Achieving a quantum smart workforce
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Interest in building dedicated quantum information science and engineering (QISE) education programs has greatly expanded in recent years. These programs are inherently convergent, complex, often resource intensive and likely require collaboration with a broad variety of stakeholders. In order to address this combination of challenges, we have captured ideas from many members in the community. This manuscript not only addresses policy makers and funding agencies (both public and private and from the regional to the international level) but also contains needs identified by industry leaders and discusses the difficulties inherent in creating an inclusive QISE curriculum. We report on the status of eighteen post-secondary education programs in QISE and provide guidance for building new programs. Lastly, we encourage the development of a comprehensive strategic plan for quantum education and workforce development as a means to make the most of the ongoing substantial investments being made in QISE.
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Hands-on experience is a great asset for entering the quantum industry, as reported by companies.
“Hands-on experience is undoubtedly a great asset for entering the quantum industry, as reported by companies [5–13], a trend that has been observed both in interview studies and in the structure of educational programs [8].”
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- Authors
- Aiello, C. D., Awschalom, D. D., Bernien, H., Brower, T., Brown, K. R., Brun, T. A., Caram, J. R., Chitambar, E., Di Felice, R., Edmonds, K. M., Fox, M. F. J., Haas, S., Holleitner, A. W., Hudson, E. R., Hunt, J. H., Joynt, R., Koziol, S., Larsen, M., Lewandowski, H. J., McClure, D. T., Palsberg, J., Passante, G., Pudenz, K. L., Richardson, C. J. K., Rosenberg, J. L., Ross, R. S., Saffman, M., Singh, M., Steuerman, D. W., Stark, C., Thijssen, J., Vamivakas, A. N., Whitfield, J. D., & Zwickl, B. M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Howard University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE)
- Boeing (United States) (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Baylor University (US)
- Northrop Grumman (United States) (US)
- IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center (US)
- California State University, Fullerton (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- HRL Laboratories (United States) (US)
- Colorado School of Mines (US)
- The Kavli Foundation (US)
- Optica Foundation (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Steuerman, David W
- ORCID
- Venue
- Quantum Science and Technology
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2021-06-16
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 030501
- ISSN
- 2058-9565 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3096053761
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 8.19
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- Quantum Science and Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Kavli Foundation
- Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Australian Research Council
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Keywords
- education policy, funding agencies, industry needs, strategic planning, workforce development
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