Preparing for the quantum revolution: What is the role of higher education?

Heather J. Lewandowski: 
Quantum sensing, quantum networking and communication, and quantum computing have attracted significant attention recently, as these quantum technologies could offer significant advantages over existing technologies.

In order to accelerate the commercialization of these quantum technologies, the workforce must be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills.

Through a study of the quantum industry, in a series of interviews with 21 U.S. companies carried out in Fall 2019 and from a survey administered to 57 companies through the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) in Fall 2020, 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

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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.

Please let us know if you would like to join us via Zoom: tone.skramstad@fys.uio.no

[1] “Preparing for the quantum revolution - what is the role of higher education?” M. F. J. Fox, B. Zwickl, H. J. Lewandowski, Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 020131 (2020)

[2] “Assessing the needs of the quantum industry,” C. Hughes, D. Finke, D-A. German, C. Merzbacher, P. Vora, H. J. Lewandowski, IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022

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The bi-weekly ODD seminar series at CCSE

The Open Discussions on Didactics (ODD) is a seminar series on Mondays at 14.15 every other week (odd week numbers).

The seminar will be maximum one hour, often closer to half an hour. It is an informal arena to present and discuss learning theory, educational research and teaching experiences within computational science. To cater to the highly heterogeneous backgrounds and interests of students, teachers and researchers in our environment, we aim for seminars that introduce listeners to new ideas within a broad spectrum of aspects, and that invites reflection and discussion.

Presentations need not be mature and polished - to the contrary we hope that as many as possible wants to share undigested observations and reflections in short presentations of varied form and topics. We hope to have enough contributions to frequently have the meetings as lightning talk sessions, where three different speakers will each give a 5-10-minute presentation followed by discussion.

Published Oct. 17, 2022 7:39 AM - Last modified Oct. 17, 2022 7:39 AM