Investments in quantum technology sought

The Manila Times

Investments in quantum technology sought  Dr. Enrico Paringit, executive director of the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development, told The Manila Times that it is important for lawmakers to invest in policies that institutionalize quantum technology because it is  “a winnable game.”  Paringit said that cultivating a generation of quantum-literate professionals could open new industries in the Philippines, such as harnessing hardware development, software design, and systems integration for quantum computing.  VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Philippines #Quantum

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00:00Well, I'd like to really say that the Philippines is in the nascent stage of the development.

00:07This is primarily constrained by the fact that we do not have the quantum computer,

00:14the full-scale quantum computer as they would like to see it.

00:19But a little later on, as Bobby had mentioned, we're going to unveil a modest version of it,

00:28just to probably stir up interest, especially among our younger generation.

00:35But we do have a large potential because of one large number of large population.

00:43We do have the potential because if we train and educate our youth properly

00:51and align them or stir up their interest to pursue a career in science, in technology,

00:56in engineering, and particularly on quantum science technology and innovation,

01:03we will be able to rip the harvests of whatever investments that we're going to make.

01:09But we have to make that important step and that is to get them convinced that

01:16this could be a career, this could be an educational track that they can follow,

01:24and that we need to provide them with all of these opportunities to interact

01:27and be exposed with current development so that they will at least be literate and they can at least be competent in

01:38moving up and they can also wrap elbows with the experts and be given those opportunities to learn

01:48further by way of scholarships.

01:52In Pichert, of course, we provide grants for doing research so that means they have also that

01:59opportunity to develop their own take on the technology on different aspects, anywhere from

02:08maybe doing the hardware, contributing to it, preparing the software that will be used to do quantum computing

02:18and be part of that greater workforce which will establish certain niche industries,

02:27even here locally in the Philippines, if not in Sipu.

02:30So those are some of the lofty goals that we have. But at the moment, we wanted to make sure that

02:38our schools are well aware of this future direction. As I mentioned earlier, we were having this kind of maybe

02:48discomfort or feeling about 15 years ago with AI.

02:52So maybe now we have mixed feelings now with quantum, with all that certainty that it brings, but at the same time,

03:02with all the promises that it also offers. So we say the future is not really waiting for us. It's more like us preparing for it

03:17so that we can really reap its true benefits. Thank you.

03:22Now, the department that you mentioned earlier that

03:26quantum technology is not yet as prominent when it comes to the USC's top priority.

03:30So how can we make sure that, aside from the projects and of course educating students about it,

03:34how can we make sure that these projects are well implemented and that they're expanded in the

03:40years to come?

03:42One of the things that we're programmatically pursuing in the department as a matter of

03:52managing projects is to make sure that we figure out together with the researchers on how to best

03:59not only deliver the outputs of the project, but also to ensure that they know the pathway for which their

04:06technology outputs will be heading into. For example, some of these projects like the fabrication and

04:15characterization of photo-integrated circuits for one-to-computing and green-to-one-to-computing.

04:22We ask them really to interface with our local semiconductor and electronics industry,

04:29because connecting with industry is one way to somehow align with the goals also or the

04:38directions of the industry in general. So it will be easy for them to integrate whatever gains that they have.

04:58So, let's see.

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