Quantum computing is opening new possibilities for solving complex problems that are difficult for traditional computers to process. Through Amazon Braket, a cloud-based quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services, or AWS, researchers and students in the Sensor, Signal and Information Processing Center, or SenSIP, are gaining access to tools that support quantum computing research and education. Part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, SenSIP recently hosted an Amazon Braket training and exposition event at the Artificial Intelligence Cloud Innovation Center at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. Amazon has donated nearly $78,000 in AWS credits to SenSIP to expand access to quantum computing and simulation tools. “The collaboration with Amazon is very important for us,” says Andreas Spanias, SenSIP director and a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Fulton Schools at ASU. “Having Amazon involved with our center helps strengthen our research efforts and attract additional research support and industry consortium memberships.” The event brought together doctoral students, undergraduate researchers and faculty members to present projects that use quantum computing tools to address engineering and scientific challenges. “We have doctoral students who have been working in this area for a couple of years now, as well as students from across the country who are participating in the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates,” Spanias says. The undergraduate research program gives students from universities across the country opportunities to conduct hands-on research, explore new pathways in STEM fields and build skills that support their future academic and professional goals. One example is work by Nandika Goyal, a Fulton Schools computer engineering doctoral student and researcher in SenSIP. Goyal used AWS credits to develop novel algorithms designed to aid cancer detection and classification. “She developed a quantum