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Across China: Tsinghua University to cultivate quantum information talent

Abstract : China has accelerated its pace of quantum research and talent cultivation in this frontier science, with the launch of the new Quantum Information Program at Tsinghua University as the latest example.

Photo taken on May 24, 2021 shows the launch ceremony of the Quantum Information Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (Xinhua/Wei Mengjia)

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) — China has accelerated its pace of quantum
research and talent cultivation in this frontier science, with the
launch of the new Quantum Information Program at Tsinghua University as
the latest example.

Tsinghua on Monday announced the establishment of the quantum
information program, led by Turing Award winner Andrew Chi-Chih Yao as
chief professor. It is the third talent training program initiated at
Tsinghua by the renowned computer scientist, after his computer science
experimental program and artificial intelligence program.

It will offer courses on a range of topics, including quantum
computer science, quantum communication and cryptography, computers and
mathematics with applications. The program plans to recruit 20
undergraduate students this year.

At the launch, Yao said the courses would focus on basic research,
integration of multiple disciplines and technologies, as well as
theoretical and practical studies.

Quantum science and technology have developed by leaps and bounds in
recent years and have become the new frontier of science and technology
and industrial transformation.

Since 2016, many countries including China and international
organizations have launched plans to foster quantum science development.
Tech giants at home and abroad have set up laboratories to support the
research and application of quantum technology.

In recent years, Chinese scientists have achieved a series of
breakthroughs in this field, including multi-photon entanglement and
interferometry technology, quantum anomalous Hall effect research, the
world’s first quantum satellite, a 2,000-km quantum communication line
between Beijing and Shanghai, and the world’s first optical quantum
computing machine prototype.

“Quantum information has become key in international sci-tech
competition. However, there is a talent shortage and an urgent need for
quantum scientists with cross-disciplinary backgrounds,” said Yao.

In the new era of quantum information technology, it is necessary to
plan whether it is for national strategic needs or the development of
scientific research and industrial development, Yao added. Enditem

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