ExpandQISE: Track 2: NC A&T QISE Research Workforce Development Programs

非技术描述：许多复杂科学问题的解决方案直接关系到合适的计算能力的可用性--速度、准确性和复杂性。我们正在迅速接近经典超级计算机能力的上限，因此需要设计新的计算机系统，以帮助解决复杂的挑战。量子计算机系统的出现有望给人类的所有努力带来革命性的变化--人们对量子计算、量子传感、量子化学和量子生物学的应用立即感兴趣。这场即将到来的量子革命在很大程度上依赖于拥有一支熟练的量子信息科学与工程(QISE)员工队伍，他们能够将新想法带到市场上，突破基于量子的产品。北卡罗来纳A&amp；T州立大学(NC A&amp；T)是历史上最大的公立黑人学院和大学(HBCU)，也是非裔美国人本科物理科学和工程学位的领先生产商。北卡罗来纳大学的教职员工和学生已经开始了一项全面的QISE劳动力发展计划，该计划利用其机构学术优势和长期战略计划，与关键的行业利益相关者和学术专家建立高效的合作伙伴关系。这一战略伙伴关系将促进尖端QISE研究，加强新生的QISE学术项目，并扩大非裔美国人和女性在QISE工作队伍中的参与。技术描述：由于大规模纠缠量子系统的低相干性，利用嘈杂的中等尺度量子(NISQ)设备来解决具有挑战性的科学问题一直受到阻碍。因此，研究人员开发了各种策略，以最大限度地减少限制和最大限度地发挥当前NISQ计算机的优势。我们的团队将采用几种变分量子算法技术，以使NISQ计算机在高超声速流动和新型2D量子材料设计方面的计算优势得以发挥。该团队由学术机构(北卡罗来纳大学、麻省理工学院、俄亥俄州立大学和西印度群岛大学)、一个国家实验室(布鲁克海文国家实验室)、一个私人研究组织(大学空间研究协会)和一个领先的量子计算服务提供商(QBraid)组成。扩展QISE：轨道2：NC A&A；T QISE研究劳动力发展计划包括：核心研究项目(用于非线性流动计算流体动力学的量子算法；用于设计和制造新型半导体和量子材料的量子计算化学)；开发项目(建造和操作可编程量子计算机)；以及QISE教育研究和劳动力发展项目的设计和实施(QISE本科生学者计划；QISE短期课程系列)。该项目由历史黑人学院和大学本科生计划(HBCU-UP)、多学科活动办公室(MPS/OMA)和技术前沿计划(TIP/TF)联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Non-Technical Description: Solutions to numerous complex scientific problems are directly related to the availability of suitable computational capabilities – speed and accuracy and sophistication. We are rapidly approaching the upper limits of classical supercomputers capabilities, hence the need to design new computer systems that will contribute to the solution of complex challenges. The advent of quantum computer systems promises to bring about revolutionary changes to all human endeavors – with immediate interest in application of quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum chemistry, and quantum biology. This coming quantum revolution is strongly dependent on having a skilled quantum information science & engineering (QISE) workforce capable of taking the novel ideas to breakthrough quantum-based products in the marketplace. North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) is the largest public Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and a leading producer of African American undergraduate physical sciences and engineering degrees. NC A&T’s faculty and students have embarked on a comprehensive QISE workforce development programs which leverages its institutional academic strengths and long-term strategic plan to enable highly productive partnerships with key industrial stakeholders and academic experts. This strategic partnership will catalyze cutting-edge QISE research, enhance nascent QISE academic programs, and expand the engagement of African American and women in the QISE workforce.Technical Description: The utilization of Noisy, Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices to solve challenging scientific problems has been hampered by the low coherence in massively entangled quantum systems. Hence, investigators have developed a variety of strategies to minimize the limitations and maximize the strengths of current NISQ computers. Our team will employ several variational quantum algorithm techniques to enable the exploitation of the computational advantages of NISQ computers in the areas of hypersonic flow and the design of novel 2D quantum materials. The team consists of academic institutions (NC A&T, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Ohio State University, and the University of the West Indies), a national laboratory (Brookhaven National Laboratory), a private research organization (Universities Space Research Association), and a leading quantum computing service provider (qBraid). The ExpandQISE: Track 2: NC A&T QISE Research Workforce Development Programs consists of: Core Research Projects (Quantum algorithms for computational fluid dynamics of nonlinear flows; quantum computational chemistry for the design and fabrication of novel semiconductor and quantum materials), a Development Project (construction and operation of a programmable quantum computer); and the design and implementation of QISE education research and workforce development projects (QISE Undergraduate Scholars Program; QISE Short Course Series).This project is jointly funded by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (MPS/OMA), and the Technology Frontiers Program (TIP/TF).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.