NRT-QL: Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies

NRT-QL：加速量子技术

• 批准号: 2021540
• 负责人: Kai-Mei Fu
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2021540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; QL; Accelerating; Quantum; Enabled

NRT: Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies (AQET)Fundamentally secure communication, the design and synthesis of new materials, and sensing with single atoms are all technologies that will be accelerated with the understanding and control of quantum mechanical phenomena. In these early days of quantum technology development, hardware knowledge is essential for software engineers to optimize architectures, efficiently implement algorithms, and correct errors. The breakthroughs needed in the materials for scalable quantum devices requires materials and device scientists and computer architecture engineers to be trained in quantum information. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship award to the University of Washington (UW) will address these needs by training master’s and doctoral students in an interdisciplinary program in quantum information science and technology (QIST). The traineeship anticipates providing training to one hundred and ninety (190) students including twenty-two (22) funded trainees, by combining disciplines in quantum information (chemistry, physics, applied mathematics, materials science & engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science), interactions with national laboratories and industry partners, project-based learning on commercially available cloud quantum computers, and hands-on research in QIST. There is a growing national need for US quantum scientists to meet the current workforce demands from US national laboratories and industries (including startups and established companies). This need will be met by (1) increasing UW graduate students’ QIST knowledge and skills, (2) increasing the participation of women in QIST by effectively implementing targeted recruitment and retention strategies and introduction of QIST concepts into UW’s undergraduate curricula, and (3) developing publicly available educational materials from our most innovative courses. At the core of the traineeship program is the “learn, practice, apply” approach with a heavy emphasis on project-based learning. The 15-month training program begins with one of three domain-specific courses that provides not only a foundation in QIST concepts but are also co-designed to provide a common technical vocabulary across disciplines. The foundational course is followed by an interdisciplinary project-based course that will utilize classical computer simulations of quantum devices as well as experiments on real quantum devices, provided by industry partners. These resources will help teach essential concepts in quantum information implementations while solidifying student’s theoretical understanding of QIST. An advanced-topics course and interdisciplinary team capstone project designed to apply the newly acquired skills to real-world applications complete the curriculum. The project-based learning curriculum also provides the opportunity to practice and improve leadership, management, team and communication skills through the program’s professional development workshops. Successful completion of the program results in a transcriptable option in QIST for both MS and PhD students. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

NRT：加速量子技术（AQET）从根本上讲安全通信、新材料的设计和合成以及单原子传感都是在量子力学现象的早期阶段随着对量子力学现象的理解和控制而加速的技术。随着技术的发展，硬件知识对于软件工程师优化架构、有效实现算法和纠正错误至关重要。可扩展量子设备的材料所需的突破需要材料和设备科学家以及计算机架构工程师接受量子信息方面的培训。华盛顿大学 (UW) 的科学基金会研究实习计划将通过在量子信息科学与技术 (QIST) 跨学科项目中培训硕士和博士生来满足这些需求。该实习计划预计为一百九十 (190) 名学生提供培训。学生，包括二十二（22）名受资助的受训人员，通过结合量子信息学科（化学、物理、应用数学、材料科学与工程、电气和计算机工程以及计算机科学），与国家实验室和行业合作伙伴互动，在商用云量子计算机上进行基于项目的学习，以及 QIST 中的实践研究 美国国家对量子科学家的需求不断增长，以满足美国国家实验室和行业（包括初创公司和成熟公司）当前的劳动力需求。通过以下方式满足需求：(1) 提高威斯康星大学研究生的 QIST 知识和技能，(2) 通过有效实施招聘和战略以及将 QIST 保留概念引入威斯康星大学本科目标课程来增加女性对 QIST 的参与，以及 (3)开发公开可用的培训计划的核心是“学习、实践、应用”方法，重点强调基于项目的学习。为期 15 个月的培训计划从三门特定领域课程之一开始。它不仅提供 QIST 概念的基础，而且还共同设计提供跨学科的通用技术词汇。基础课程之后是基于跨学科项目的课程，该课程将利用量子设备的经典计算机模拟以及量子设备的实验。真正的量子设备，由行业合作伙伴提供。这些资源将有助于教授量子信息实现中的基本概念，同时巩固学生对 QIST 的理论理解。旨在将新获得的技能应用于实际应用的高级主题课程和跨学科团队顶点项目完成了基于项目的学习。课程还通过该项目的专业发展研讨会提供实践和提高领导力、管理、团队和沟通技能的机会，成功完成该项目后，硕士和博士生将获得 QIST 的成绩单选择。程序该计划旨在鼓励为 STEM 研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的新模式，致力于通过创新、循证的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科或融合研究领域的 STEM 研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。