Amin, M. N., & Uhlig, R. P., & Dey, P. P., & Sinha, B., & Jawad, S. (2019, April), The Needs and Challenges of Workforce Development in Quantum Computing   Paper presented at 2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, California State University, Los Angeles , California. 10.18260/1-2--31846

\bibitem{asee_peer_31846}
  Amin, M. N., \& Uhlig, R. P., \& Dey, P. P., \& Sinha, B., \& Jawad, S. (2019, April), \emph{The Needs and Challenges of Workforce Development in Quantum Computing }
  Paper presented at 2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, California State University, Los Angeles , California.
  10.18260/1-2--31846

Mohammad N Amin, Ronald P. Uhlig, Pradip Peter Dey, Bhaskar Sinha, and Shatha Jawad Jawad.  "The Needs and Challenges of Workforce Development in Quantum Computing ".  2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, California State University, Los Angeles , California, 2019, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/31846 Internet.  20 Mar, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_31846}
  Mohammad N Amin, Ronald P. Uhlig, Pradip Peter Dey, Bhaskar Sinha, and Shatha Jawad Jawad.
  "The Needs and Challenges of Workforce Development in Quantum Computing ".
  \emph{2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, California State University, Los Angeles , California, 2019, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/31846 Internet.  20 Mar, 2025

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AB  - Quantum computing is one of the most interesting and demanding topics in the field of computer science and engineering. The potential of quantum computing in many areas such as computer security, big data, finance, health science, and many other fields are now clear because of its incredible capacity and high processing speed.  In a traditional computing system, all data and information are represented with 0 and 1 bits. But quantum computers operate in a different way, using Quantum Bits, or qubits. These qubits are created and manipulated using quantum principles of superposition and entanglement and can perform certain types of complex and large calculations on vast amounts of data very rapidly. A few examples of potential applications of quantum computing include much more secure quantum encryption, tremendous speed up of database searches using Grover’s database search algorithm, protein folding, and modeling of electrons in materials and molecules. Many scientists including Christopher Monroe at the University of Maryland and IonQ believe, within the next five years, a quantum computer will be capable of calculations that could never be run on traditional computing machines. 

In order to foster and expedite quantum computing research and development, the United States House of Representatives recently passed “The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227)” which includes an emphasis on workforce development.  In the USA, a number of startups and big tech companies are now involved in building quantum computing machines using different mechanisms of quantum physics, including ions trapped in electrical fields, superconducting circuits, quantum cloud service, spins of a single electron, etc.. The computer industries are working hard to use their existing semiconductor resources and technologies combined with quantum principles to build the desired computing systems. In parallel, there is an urgent need for a new generation of engineers, scientists, and programmers who can use quantum computers to solve real-world problems. This paper discusses some opportunities and challenges in quantum computing and preparing college students to fulfill the workforce demand. It further discusses how complex quantum computing courses can be integrated into the curricula of computer science, engineering, and related programs to address future workforce development issues.   A multifaceted strategy for boosting enrollment, retention and successful graduation in quantum computing is proposed in order to address workforce development issues because we need to succeed in the tough competition we are facing from other countries.  

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