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Quantum robotics is an emerging engineering and scientific research
discipline that explores the application of quantum mechanics,
quantum computing, quantum algorithms, and related fields to
robotics. This work broadly surveys advances in our scientific
understanding and engineering of quantum mechanisms and how these
developments are expected to impact the technical capability for
robots to sense, plan, learn, and act in a dynamic environment. It
also discusses the new technological potential that quantum
approaches may unlock for sensing and control, especially for
exploring and manipulating quantum-scale environments. Finally, the
work surveys the state of the art in current implementations, along
with their benefits and limitations, and provides a roadmap for the
future.
Quantum robotics is an emerging engineering and scientific research
discipline that explores the application of quantum mechanics,
quantum computing, quantum algorithms, and related fields to
robotics. This work broadly surveys advances in our scientific
understanding and engineering of quantum mechanisms and how these
developments are expected to impact the technical capability for
robots to sense, plan, learn, and act in a dynamic environment. It
also discusses the new technological potential that quantum
approaches may unlock for sensing and control, especially for
exploring and manipulating quantum-scale environments. Finally, the
work surveys the state of the art in current implementations, along
with their benefits and limitations, and provides a roadmap for the
future.
This book diagnoses Cambodian teaching quality and presents policy
options for reform. Through classroom observation, assessments of
mathematics and pedagogical content knowledge, and surveys of
teachers and school directors, it sheds light on content and
instruction, interactions with school directors, instructional
support systems, and the implementation of teacher standards. The
book investigates the competencies and skills of those attracted to
teaching; it assesses the extent to which preservice education in
Cambodia is delivering graduates with high content mastery and
exposure to a student-centred learning environment; and it examines
how teacher performance has been impacted by national incentives,
an evaluation system that is disconnected from classroom realities,
and the extent to which opportunities to learn and share
best-practice lessons with peers exists. Out of the diagnosis
follow three policy pillars to reform how teachers are trained,
maintained, and motivated. First, the government must make teaching
a much more attractive profession. Second, it must improve how
teachers are prepared. And third, it must encourage stronger
classroom performance. The book contains detailed recommendations
under each policy pillar and provides the platform for Cambodia to
undertake its next generation of educational reform.
In Indonesia, the past two decades have been a time of great
progress but also massive transformations and abrupt setbacks. In
this context, this book reviews the main characteristics of - and
trends in - demand for skills in Indonesia. It seeks to document
the existence of a possible skills mismatch between employer
demands and the available supply, the contribution of the education
and training sector to this mismatch, and possible measures to
improve the education and training system s responsiveness to what
the labor market and the economy need. In today s job market in
Indonesia, there appears to be a premium on theoretical and
practical knowledge of the job. While skills do not appear to be
yet among the most important constraints for the economy, the
situation is different for larger more export-oriented
manufacturing firms. Subjective assessments of difficulties of
matching needs with available skills provide evidence that skills
are becoming an issue overall in Indonesia. The widest gaps across
professional profiles are for English and computer skills followed
by thinking and behavioral skills. Theoretical and practical
knowledge of the job are also considered to be weak. There are
important gaps in creativity, computing and some technical skills
for young workers. English remains the largest gap. Five general
skill related priorities can be highlighted for Indonesia. First,
the country needs to improve skill measurement to get a fuller
understanding of skill needs and gaps. Second, it is urgent for
Indonesia to address the still unsatisfactory quality and relevance
of its formal education, including higher education. Third, the
country needs to set-up multiple pathways for skill development.
Fourth, the country needs to develop an integrated approach to
tackle skill development for youth. Fifth, Indonesia should also
tackle labor market constraints which affect the skill matching
process."
This book assesses whether East Asian higher education is providing
research and innovation for growth and delivering its graduates
with the skills necessary for productivity in the labor market. It
also seeks to determine how higher education systems could be
improved in order to deliver these outcomes. It features new data
and diagnostic material to better understand labor markets, what
skills firms want, and what skills graduates have; shows how
countries can become more innovative; and describes in detail the
key areas of reform needed for higher education to be a larger
engine of East Asian growth. It will be of interest to
policymakers, governments, academia, donors, NGOs, students,
researchers, and lower- and middle-income countries looking to
break the middle-income trap. "
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