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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