NRT-QISE: Accelerating Interdisciplinary Frontiers in Quantum Sciences and Technologies (AIF-Q)

NRT-QISE：加速量子科学与技术的跨学科前沿（AIF-Q）

• 批准号: 2125924
• 负责人: Chee Wei Wong
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2125924&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; QISE; Accelerating; Interdisciplinary; Frontiers

Quantum sciences and technologies have progressed remarkably in recent years. This progress includes, for example, new quantum processors with unique computational capabilities, secure channels over metropolitan distances, and unprecedented resolution in fields and force sensing. Continued progress requires the training of a new generation of scientists and engineers to develop these technologies. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of California Los Angeles will accelerate these computation, communication, and sensing milestones and their interdisciplinary interfaces by training doctoral students in this nascent field of quantum science and technologies. The program will train 134 doctoral students, including 67 funded trainees, bridging relevant concepts from engineering, physics, materials, chemistry, and mathematics. The traineeship has a particularly strong emphasis on increasing the representation of women and minority students in quantum sciences and technologies through broad yet specific outreach recruitment, mentoring, and retention programs.The Accelerating Interdisciplinary Frontiers in Quantum Sciences and Technologies (AIF-Q) program consists of four thrusts. These include: (1) atomic qubits and novel chemistry; (2) materials and algorithms towards new forms of computation; (3) optical qubits for quantum simulations; and (4) trapped ions for many-body physics. Spanning these interdisciplinary layers, the traineeship ties together core pillars of heterogeneous materials, microwave spectroscopy, and quantum algorithms. Central to the thrusts and core pillars is interdisciplinary graduate education and research training, guided by the faculty and industry-national laboratory interactions. The integrated training program consists of interdisciplinary three-faculty advising and mentoring through laboratory rotations, new course offerings in interdisciplinary quantum sciences and technologies, distinguished external advisory and internal steering councils, and formative-summative assessments. The program team will pursue seed and joint interactions together with industry and national laboratory partners. A long-term institutional commitment will be embodied in the proposed formation of a University of California Inter-Departmental Degree Program in Quantum Sciences and Technologies.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, potentially transformative, and scalable models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is 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.

近年来，量子科学和技术取得了显着进步。例如，这一进步包括具有独特计算能力的新型量子处理器、跨越城市距离的安全通道以及空前的场和力传感分辨率。持续的进步需要培训新一代科学家和工程师来开发这些技术。加州大学洛杉矶分校获得的美国国家科学基金会研究实习生 (NRT) 奖将通过在这一新兴的量子科学和技术领域培训博士生，加速这些计算、通信和传感里程碑及其跨学科接口的发展。该项目将培养 134 名博士生，其中包括 67 名受资助的实习生，衔接工程、物理、材料、化学和数学的相关概念。培训特别强调通过广泛而具体的外展招募、指导和保留计划来增加女性和少数族裔学生在量子科学和技术中的代表性。加速量子科学和技术的跨学科前沿（AIF-Q）计划包括四个推力。其中包括：（1）原子量子位和新型化学； （2）新计算形式的材料和算法； (3) 用于量子模拟的光学量子位； (4) 用于多体物理的捕获离子。培训跨越这些跨学科层面，将异质材料、微波光谱和量子算法的核心支柱联系在一起。主旨和核心支柱的核心是跨学科研究生教育和研究培训，以教师和行业与国家实验室互动为指导。综合培训计划包括跨学科三院系通过实验室轮换提供的建议和指导、跨学科量子科学和技术的新课程、杰出的外部咨询和内部指导委员会以及形成性-总结性评估。该项目团队将与行业和国家实验室合作伙伴一起寻求种子和联合互动。加州大学量子科学与技术跨院系学位项目的提议将体现长期的机构承诺。 NSF 研究实习生 (NRT) 项目旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、新的、 STEM 研究生教育培训具有潜在变革性和可扩展性的模型。 培训项目致力于通过创新、循证且符合不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科研究领域的 STEM 研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。