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We are trying to identify resources students are using to reason in quantum mechanics. In this process we realize students must have not only the right resources available but sophisticated for evaluating and controlling their thought…

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As quantum information science and technology (QIST) is becoming more prevalent and occurring not only in research labs but also in industry, many educators are considering how best to incorporate learning about quantum mechanics into…

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Visualizations in interactive computer simulations are a powerful tool to help students develop productive mental models, particularly in the case of quantum phenomena that have no classical analogue. The QuVis Quantum Mechanics…

Physics Education · Physics 2014-10-06 Antje Kohnle , Charles Baily , Scott Ruby

Quantum computing is a new emerging computer technology. Current quantum computing devices are at a development stage where they are gradually becoming suitable for small real-world applications. This lecture is devoted to the practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-07 Madita Willsch , Dennis Willsch , Kristel Michielsen

A virtual learning environment can engage university students in the learning process in ways that the traditional lectures and lab formats can not. We present our virtual learning environment \emph{StudentResearcher} which incorporates…

The past few years have witnessed the concrete and fast spreading of quantum technologies for practical computation and simulation. In particular, quantum computing platforms based on either trapped ions or superconducting qubits have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-21 Francesco Tacchino , Alessandro Chiesa , Stefano Carretta , Dario Gerace

This work has a methodological nature and is a set of lecture notes for undergraduate students. It is devoted to the study of the basic tools of quantum field theory on the example of the simplest cubic "toy" model. We introduce such…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-29 A. V. Ivanov , M. A. Russkikh

Optimizing quantum circuits is challenging due to the very large search space of functionally equivalent circuits and the necessity of applying transformations that temporarily decrease performance to achieve a final performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-20 Zikun Li , Jinjun Peng , Yixuan Mei , Sina Lin , Yi Wu , Oded Padon , Zhihao Jia

With a growing interest in quantum technology globally, there is an increasing need for accessing relevant physical systems for education and research. In this paper we introduce a commercially available on-site quantum computer utilizing…

The mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics has been successfully employed in the last years to model situations in which the use of classical structures gives rise to problematical situations, and where typically quantum effects, such…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-08 Diederik Aerts , Marek Czachor , Sandro Sozzo

Quantum machine learning deals with leveraging quantum theory with classic machine learning algorithms. Current research efforts study the advantages of using quantum mechanics or quantum information theory to accelerate learning time or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Javier Orduz , Pablo Rivas , Erich Baker

These lecture notes are an informal introduction to the theory of computational complexity and its links to quantum computing and statistical mechanics.

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There have been suggestions within the Information Retrieval (IR) community that quantum mechanics (QM) can be used to help formalise the foundations of IR. The invoked connection to QM is mathematical rather than physical. The proposed…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Elham Ashoori , Terry Rudolph

Quantum computing is a growing field at the intersection of physics and computer science. The goal of this article is to highlight a successfully trialled quantum computing course for high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-06-19 Ciaran Hughes , Joshua Isaacson , Anastasia Perry , Ranbel Sun , Jessica Turner

We describe the difficulties that advanced undergraduate and graduate students have with quantum measurement within the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics. We explore the possible origins of these difficulties by analyzing student…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-04-05 Guangtian Zhu , Chandralekha Singh

As research-based self-paced e-learning tools become increasingly available, a critical issue educators encounter is implementing strategies to ensure that all students engage with them as intended. Here, we discuss the effectiveness of…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-06-03 Seth DeVore , Emily Marshman , Chandralekha Singh

We present qLEET, an open-source Python package for studying parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs), which are widely used in various variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) and quantum machine learning (QML) algorithms. qLEET enables the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Utkarsh Azad , Animesh Sinha

Quantum computing offers a powerful new perspective on probabilistic and collective behaviors traditionally taught in statistical physics. This paper presents two classroom-ready modules that integrate quantum computing into the…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-11-06 Zihan Li , Dan A. Mazilu , Irina Mazilu

Some explanations and implications of the underlying theory approach for quantum theories (QM or QFT) are discussed and suggested. This simple idea seems to have significantly nontrivial effects for our understanding of the quantum…

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