SaTC: EDU: A Curriculum for Quantum Security and Trust

SaTC：EDU：量子安全和信任课程

• 批准号: 2113839
• 负责人: Swaroop Ghosh
• 金额: $ 21.5万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 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: 2021-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2113839&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SaTC; EDU; Curriculum; Quantum; Security

Quantum computing is significantly faster than its classical counterparts at solving certain types of problems, including those with applications in cryptography. Encryption is used to protect hard disk data, communication channels, and sensitive user data in large scale data centers from eavesdropping, misuse, and tampering. The use of quantum computers to carry out cyberattacks on these systems has the potential to expose a wide variety of user data placing data worth trillions of dollars at risk. Quantum computing courses presented in the computer science domain are typically introduced at a theoretical level with little emphasis on hands-on activities using real quantum hardware. Courses addressing quantum computing in the physics domain focus on quantum mechanical properties of materials. Meanwhile, industry is producing Noisy-Intermediate-Scale-Quantum computers paving the way for research on practical applications of quantum computing, including using off-the-shelf algorithms to solve problems related to cryptography, which are areas not currently covered in quantum computing courses . As a result, there is a widening gap between coursework and industry advancement that needs to be addressed to ensure there is an adequately skilled workforce prepared to address the opportunities and threats that will arise as quantum computing becomes more widely accessible. This project hopes to address this gap and to advance cybersecurity education through the development of a flexible and portable course that can be easily adopted.This project intends to create a hands-on curriculum for undergraduate students, using the Quantum Security and Trust (QUEST) framework, to allow students to apply their newly acquired knowledge immediately as part of the learning process. The proposed curriculum rests on activities and games on the QUEST framework to reinforce relevant concepts. The students will create various circuits on QUEST and validate them in simulations and on real quantum hardware. This approach should enable personalized learning at low cost due to cloud-based access to quantum hardware and a simulator. It also hopes to facilitate self-learning of complex quantum computing concepts through hands-on activities. The proposed course can be taken by undergraduate students with minimal prerequisite knowledge. Therefore, a large population of undergraduate students can be exposed to quantum computing and cybersecurity early in their career. This project is supported by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, which funds proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and in this case specifically cybersecurity education. The SaTC program aligns with the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan and the National Privacy Research Strategy to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy.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.

量子计算的速度明显快于其在解决某些类型的问题（包括在密码学中应用的问题）方面的经典计算速度要快。 加密用于保护大规模数据中心中的硬盘数据，通信渠道和敏感用户数据，以免窃听，滥用和篡改。在这些系统上使用量子计算机在这些系统上进行网络攻击，有可能揭示各种各样的用户数据，从而将价值数万亿美元的数据带来风险。 计算机科学领域中介绍的量子计算课程通常是在理论层面上引入的，几乎不强调使用实际量子硬件的动手活动。在物理领域中解决量子计算的课程集中于材料的量子机械性能。同时，行业正在生产嘈杂的中间级 - 量词计算机为量子计算的实际应用铺平道路，包括使用现成的算法来解决与密码学有关的问题，这些问题目前尚未在量子计算课程中涵盖。 结果，课程工作和行业进步之间存在扩大的差距，需要解决，以确保有足够的熟练劳动力准备应对随着量子计算变得更广泛地访问的机会和威胁，这些劳动力旨在解决将会产生的机会和威胁。该项目希望通过开发可以轻松采用的灵活和便携式课程来解决这一差距，并提高网络安全教育。本项目打算使用量子安全和信任（QUEST）框架为本科生创建动手课程，以允许学生在学习过程中立即应用他们的新知识。拟议的课程基于任务框架上的活动和游戏，以加强相关概念。学生将在Quest上创建各种电路，并在模拟和实际量子硬件中验证它们。这种方法应由于基于云的量子访问量子硬件和模拟器而以低成本启用个性化学习。它还希望通过动手活动促进复杂的量子计算概念的自学。拟议的课程可以由具有最低先决条件知识的本科生可以理解。 因此，大量的本科生可以在职业生涯初期接触量子计算和网络安全。该项目得到了安全且值得信赖的网络空间（SATC）计划的支持，该计划资助了解决网络安全和隐私的建议，在这种情况下，特别是网络安全教育。 SATC计划与联邦网络安全研究与发展战略计划以及国家隐私研究策略保持一致，以保护和保留网络系统的社会和经济益处，同时确保安全和隐私。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响，可以通过评估来进行评估，以审查Criteria。

项目成果

Split Compilation for Security of Quantum Circuits

量子电路安全的分割编译

• DOI: 10.1109/iccad51958.2021.9643478
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 10.1109/ICCAD51958.2021.9643478
• 作者: Saki, Abdullah Ash;Suresh, Aakarshitha;Topaloglu, Rasit Onur;Ghosh, Swaroop
• 通讯作者: Ghosh, Swaroop

Trainable PQC-Based QRAM for Quantum Storage

用于量子存储的可训练的基于 PQC 的 QRAM

• DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3278600
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IEEE Access
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Phalak, Koustubh;Li, Junde;Ghosh, Swaroop
• 通讯作者: Ghosh, Swaroop

Quantum Computing at the Intersection of Engineering, Technology, Science, and Societal Need: Design of NGSS-aligned Quantum Drug Discovery Lessons for Middle School Students

工程、技术、科学和社会需求交叉点的量子计算：为中学生设计符合 NGSS 的量子药物发现课程

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference
• 作者: Amy Voss Farris, Anna Eunji

Quantum Generative Models for Small Molecule Drug Discovery

• DOI: 10.1109/tqe.2021.3104804
• 发表时间: 2021-01-01
• 期刊: IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
• 作者: Junde Li;Topaloglu, Rasit O.;Ghosh, Swaroop
• 通讯作者: Ghosh, Swaroop

Special Session: On the Reliability of Conventional and Quantum Neural Network Hardware

特别会议：论传统和量子神经网络硬件的可靠性

• DOI: 10.1109/vts52500.2021.9794194
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: VLSI Test Symposium
• 作者: Sadi, Mehdi;He, Yi;Li, Yanjing;Alam, Mahabubul;Kundu, Satwik;Ghosh, Swaroop;Bahrami, Javad;Karimi, Naghmeh
• 通讯作者: Karimi, Naghmeh