field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry. These sensors are suitable for rapid diagnosis of various pulmonary diseases and respiratory pathogens, and they may also be used for explosives and narcotics detection when configured and tuned to detect different chemical signatures. Similarly, we are also applying variations on this technology for the early detection of biological weapons agents. Given the extensive work being performed by many different research groups in many different specialties, there is now a need for a coherent and exhaustive look at the similarities and differences of detection in medical, pharmaceutical, defense and security applications and how these may influence system level designs.

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Quantum-enhanced secure delegated classical computing

Quantum Information and Computation ◽

10.26421/qic16.1-2-5 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 61-86

Author(s):

Vedran Dunjko ◽

Theodoros Kapourniotis ◽

Elham Kashefi

Keyword(s):

Quantum Computing ◽

Quantum Communication ◽

Quantum Correlations ◽

Computational Power ◽

Classical Computing ◽

Computing Capacity

We present a family of quantumly-enhanced protocols to achieve unconditionally secure delegated classical computation where the client and the server have both their classical and quantum computing capacity limited. We prove the same task cannot be achieved using only classical protocols. This extends the work of Anders and Browne on the computational power of correlations to a security setting. In doing so we are able to highlight the power of online quantum communication as we prove the same task could not be achieved using pre-shared (offline) quantum correlations.

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Próba likwidacji statusu „archiwów państwowych wyodrębnionych” w projekcie ustawy – Prawo archiwalne z 1995 r.

Archeion ◽

10.4467/26581264arc.20.005.12962 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 122-150

Author(s):

Piotr Borysiuk

Keyword(s):

Homeland Security ◽

Foreign Affairs ◽

National Defense ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

The Social ◽

National Archives ◽

The Status ◽

State Archives ◽

Council Of Ministers ◽

And Control

An attempt to remove the status of “separated state archives” in the bill on archives 1995 The objective of the article is to present the processing of the Bill on Archives of 1995 by focusing on the removal of the “separated state archive” status (currently “separated archives”), especially in the context of the resistance of the Ministry of the Interior. The conflict was related to an issue that was especially important at the time: the introduction of non-ministry supervision and control over separated archives, especially archives of the department of the interior (including special services), by the General Director for Polish Archives. The study shows the scale and the dynamics of the cross-institutional dispute, which involved the Ministry of Education and the Head Office of State Archives on one side and the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the other. Ultimately, despite attempts at mediation within the Office of the Council of Ministers and the Social and Political Committee of the Council of Ministers, no compromise was reached and the bill was never enacted. The study also identifies the dissents, related in particular to homeland security, between the circles representing national archives and the environment of the separated archives, and presents how they perceived each other.

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