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Achieving a quantum smart workforce
Interest in building dedicated Quantum Information Science and Engineering
(QISE) education programs has greatly expanded in recent years. These programs
are inherently convergent, complex, often resource intensive and likely require
collaboration with a broad variety of stakeholders. In order to address this
combination of challenges, we have captured ideas from many members in the
community. This manuscript not only addresses policy makers and funding
agencies (both public and private and from the regional to the international
level) but also contains needs identified by industry leaders and discusses the
difficulties inherent in creating an inclusive QISE curriculum. We report on
the status of eighteen post-secondary education programs in QISE and provide
guidance for building new programs. Lastly, we encourage the development of a
comprehensive strategic plan for quantum education and workforce development as
a means to make the most of the ongoing substantial investments being made in
QISE.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, 1 tabl
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Preparing for the quantum revolution -- what is the role of higher education?
Quantum sensing, quantum networking and communication, and quantum computing
have attracted significant attention recently, as these quantum technologies
offer significant advantages over existing technologies. In order to accelerate
the commercialization of these quantum technologies the workforce must be
equipped with the necessary skills. Through a qualitative study of the quantum
industry, in a series of interviews with 21 U.S. companies carried out in Fall
2019, we describe the types of activities being carried out in the quantum
industry, profile the types of jobs that exist, and describe the skills valued
across the quantum industry, as well as in each type of job. The current routes
into the quantum industry are detailed, providing a picture of the current role
of higher education in training the quantum workforce. Finally, we present the
training and hiring challenges the quantum industry is facing and how higher
education may optimize the important role it is currently playing
Universal Arduino-based experimenting system to support teaching of natural sciences
The rapid evolution of intelligent electronic devices makes information
technology, computer science and electronics strongly related to the teaching
of natural sciences. Today almost everybody has a smart phone that can convert
light, temperature, movement, sound to numbers, therefore all these can be
processed, analysed, displayed, stored, shared by software applications. The
fundamental question is how education can follow this knowledge and how can
education take its advantages. Components and methods of modern technology are
available for education also, teachers and students can play with parts and
tools which were previously used only by engineers. A good example is the very
popular Arduino board which is practically an industrial microcontroller whose
pins are wired to easy-to-use connectors on a printed circuit board. In this
paper we show a universal system which we have developed for the Arduino
platform to support experimenting and understanding of the most fundamental
principles of the operation of modern devices. We show our related educational
concept and discuss the most important features of the system. Open source
hardware and software are available and we provide a number of video tutorials
as well
Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
Contribution: A roadmap is provided for building a quantum engineering education program to satisfy U.S. national and international workforce needs.
Background: The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor\u27s level.
Research Question: What is the best way to provide a flexible framework that can be tailored for the full academic ecosystem?
Methodology: A workshop of 480 QISE researchers from across academia, government, industry, and national laboratories was convened to draw on best practices; representative authors developed this roadmap.
Findings: 1) For quantum-aware engineers, design of a first quantum engineering course, accessible to all STEM students, is described; 2) for the education and training of quantum-proficient engineers, both a quantum engineering minor accessible to all STEM majors, and a quantum track directly integrated into individual engineering majors are detailed, requiring only three to four newly developed courses complementing existing STEM classes; 3) a conceptual QISE course for implementation at any postsecondary institution, including community colleges and military schools, is delineated; 4) QISE presents extraordinary opportunities to work toward rectifying issues of inclusivity and equity that continue to be pervasive within engineering. A plan to do so is presented, as well as how quantum engineering education offers an excellent set of education research opportunities; and 5) a hands-on training plan on quantum hardware is outlined, a key component of any quantum engineering program, with a variety of technologies, including optics, atoms and ions, cryogenic and solid-state technologies, nanofabrication, and control and readout electronics
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The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2015-2016
This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2015-2016 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.This has been a good year for the Photonics Center. In the following pages, you will see that this year the Center’s faculty received prodigious honors and awards, generated more than 100 notable scholarly publications in the leading journals in our field, and attracted $18.9M in new research grants/contracts. Faculty and staff also expanded their efforts in education and training, and cooperated in supporting National Science Foundation sponsored Sites for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and for Research Experiences for Teachers. As a community, we emphasized the theme of “Frontiers in Plasmonics as Enabling Science in Photonics and Beyond” at our annual symposium, hosted by Bjoern Reinhard. We continued to support the National Photonics Initiative, and contributed as a cooperating site in the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) which began this year as a new photonics-themed node in the National Network of Manufacturing Institutes. Highlights of our research achievements for the year include an ambitious new DoD-sponsored grant for Development of Less Toxic Treatment Strategies for Metastatic and Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Using Noninvasive Optical Monitoring led by Professor Darren Roblyer, continued support of our NIH-sponsored, Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for the Future of Cancer Care led by Professor Cathy Klapperich, and an exciting confluence of new grant awards in the area of Neurophotonics led by Professors Christopher Gabel, Timothy Gardner, Xue Han, Jerome Mertz, Siddharth Ramachandran, Jason Ritt, and John White. Neurophotonics is fast becoming a leading area of strength of the Photonics Center. The Industry/University Collaborative Research Center, which has become the centerpiece of our translational biophotonics program, continues to focus onadvancing the health care and medical device industries, and has entered its sixth year of operation with a strong record of achievement and with the support of an enthusiastic industrial membership base
Introductory quantum information science coursework at US institutions: Content coverage
Despite rapid growth of quantum information science and engineering
(QIS/QISE) workforce development initiatives, perceived lack of agreement among
faculty on core content has made prior research-based curriculum and assessment
development initiatives difficult to scale. To identify areas if consensus on
content coverage, we report findings from a survey of N=63 instructors teaching
introductory QISE courses at US institutions of higher learning. We identify a
subset of content items common across a large fraction (>=80%) of introductory
QISE courses that are potentially amenable to research-based curriculum
development, with an emphasis on foundational skills in mathematics, physics,
and engineering. As a further guide for curriculum development, we also examine
differences in content coverage by level (undergraduate/graduate) and
discipline. Finally, we briefly discuss the implications of our findings for
the development of a research-based QISE assessment at the postsecondary level.Comment: Submitted to EPJ Quantum Technology, special section on quantum
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