Quantum science and technology has potential to revolutionize applications in metrology, sensing, imaging, computing, and communication. Preparation for quantum-classical technology integration is crucial for the future scientists. Formal theoretical training in quantum electrodynamics usually requires several hundred hours of coursework, notwithstanding the physics background, which would not be feasible for learners from diverse background. We present an online Experimental-based Quantum Technologies course that makes this education more accessible. The module has six lectures and hands-on experiments. The participants enter the lab using VR goggles and 360° live video conferencing and perform the experiment over a virtual network connection. Experiments focus on observing physical effects and conceptualize findings. We'll share our insights from this course's that enables self-paced remote-learning.
Quantum science and technology has potential to revolutionize applications in metrology, sensing, imaging, computing, and communication. Preparation for quantum-classical technology integration is crucial for the future scientists. Formal theoretical training in quantum electrodynamics usually requires several hundred hours of coursework, notwithstanding the physics background, which would not be feasible for learners from diverse background. We present an online Experimental-based Quantum Technologies course that makes this education more accessible. The module has six lectures and hands-on experiments. The participants enter the lab using VR goggles and 360° live video conferencing and perform the experiment over a virtual network connection. Experiments focus on observing physical effects and conceptualize findings. We'll share our insights from this course's that enables self-paced remote-learning.
Quantum science and technology education is in increasing demand from both educational and industrial establishments. Photon- and Cloud-based systems play a vital role in experimental-based education and training. This contribution features our most recent Master's level course, 'Experimental Quantum Technologies,' which was offered in 2022. This unique course provided brief introductions to each topic with minimal theoretical formulation, and emphasized on observing quantum phenomena. Lab instructions contained the physics and mathematics needed to understand the experiments. The reports were succinct and focused on understanding the experimental results. Our contribution will address the course's key outcomes, including experiments done.
Quantum Mechanics in the headlines today captures the imagination of the public, deep wallets of investors and industries, and prioritizes academic and national research programs throughout the world. It all begins with superposition and entanglement. Canonical educational approaches, however, may not build the intuitive or the computational ability required of practitioners where quantum is center-stage. An APS News front-page article by Meredith Fore details and explores the current situation: ”The Newest Frontier: Building a Skilled workforce. Education in Quantum Mechanics has lagged for years. Experts are trying to change this.” Here we highlight innovations and experiences coupling our curriculum, advanced labs, and undergraduate research to best address these educational questions and skills-based needs. Our approaches are based on ready-available two-state, two-particle entangled light source table-top experiments and finite-dimensioned (familiar) vector spaces as opposed to infinitely dimensioned function-space solutions to differential equations with little intuitive connection and/or easy access to experimental experience. Our Physics and Photonics and Optical Engineering Quantum I course has migrated from a traditional text to one espousing these new directions (M. Beck. Quantum Mechanics, Theory and Experiment) and our experiments are centered around a commercially available educational entanglement source (Quantum Design, quTool’s quED) with avalanche single-photon detectors, coincidence electronics, with standard and add-on experiments that are in step with the text but, as a kit, come more student-ready. This approach may better promote quantum technologies, prepare scientists, technicians, and engineers, and offer deeper insight to what quantum is really telling us.
As we enter the post-Moore era, we experience the rise of various non-von-Neumann-architectures to address the increasing computational demand for modern applications, with quantum computing being among the most prominent and promising technologies. However, this development creates a gap in current computer science curricula since most quantum computing lectures are strongly physics-oriented and have little intersection with the remaining curriculum of computer science. This fact makes designing an appealing course very difficult, in particular for non-physicists. Furthermore, in the academic community, there is consensus that quantum computers are going to be used only for specific computational tasks (e.g., in computational science), where hybrid systems - combined classical and quantum computers - facilitate the execution of an application on both quantum and classical computing resources. A hybrid system thus executes only certain suitable parts of an application on the quantum machine, while other parts are executed on the classical components of the system. To fully exploit the capabilities of hybrid systems and to meet future requirements in this emerging field, we need to prepare a new generation of computer scientists with skills in both distributed computing and quantum computing. To bridge this existing gap in standard computer science curricula, we designed a new lecture and exercise series on Hybrid Quantum-Classical Systems, where students learn how to decompose applications and implement computational tasks on a hybrid quantum-classical computational continuum. While learning the inherent concepts underlying quantum systems, students are obligated to apply techniques and methods they are already familiar with, making the entrance to the field of quantum computing comprehensive yet appealing and accessible to students of computer science.
Quantum computing is a highly abstract scientific discipline, which, however, is expected to have great practical relevance in future information technology. This forces educators to seek new methods to teach quantum computing for students with diverse backgrounds and with no prior knowledge of quantum physics. We have developed an online course built around an interactive quantum circuit simulator designed to enable easy creation and maintenance of course material with ranging difficulty. The immediate feedback and automatically evaluated tasks lower the entry barrier to quantum computing for all students, regardless of their background.
The second quantum revolution has been picking up momentum over the last decade. Quantum technologies are starting to attract more attention from governments, private companies, investors, and public. The ability to control individual quantum systems for the purpose of information processing and communication is no longer a theoretical dream, but is steadily becoming routine in laboratories and startups around the world. With this comes the need to educate the future generation of quantum engineers. This textbook is a companion to our video lectures on Overview of Quantum Communications from the Q-Leap Education project known as Quantum Academy of Science and Technology. It is a gentle introduction to quantum networks, and is suitable for use as a textbook for undergraduate students of diverse background. No prior knowledge of quantum physics or quantum information is assumed. Exercises are included in each chapter.
Quantum computing introduces abstract concepts such as superposition, entanglement, and quantum circuits and algorithms, which many learners find difficult to grasp without strong mathematics or physics backgrounds. This paper proposes the use of virtual reality (VR) to support the teaching of introductory quantum computing. By situating learners in an immersive environment, VR allows students to explore and manipulate visual representations of the qubit and quantum gates, and observe state changes in real-time. The paper outlines how VR settings can foster deeper understanding through sandbox interactivity with visualized abstractions of quantum computing concepts.