CT is trying to kickstart a quantum computing sector

CT is trying to kickstart a quantum computing sector

Last November, a group of Connecticut business leaders and state officials gathered with scientists and academics at Yale University’s Kline Tower for an announcement. Dan O’Keefe, commissioner of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, joked that it wasn’t a typical event for him. “It’s not often that I get to share a stage with five Ph.D.s,” he said, drawing laughs.    The audience had assembled for what O’Keefe billed as…