October 21, 2023
Physical Sciences Complex, University of Maryland, College Park
America/New_York timezone

Teaching Quantum Computing: An approach accessible to high school and beginning college students

Oct 21, 2023, 9:05 AM
15m
PSC Lobby (Physical Sciences Complex)

PSC Lobby

Physical Sciences Complex

Talk (15 minute) PSC Lobby

Speakers

Alice Flarend (Bellwood Antis High School)Dr Robert Hilborn (AAPT)

Description

Title: Teaching Quantum Computing: An approach accessible to high school and beginning college students

Quantum Computing can appear obscure to students at the high school and college level due to its abstract nature and unfamiliar formalism. In this talk we describe an approach which makes the field accessible to students with typical high school physics and mathematics backgrounds while still teaching the fundamental quantum computing and quantum information science basics and algorithm architecture. The authors bring both quantum and pedagogical expertise to their book, Quantum Computing: From Alice to Bob, which implements this unique approach to teaching quantum computing,

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Co-author

Alice Flarend (Bellwood Antis High School)

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