16 summer workshops in 25 days

Beginning July 1st, AVS Academy students held workshops on a range of advanced subjects in engineering, medicine, economics, business, and sciences. The workshops addressed various topics within these fields.

·        AI & economics

·        Global tariffs

·        Quantum computing

·        Quantum medicine

·        Quantum physics

·        Space debris

·        Space innovation

·        Space medicine

·        Artificial General Intelligence

·        Artificial Super Intelligence

·        Experimental drones

·        Quantum security

Another set of at least 15 workshops is scheduled to be held by the end of this summer. The objective is to generate interest in various topics and translate them into research projects and applications.

Congratulations to the students who effectively organized these workshops.

Some of the Meeting Notes:

I presented an overview of quantum physics, highlighting its distinction from classical physics and tracing key historical developments from Planck to Schrödinger and Heisenberg. Core topics included wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, superposition, entanglement, energy quantization, and tunneling. I focused on medical applications like MRI, PET scans, drug discovery, and secure diagnostics. Audience engagement was strong, with interactive questions and scenario-based challenges linking concepts to real-world medicine. A useful suggestion was made to use online simulations for better understanding. Next, we aim to discuss other explored optics and brainstorm new ideas for advancing quantum medicine. – Vibia

Today we talked about what problems Space Debris is causing and our future plans for the project. The 1st phase is to learn basic python and foundational math/physics skills. The 2nd phase is to understand and plot satellite data using libraries from Python. The 3rd phase is to use distance calculations and basic python code for collision detection logic and make a dataset of satellite pairs and their collision risk. The 4th phase is to build an AI model using the scikit-learn library in python that can tell if and when a collision will happen with the dataset we previously created. The final phase is to build an app that can hold our AI and be released to the public to use. We estimated the entire process to take around 15 weeks – Space debris team

During my second session of the AVS Summer Workshops, I delivered a presentation on Quantum Security, emphasizing its long-term importance in shaping the future of communication. I provided a comparative analysis of classical and quantum communication methods, underscoring the fundamental differences that will drive advancements in information transmission. To enhance understanding, I demonstrated the BB84 (Bennett-Brassard 1984) quantum key distribution algorithm using Google Sheets. This demonstration illustrated how BB84 can identify potential eavesdropping and facilitate collaboration between the sender and recipient to assess the security of their communication. - Nitin