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email US Aims to Diversify Its Quantum Workforce Early On
To fill a shortage of quantum scientists, leaders in the field are working to build an inclusive community starting in grade school.
Quantum information science is an on-the-rise field that merges quantum mechanics-based concepts or those that hone in on how things operate at the subatomic level with theories on storing, transmitting, computing or measuring information.
Many argue it will lead to unprecedented breakthroughs across major industries, but QIS is still relatively young among other technology areas, and quantum-ready personnel remain rare and in demand.
Officials Aim to Diversify the U S Quantum Workforce Early On
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China is already actively involved in quantum communications, among others, and the country s efforts are set to increase further. China said one goal of the plan is to create a long-distance and high-speed quantum communication system that is compatible with classical communication technology.
Quantum networks, which are at the core of quantum communication systems, enable physically separated quantum devices to exchange information in the form of quantum bits, or qubits. Although still in the very early stages, these networks are generating a lot of enthusiasm in the research community: for example, a network connecting many small quantum devices together could start solving the problems that are currently impossible to run on a single quantum computer.