Ethics education in the quantum information science classroom: Exploring attitudes, barriers, and opportunities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01849v1
• Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:17:41 GMT
• Title: Ethics education in the quantum information science classroom: Exploring attitudes, barriers, and opportunities
• Authors: Josephine Meyer, Noah Finkelstein, Bethany Wilcox
• Abstract summary: Quantum information science (QIS) is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of physics, computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics. We argue that it is imperative that ethics and social responsibility be incorporated into QIS education from the beginning.
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• Abstract: Quantum information science (QIS) is an emerging interdisciplinary field at the intersection of physics, computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics leveraging the laws of quantum mechanics to circumvent classical limitations on information processing. With QIS coursework proliferating across US institutions, including at the undergraduate level, we argue that it is imperative that ethics and social responsibility be incorporated into QIS education from the beginning. We discuss ethical issues of particular relevance to QIS education that educators may wish to incorporate into their curricula. We then report on findings from focus interviews with six faculty who have taught introductory QIS courses, focusing on barriers to and opportunities for incorporation of ethics and social responsibility (ESR) into the QIS classroom. Few faculty had explicitly considered discussion of ethical issues in the classroom prior to the interview, yet instructor attitudes shifted markedly in support of incorporating ESR in the classroom as a result of the interview process itself. Taking into account faculty's perception of obstacles to discussing issues of ESR in coursework, we propose next steps toward making ESR education in the QIS classroom a reality.

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