EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Engineering

量子技术（QT）正处于关键时刻，全球正在努力将量子信息科学转化为新产品，这些新产品有望在通信、成像、传感、计量、模拟、计算和安全等各个领域产生颠覆性影响。我们世界领先的量子工程博士培训中心将发展成为英国蓬勃发展的量子生态系统的重要组成部分，不仅培训高技能员工，还培训将定义该领域的未来QT公司的首席执行官和首席技术官。由于其卓越的基础科学，并通过国家QT计划的投资，英国已将自己定位在全球发展的最前沿。最近，在全球范围内，特别是在美国、中国和欧洲，都有来自政府和领先科技公司的重大（数十亿美元）投资。该地区的初创公司数量也出现了爆炸式增长，无论是在英国还是在国际上。因此，这一领域的竞争急剧加剧。无论是大公司还是小公司，都在积极招聘具有博士学位的专家，这表明这方面的需求正在迅速增长。全球竞争人才的供应可能是英国在QT领域保持领先地位的最大挑战，新的CDT将通过提供训练有素的科学家、工程师和创新者的重要来源来应对这一挑战，从而有可能在这里建立一个杰出的QT部门，从而确保英国QT提供长期的经济和社会效益。认识到技能需求的本质是至关重要的：QT机会将在博士或博士后水平，主要是在初创企业或大型组织中的小型跨学科团队中。除了核心技术技能外，我们还与合作伙伴一起确定了毕业生所需的关键技能：跨学科团队合作、大型和小型团队的领导能力、协作研究、企业家心态、跨学科的敏捷思维以及包括系统工程在内的复杂项目管理。这些因素表明，需要一种新型的研究生培养，而不是标准的博士模式。基于群体的方法是必不可少的。除了讲座，还将有研讨会、实验室、研究和对等学习。将有跨学科和大挑战的团队项目，与行业合作伙伴共同创造和共同交付，发展各种重要的团队技能。创新、领导力和创业活动将从第一天开始嵌入。在任何时候，我们的课程都将最大限度地发挥基于群体的方法的好处。特别是在过去的两年里，QT的格局发生了变化，我们提出的计划，与我们的合作伙伴的投入，已经被设计成反映这一点。我们的培训和研究计划已经从我们非常成功的当前CDT发展和扩大到包括噪声量子硬件和新量子软件的具有挑战性的相互作用，适用于所有三个QT优先事项：通信；计算与仿真；以及传感、成像和计量。我们的课程将建立在布里斯托尔在量子信息、计算和光子学方面的杰出活动，以及围绕这一核心领域的世界一流的科学和工程专业知识之上。此外，我们的项目将受益于与布里斯托尔独特的本地创新环境的密切联系，包括有远见的量子技术企业中心，与克兰菲尔德大学管理学院Bettany中心合作的奖学金项目和技能中心，以及国际公认的孵化器/加速器SetSquared， EngineShed， UnitDX和最近宣布的4300万英镑的量子技术创新中心。这一切都将在布里斯托尔计划耗资3亿英镑的坦普尔区企业园区内联系起来，将CDT置于蓬勃发展的量子生态系统的中心。

Quantum Technologies (QT) are at a pivotal moment with major global efforts underway to translate quantum information science into new products that promise disruptive impact across a wide variety of sectors from communications, imaging, sensing, metrology, simulation, to computation and security. Our world-leading Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Engineering will evolve to be a vital component of a thriving quantum UK ecosystem, training not just highly-skilled employees, but the CEOs and CTOs of the future QT companies that will define the field. Due to the excellence of its basic science, and through investment by the national QT programme, the UK has positioned itself at the forefront of global developments. There have been very recent major [billion-dollar] investments world-wide, notably in the US, China and Europe, both from government and leading technology companies. There has also been an explosion in the number of start-up companies in the area, both in the UK and internationally. Thus, competition in this field has increased dramatically. PhD trained experts are being recruited aggressively, by both large and small firms,signalling a rapidly growing need.The supply of globally competitive talent is perhaps the biggest challenge for the UK in maintaining its leading position in QT. The new CDT will address this challenge by providing a vital source of highly-trained scientists, engineers and innovators, thus making it possible to anchor an outstanding QT sector here, and therefore ensure that UK QT delivers long-term economic and societal benefits. Recognizing the nature of the skills need is vital: QT opportunities will be at the doctoral or postdoctoral level, largely in start-ups or small interdisciplinary teams in larger organizations. With our partners we have identified the key skills our graduates need, in addition to core technical skills: interdisciplinary teamwork, leadership in large and small groups, collaborative research, an entrepreneurial mind-set, agility of thought across diverse disciplines, and management of complex projects, including systems engineering. These factors show that a new type of graduate training is needed, far from the standard PhD model. A cohort-based approach is essential. In addition to lectures, there will be seminars, labs, research and peer-to-peer learning. There will be interdisciplinary and grand challenge team projects, co-created and co-delivered with industry partners, developing a variety of important team skills. Innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship activities will be embedded from day one. At all times, our programme will maximize the benefits of a cohort-based approach. In the past two years particularly, the QT landscape has transformed, and our proposed programme, with inputs from our partners, has been designed to reflect this. Our training and research programme has evolved and broadened from our highly successful current CDT to include the challenging interplay of noisy quantum hardware and new quantum software, applied to all three QT priorities: communications; computing & simulation; and sensing, imaging & metrology.Our programme will be founded on Bristol's outstanding activity in quantum information, computation and photonics, together with world-class expertise in science and engineering in areas surrounding this core. In addition, our programme will benefit from close links to Bristol's unique local innovation environment including the visionary Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre, a fellowship programme and Skills Hub run in partnership with Cranfield University's Bettany Centre in the School of Management, as well as internationally recognised incubators/accelerators SetSquared, EngineShed, UnitDX and the recently announced £43m Quantum Technology Innovation Centre. This will all be linked within Bristol's planned £300m Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, placing the CDT at the centre of a thriving quantum ecosystem.