RCC and Rosatom have created a school of quantum computing. The best results are for girls

Sirius University of Science and Technology, Rosatom State Corporation and Russian Quantum Center

launched the first international schoolquantum computing. The event is intended for young scientists: undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding abilities in the field of physics, engineering and quantum technologies. The program committee analyzed 178 applications and selected 74 participants from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Tomsk and Novosibirsk.

Moreover, 30% of the event participants are girls.  The organizers note that, according to an analysis of academic performance, the average diploma score for girls is higher than the same figure for boys - 4.75 versus 4.61.

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Students aged 20-22 made up the mostan extensive group of listeners - it accounted for 45% of the total number of boys and 52% of the total number of girls. The group of undergraduate and postgraduate students from 23 to 25 years old is located with a slight lag in number: among boys it reached 43%, girls - 40%. The average age of the event participant was 23 years, the participants - 22.6 years.

“Rosatom’s task is to ensure by 2024creation of a 100-qubit domestic quantum computer. The creation of a quantum computer is the main expected global breakthrough of the next decade in the field of digitalization. <…> I am confident that the International Quantum School will become not only an effective format for popularizing quantum computing, but also one of the tools for the formation of «quantum» personnel reserve in our country,” noted Ekaterina Solntseva, Director for Digitalization at Rosatom State Corporation.

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