Wednesday, June 19, 2024
This June, the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) welcomed 30 of the world’s brightest undergraduates to participate in the Undergraduate School for Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP). During the week-long program, undergraduate students learned about the wide range of topics in quantum computing from some of Canada’s top quantum academics. From hands on labs, to lectures on quantum information theory, students got a taste of the exciting field of quantum computing.
IQC hosted students from 11 countries and 23 institutions for the 15th year of USEQIP programming. Following the week of lessons and labs, 90% of participants remained in Waterloo to spend the rest of the summer conducting research with IQC faculty members. Throughout USEQIP, students participated in six hands-on labs and seven lectures. Participants gained a deeper understanding of the concepts explored in lectures and had the opportunity to apply them on research-grade systems. The experiments included creating quantum circuits, demonstrating a violation of Bell’s Inequality, controlling the spin of compounds using nuclear magnetic resonance, and designing a quantum key distribution set up.
The USEQIP program is supported by both IQC and Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT).