To offer unique opportunities for Secondary 4 to 5 students and Year 11 to 12 international school students to explore the fascinating world of quantum computing, the School of Science of HKUST gladly presents the on-campus summer program – Journey into the Quantum World: From Mechanics to Computation. The program is organized by the Department of Physics and will be held in July 2023. The three-week summer program covers a range of topics, from the basic principles of quantum computing to advanced applications in cryptography and quantum communication. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on activities and computational tutorials, students will learn about the essential concepts of quantum computing, including qubits, superposition and measurement. In addition to the lectures, students will have the opportunity to work with real quantum computers, allowing them to gain practical experience in designing and manipulating quantum circuits.  Secondary 4 to 5 students and Year 11 to 12 international school students are welcome to join. Date: 19 July to 8 August 2023 (weekdays) Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm Venue: HKUST Campus Organizer: Department of Physics Audience: Secondary 4 to 5 students and Year 11 to 12 international school students Language: English Application link: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ezeF8UpIyD3r39k Application deadline: 20 April 2023 (Thu) For more details on the program, please click here to view the flyer. For enquiry, please contact us at ugscience@ust.hk.

The Summer Research Program targets for outstanding end of year 3 undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing research postgraduate study in the School of Science. The program allows participants to engage in research work under the supervision of our faculty mentors and experience research life in HKUST. Please visit http://pgsummerprogram.ust.hk/application/ to check out the details and apply! The application deadline is 17 Mar 2023.  

I plan to start with an introduction of overview picture with many examples, then cover basic concepts such as simplicial/derived rings, derived schemes, stable infinity categories and derived categories, animations and Quillen and Lurie's nonabelian functors, derived deformation theory, etc.