In September 2017, the Research Council of Norway designated the Center for Quantum Spintronics (QuSpin) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim as one of ten new Centres of Excellence (SFF) for the period 2017 to 2027. The center received approximately USD 30 million over ten years as part of the Research Council’s broader NOK 1.5 billion allocation across all Centres of Excellence.
QuSpin’s research focuses on developing basic science that uses quantum entities such as the electron spin as information carriers. The center’s stated objective is to address the challenge of power consumption and heat generation as electronic devices scale to quantum scales, with the goal of enabling low-power information and communication technologies. By the end of 2018, the center had grown to more than 60 members from 11 countries, including professors, researchers, postdocs, and PhD candidates.
Additional details on QuSpin are available from NTNU’s QuSpin page.