Quantum technician skills and competencies for the emerging Quantum 2.0 industry
Quantum technician skills and competencies for the emerging Quantum 2.0 industry
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新兴量子 2.0 行业的量子技术人员技能和能力
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2022
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C. Merzbacher
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M. Hasanovic;Chrysanthos A. Panayiotou;D. Silberman;Paul Stimers;C. Merzbacher
抽象的。基于量子的技术在当今使用的各种设备（如激光器，晶体管，LiDAR，GPS，MRI等）的开发中发挥了重要作用。这些源自量子1.0革命的技术在过去50年中已经在现代文明中无处不在。产品的商业化和大规模生产是由科学家、研究人员、工程师，最重要的是，由熟练的技术工人实现的。这些劳动力在将发明转化为大量可销售的产品方面发挥了关键的支持作用。我们目前正处于第二次量子革命的核心，这是由量子计算，量子通信，量子密码学和量子传感的研究推动的。目前在这些领域正在发生的科学进步将从根本上改变我们感知周围世界的方式，接近我们的安全和处理关键信息的方式。世界各地的政府和私人实体已经认识到量子研究技术的战略重要性，并投入了大量资金来支持研究生课程和研究机构，科学家，工程师和其他专业人员正在获得高级学位并立即参与量子2.0研究。据我们所知，尽管在量子研究方面投入了大量资金，但目前还没有积极的努力或计划来培训技术人员水平的量子技术劳动力来支持量子2.0。另一方面，量子行业已经明确认识到需要能够支持新产品和发明商业化的高技能量子技术人员。缺乏训练有素的量子技术人员队伍是一个重大缺陷，可能对新兴量子产业的长期前景和可持续性产生深远的负面影响。EdQuantum项目由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）高级技术教育（ATE）计划资助，旨在弥补这一缺陷，并提出一个定义明确的课程，通过该课程，美国现任光子和激光技术人员将通过量子研究技术的新技能和能力进行技能提升。本文介绍了EdQuantum项目第一阶段的结果-量子产业调查。在过去的几个月里，我们寻求量子行业的意见，以了解未来的量子技术人员应该具备哪些技能和能力来支持其新兴的需求。本文沿着介绍了调查期间收集的结果及其对拟议教育课程的影响。本文还阐述了拟议的课程与熟练技术劳动力教育中的一些正在进行的举措（如NSB愿景2030，融合加速器计划和熟练技术劳动力计划）的一致性。
Abstract. Quantum-based technologies have been instrumental in the development of a whole range of devices that are used these days (such as lasers, transistors, LiDAR, GPS, MRI, and many more). These technologies that emanated from the Quantum 1.0 Revolution have become ubiquitous in modern civilization over the past 50 years. The product commercialization and mass production were enabled by scientists, researchers, engineers, and most importantly, by the skilled technological workforce. This workforce played a critical support role in transforming inventions into high-volume, marketable products. We are currently at the heart of the Second Quantum Revolution, which is fueled by the research in quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and quantum sensing. The scientific progress that is currently taking place in these areas is going to fundamentally change the way we sense the world around us, approach our security, and process critical information. Governments and private entities across the world have recognized the strategic importance of quantum research-enabled technologies and have invested a significant amount of money to support graduate programs and research institutions where scientists, engineers, and other professionals are earning advanced degrees and immediately being engaged in active Quantum 2.0 research. To the best of our knowledge, and despite considerable investment in quantum research, no active efforts or programs exist that would train a quantum technological workforce at the technician level to support Quantum 2.0. The quantum industry, on the other side, has clearly identified the need for highly skilled quantum technicians that are able to support the commercialization of the new products and inventions. The lack of a trained quantum technician workforce is a major shortcoming that may have a profound negative impact on the long-term prospects and sustainability of the emerging quantum industry. The EdQuantum project, funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, is an effort to close this shortcoming and propose a well-defined curriculum through which the incumbent photonic and laser technicians in the United States will be upskilled with the new skills and competencies from quantum research-enabled technologies. This paper presents the results of the first phase of the EdQuantum project—the quantum industry survey. Over the last few months, we sought input from the quantum industry as to what skills and competencies should a future quantum technician possess to support its emerging needs. The results collected during the survey are presented in this paper along with their impact on the proposed educational curriculum. This paper also elaborates on the alignment of the proposed curriculum with a few ongoing initiatives in the skilled technical workforce education (such as NSB Vision 2030, Convergence Accelerators Initiative, and Skilled Technical Workforce Initiative).