Quantum technician skills and competencies for the emerging Quantum 2.0 industry

Hasanovic, Mo; Panayiotou, Chrys; Silberman, Donn M.; Stimers, Paul; Merzbacher, Celia I.

doi:10.1117/1.oe.61.8.081803

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“…does not yet exist. 18 Apparently, quantum research is progressing at a pace faster than originally predicted, 19 and the race for the supremacy is getting hot and confrontational with peers challenging Google's claim. 7 While it is abundantly clear that quantum supremacy or advantage is far from being achieved, it is worth taking a step back and precisely de ning what quantum supremacy or advantage should entail, or rather what do we want quantum supremacy to be?…”

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The Q-Day Dilemma and the Quantum Supremacy/Advantage Conjecture

Raheman

2022

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When Shakespeare averred, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, we precisely knew the attributes associated with this thing called “ROSE.” But do we really know what Quantum supremacy1 or Quantum advantage2 exactly entails in Quantum Computing (QC) space, except that latter appears more politically correct than the former? How do we achieve the supremacy or advantage unless we precisely know what threshold needs to be reached to qualify? Can that threshold be totally oblivious to ethics and humane interests? What good a nuclear chain reaction is, if it cannot be controlled to serve humanity? In the same breadth definition of quantum advantage cannot be just limited to achieving algorithmic superiority over legacy computing systems, particularly when a section of the experts attribute catastrophic threat3 that unrestrained QC may cause by collapsing the current cryptographic infrastructure4 resulting in amplified existential risk to humanity.5 These predictions are relevant only if QCs become commercially viable and deployable in the service of humanity. No technology can be a one-way ticket to catastrophe, and neither can the definition of superiority of that technology be. If at all there are catastrophic risks, QC can never enter public domain as a minimum viable product (MVP) unless there are safeguards in place. So obviously those safeguards should become an integral part of the definition of its superiority over the conventional computers and a standard to be met to pass the MVP threshold. NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) is pursuing the standardization of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) as that safeguard,6 but with 80th of the 82 candidate PQCs recently failing7 and companies already offering QC as a service, there is an urgent need for an alternate strategy. Our research proposes a novel encryption agnostic approach8 to safeguard QC,9 and articulates a comprehensive definition of an MVP that can potentially set a gold standard for defining commercially viable quantum advantage over the traditional computing.

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The Q-Day Dilemma and the Quantum Supremacy/Advantage Conjecture

Raheman

2022

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“…The survey questions were created based on the industry input and then systematically organized into a few areas of interest-prerequisite skills in optics and photonics, fundamentals of quantum mechanics, quantum hardware, quantum information theory, and fundamentals of spectroscopy. Based on the survey results reported [10], the EdQuantum team constructed the EdQuantum curriculum framework with top-level competencies and lower-level course learning outcomes [11]. The main guidelines used in the development of the EdQuantum curriculum are: (1) to use no calculus or hard math, (2) to be as intuitive as possible, (3) to lead to a formal quantum certification, (4) to be as applicable as possible, (5) to cover both quantum software and quantum hardware, and ( 6) to promote inclusiveness and diversity.…”

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Quantum education: how to teach a subject that nobody fully understands

Hasanovic

2023

Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023

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Quantum technologies are expected to be among the most transformational technologies of the twenty-first century, changing how we sense the world around us, approach security, and process critical information. Transitioning the industry from quantum research labs to the commercial environment requires a sizable workforce skilled in supporting Quantum 2.0. To achieve the goal of the entire quantum ecosystem, society at all levels needs to be aware of this emerging field and then be inspired, attracted, educated, and trained with the new quantum skills and competencies. This poses a challenge as quantum science is a difficult and counterintuitive subject. How is a subject such as quantum mechanics that, as the famous quantum scientist Richard Feynman once said, "nobody fully understands" to be taught?In this presentation, we will share our experiences and results of EdQuantum, an NSF-funded project whose goal is to develop a curriculum to train future quantum technicians. The proposed curriculum intends to provide an essential first step in quantum education at the associate's level. The curriculum relies heavily on a visual, hands-on approach that is based on commercially available quantum educational hardware. The curriculum strives to bring complex quantum science to a level understandable to individuals without a solid scientific background through algebra-based theory and simple experiments. As such, it may also be used to raise awareness and inspire high school students to seek careers as future quantum scientists.

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“…Throughout the years of formal and informal optics and laser education, it has been clear that there were many more job openings than there were skilled and educated people to fill them. This remains true and is even more so for those additionally educated with quantum science and technology as described in a recent paper 3 published by the author and his colleagues regarding a new program, EdQuantum, being developed as an extension to the laser technology program lead by Laser-Tec 4 . In this EdQuantum paper, some future work is described to help build a pipeline of students from high schools and early college years to education and careers in the quantum world.…”

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Quantum education and pathways: an open-source modifiable presentation to high school and college students

Silberman¹

2022

Optics Education and Outreach VII

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This paper describes and provides examples of a presentation, 'Quantum for High School & College Students' created to give to high school and college students to encourage them to consider using quantum science and technologies in their studies and careers. Some thoughts on critical thinking about abstract subjects and mentoring capture the attention of the student audience, which is followed by the main topics. The presentation includes an introduction to quantum science (including a laser diffraction demonstration), quantum computers and cybersecurity, many more quantum science and technology applications, education and career pathways that use quantum science and on-line resources. There is a very brief history of quantum science, an outline and nine examples of the many fields of study and endeavor, and a couple (optional) references to how governments are supporting these efforts. Some specific on-line references are provided to company and university websites where substantial information can be found for students seeking to learn more about all thing's quantum with some focus on quantum computing.The modifiable Power Point presentation can be downloaded from the author's website, complete with lecture notes and hotlinks to all the references. A specific webpage has been created and organized so that it can be accessed by potential presenters and students seeking to learn more about the topics. The presentation can be given by other volunteers including quantum graduate students, professors, and high school teachers. The presentation and on-line resources may be very useful to SPIE members and SPIE Student Chapters seeking to recruit students to their companies and universities. Other related professional societies, such as the American Institute for Physics and their Society of Physics Students may also find this useful.

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Quantum technician skills and competencies for the emerging Quantum 2.0 industry

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The Q-Day Dilemma and the Quantum Supremacy/Advantage Conjecture

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Quantum education: how to teach a subject that nobody fully understands

Quantum education and pathways: an open-source modifiable presentation to high school and college students

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