DocumentCode :
981443
Title :
How to teach basic quantum mechanics to computer scientists and electrical engineers
Author :
Grau, Bernardo Cuenca
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Informatica, Univ. de Valencia, Spain
Volume :
47
Issue :
2
fYear :
2004
fDate :
5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
220
Lastpage :
226
Abstract :
Because of the rapid development of quantum computation and of quantum technologies in general, computer scientists and electrical engineers will have to learn quantum mechanics (QM) in the near future. Although the teaching methods of QM are well established in both undergraduate and graduate physics courses, an effective method for teaching QM to computer scientists and electrical engineers is still lacking. This paper tries to fill this gap and suggests a new teaching method based on quantum cryptography. The goal of this paper is to show that computer scientists and electrical engineers can properly understand quantum theory without studying a degree in physics.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; electrical engineering education; physics education; quantum cryptography; quantum theory; teaching; basic quantum mechanics; computer scientist; electrical engineers; physics courses; quantum computation; quantum cryptography; quantum technologies; teaching methods; Computer science; Cryptography; Education; Electrical engineering computing; Engineering students; Knowledge engineering; Optical computing; Physics computing; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; QM; Quantum computation; quantum cryptography; quantum technologies; teaching of quantum mechanics;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9359
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TE.2004.825215
Filename :
1296782
Link To Document :
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