NC student among youngest chosen as "Qiskit Advocate" to study quantum computing

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>> SO THIS STORY IS PRETTY

COOL. A STUDENT AT MIDDLE CREEK

HIGH SCHOOL IN APEX IS ALREADY

FINISHED HIS SENIOR YEAR

CLASSES AND NOW HE HAS HIS

CHOICE OF COLLEGE IS HE'S

ALREADY EARNED A TITLE FOR

WORKING WITH THE FASTEST

COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD.

>> WRAL'S KEN SMITH SHOWS US

JUST HOW BRIGHT THE STUDENT'S

FUTURE IS.

>> 500 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

HAVE EARNED THE TITLE OF CHRIS

GET ADVOCATES RECRUITED TO

TACKLE THE SIGNS OF QUANTUM

COMPUTING DAVIS. CLARK IS ONE

OF ONLY 37 CHOSEN FOR THE 2023

CLASS AND ONE OF ONLY 10

RESEARCHERS, HIS AGE SELECTED

FOR THE PROGRAM. HIS INTEREST

BEGAN EARLY AND I THIN COATING

ALL THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. I'VE

BEEN INVOLVED IN STEM OLDER

MY LIFE.

>> PARK WAS HIRED BY THE DUKE,

WON HIM SOONER WITH ACCESS TO

THEIR RESEARCH LAB. IT FED HIS

INTEREST IN CUBA. IT'S A BINARY

SYSTEM OF ONES AND ZEROS AND

USING THEM FOR REAL WORLD

SIMULATIONS.

>> YOU CAN GET.

>> REALLY INTO PHYSICAL

SIMULATIONS. THAT WOULD TAKE

MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITH

EVEN OUR LARGEST SUPER

COMPUTING CLUSTERS.

>> THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS ARE

FAR-REACHING, BASICALLY BETTER

ENGINEERING OF ANYTHING FROM

CARS TO PLANES. THE LIKES OF

FLUID SIMULATIONS. ENGINEERING

VOTES. HE'S ALSO INTERESTED IN

SIMULATED MATERIALS TO HELP

THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> CHRIS KIDD IS OPEN SOURCE

AND AVAILABLE TO ANYONE CAN

TACKLE THE SIGNS FROM HOME OR

ANYWHERE. EVERYTHING THAT I DO

I CAN DO FOR MY LAPTOP. BUT

IT'S THE CONNECTIONS WITH

SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD, WHICH

FOR HIM IS THE GREATEST

BENEFIT.

>> AND THAT HAS BEEN MORE

MONUMENTAL FOR ME IN TERMS OF

CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE

INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE

THINGS THAT I HAD BEEN ANYTHING