Conference: QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference

量子信息科学与工程(QISE)方面的劳动力发展对于在这一新兴领域继续保持领导地位以及为未来的高科技产业提供动力具有重要意义。为了探索和促进在QISE的职业发展道路，该项目将支持一个研讨会。它将汇集来自NSF资助的量子飞跃挑战研究所(QLCI)网络的研究生和同事。将有机会与数十家公司的代表和QISE相关行业的潜在雇主接触，并讨论QISE早期专业人员职业发展中的突出问题。参与者将与同行建立专业联系和关系，以支持不断增长的量子生态系统中新兴科学家和工程师的劳动力发展和未来合作。QLCI Leap Forward职业大会定于2024年4月11日至12日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行。第一天将方便来自全国各地的更多QLCI学生实习生参加芝加哥量子交易所2024量子招聘论坛。这两天将包括以QLCI为重点和以学生为中心的课程，以阐明QISE相关领域的职业道路和职业发展战略。与量子经济发展联盟的代表和几个QLCI项目的代表的接触将为与会者提供广泛的视角和机会。NSF的会议补助金将部分支付旅费，以便更多的QLCI实习生和学生有机会参与并与潜在雇主建立关系。与会者将向专注于量子行业的专业人士、教师、研究人员和近距离同行(例如研究生和博士后)学习。QLCI跨越式职业大会的一个关键目标是让QLCI的学生和实习生在QLCI网络和更广泛的量子信息科学和工程生态系统中增进他们对专业和研究机会的知识。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。

Workforce development in quantum information science and engineering (QISE) is important for continued leadership in this emerging area, and for empowering high technology industries of the future. To explore and facilitate pathways for careers in QISE, this project will support a workshop. It will bring together graduate students and colleagues from a network of NSF-funded Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI). There will be opportunities to engage with representatives from several dozen companies and potential employers in QISE related industries, and to discuss salient issues in career development for early professionals in QISE. Participants will build professional connections and relationships with peers that support workforce development and future collaborations for emerging scientists and engineers across the growing quantum ecosystem. The QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference is scheduled for April 11-12, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. The first day will facilitate a larger number of QLCI student trainees from across the nation to participate in the Chicago Quantum Exchange 2024 Quantum Recruiting Forum. Both days will include QLCI-focused and student-focused programming to elucidate career pathways and strategies for career development in QISE-related areas. Engagement with representatives from the Quantum Economic Development Consortium and representatives from several QLCI projects will provide participants with a broad range of perspectives and opportunities. The NSF conference grant will partially defray travel costs so that a larger number of QLCI trainees and students will have the opportunity to participate and build relationships with potential employers. Attendees will learn from quantum-focused industry professionals, faculty, researchers, and near peers (e.g., graduate students and postdocs). A key objective of the QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference is for QLCI students and trainees to advance their knowledge of professional and research opportunities within the QLCI network and in the broader ecosystem of quantum information science and engineering.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.