Quantum Internship

18 EC

Semester 1 & 2, period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Owner Master Quantum Computer Science
Coordinator dr. John van de Wetering
Part of Master Quantum Computer Science,

Course manual 2024/2025

Course content

The student will work with a company or organisation on a project related to quantum computing, quantum information or quantum technology in general. This project can have a research focus, or be more directly focussed on producing software, documentation, outreach, writing reports, or any other activity as long as the actual work is significantly related to the quantum ecosystem.

Organisation

Projects will usually be made available by the organisation themselves, potentially coordinated via the Quantum Talent and Learning Centre in Amsterdam, though a student may also reach out to an organisation directly with a project proposal, in which case it is also the student's responsibility to find a suitable UvA examiner.

Each project has a daily supervisor inside the organisation who is responsible for guiding the student through the project. The UvA examiner offers academic guidance and does regular checks on academic progress. Usually, the student and UvA examiner will meet at least once a month.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of quantum computing and information will usually be required, but it is up to the project owner to accept a student, and they may require certain additional prerequisites.

Study materials

Literature

  • The relevant literature depends on the internship and is to be made available by the daily supervisor or UvA examiner.

Objectives

  • Because the content of each internship can vary, the learning outcomes will also vary for every student. The project owner, potentially in collaboration with the student and UvA examiner therefore specifies concrete learning outcomes – at minimum 4 different outcomes spread out over at least 2 categories – specifying how they are going to be achieved (what activity) and how their achievement will be measured (concrete products and other types of output).
  • Learning outcomes are categorized in:
  • 1. Professional skills (e.g. writing, presenting, project management)
  • 2. Content-related knowledge (e.g. knowing certain quantum protocols, algorithms, or programming languages)
  • 3. Research skills (e.g. collaboration, literature search, data analysis)

Teaching methods

  • Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis

Learning activities

Activity

Hours

Internship

504

Total

504

(18 EC x 28 hours)

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

This is a pass/fail course.

The UvA examiner, potentially together with the daily supervisor from the organisation regularly assess whether the student is performing the activities required of the internship. If this is not the case, the UvA examiner may decide to halt the internship early, resulting in a fail.

At the end of the internship, the student hands in the final deliverable (like a presentation, rapport, paper, documentation, software, data, analysis, etc.), as outlined in the project proposal, and based on this a pass/fail will be awarded. If the final deliverable is different from what was originally proposed (for instance because the project proved more difficult than originally thought), this should be sufficiently motivated in a written reflection.

Assignments

The final deliverable of the internship will be agreed on by the student, daily supervisor and UvA examiner. 

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

The weekly structure of the internship will be agreed on by the student and daily supervisor. 

Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. John van de Wetering