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Sat 18 Mar 2023 08:55 - 09:20 at 801B - Quantum Computing Curriculum and Courses Chair(s): Daniel Cliburn

Sixteen years ago, Scott Aaronson remarked (in the presence of Ray Laflamme) that quantum mechanics (QM) resembles an operating system on which the rest of Physics is running its application software (with the exception, he said, of general relativity “which hasn’t yet been successfully ported to this particular OS”). Prior to that it took the insight of a brilliant educator and eminent computer scientist (Umesh Vazirani) to realize that a complete and consistent introduction to QM can be given via the language of qubits and quantum gates. Closer to present, it took the profound intuition of another polymath (Terry Rudolph) to realize that the linear algebra normally at the foundation of such an approach can be replaced with a simple rewriting system accessible to middle school students. Rewriting systems are at the foundation of Computer Science, they’re in fact the very fabric of it (e.g., Turing machines and the lambda calculus) so these are very fortunate developments. Furthermore, a linear algebra prerequisite is now shared firmly in the CS undergraduate curriculum with Machine Learning, a topic that has known a very deep and sudden recrudescence. Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) is inherently interdisciplinary and spans physics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, chemistry and materials science. We present three curricular plans for incorporating QIST topics (via Quantum Computing) into the CS undergraduate curriculum along with results of a survey administered to the QED-C members (industry, academia, national labs, government agencies) asking for comments, suggestions and general input on these three curricular plans.

Sat 18 Mar

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08:30 - 09:45
Quantum Computing Curriculum and CoursesPapers at 801B
Chair(s): Daniel Cliburn University of the Pacific
08:30
25m
Paper
Qupcakery: A Puzzle Game that Introduces Quantum Gates to Young LearnersK12In-Person
Papers
Tianle Liu University of Chicago, David Gonzalez-Maldonado University of Chicago, Danielle Harlow University of California at Santa Barbara, Emily Edwards University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Diana Franklin University of Chicago
DOI
08:55
25m
Paper
On the Design and Implementation of a Quantum Architectures Knowledge Unit for a CS CurriculumK12In-PersonGlobal
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Dan-Adrian German Indiana University Bloomington, Marcelo Pias Federal University of Rio Grande, Qiao Xiang Xiamen University
DOI
09:20
25m
Paper
Introduction to Quantum Computing for Everyone: Experience ReportK12In-Person
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Jonathan Liu University of Chicago, Diana Franklin University of Chicago
DOI