Lernergebnisse
Recent years have seen a flurry of interest in the field of quantum technologies including quantum sensing, quantum computation, and quantum communication. Amongst these, quantum sensing is the most mature and closest to implementation for real-world applications. Due to its high sensing precision, fidelity, speed, and miniaturization, quantum sensing shows significant promise towards applications in biotechnology and neuroscience. In the field of neuroscience, quantum sensing shows particular promise towards the realization of previously inaccessible, high-resolution, non-invasive scans of the living brain. Such high-accuracy, high-fidelity scans can lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of brain functioning and help us develop effective treatments for a variety of neurological and psychological disorders.
This course will impart to the students an introductory understanding of the cutting-edge field of quantum sensing and its highly promising applications in biomedicine. Students will read and discuss the latest and important research papers in the field of quantum sensing and biomedicine. They will gain familiarity with the important problems, recent breakthroughs and future goals of designing quantum sensing hardware that can non-invasively image the brain. They will also learn about novel technologies and far-reaching ideas in the field of quantum information, neurotechnology and bio-imaging. This knowledge would help the students prepare for an economy that could be transformed by quantum information technology.
In addition to learning about the aforementioned topics, students will also gain general knowledge about quantum sensing and develop general scientific skills. For instance, students will learn how to read scientific papers, how to critically analyse them, how to discuss a paper with colleagues, how to ascertain a paper's positive and negative features. These skills are very important to any scientist or engineer.
