QNickel20 | Quantum Computing and Programming Workshop | March 31 – April 4, 2025
We are pleased to announce the QNickel workshop, which is organized by QItaly! Join us for an introductory workshop on “Quantum Computing and Programming”, which focuses on Oracle’s quantum algorithms. You will learn the basics of quantum computing and how to write simple quantum programs.
The workshop will be held online and in person in Cagliari (Ex Distilleria, Via Andrè Marie Ampere, 4), in collaboration with CRS4 in the DLAB project framework.
We invite high school students, university students and graduates, researchers, professors, software developers, professionals and industry experts from the region and around the world. During the workshop, we will use QWorld’s Nickel Introductory Training. The educational materials, training and mentoring will be in English, while mentorship will be provided in both Italian and English. In addition to lectures, there will be Lab sessions focused on coding. We will use a dedicated Discord server to host the workshop.
Participants are expected to follow the workshop materials, attend the lectures, and complete the assignments on their own. The workshop will be held over 5 days, with approximately 15 hours of training.
The participants completing the workshop successfully will receive a diploma!
The participants are expected to work individually at least 15 hours to complete the following sections of Nickel: Conventional Quantum Algorithms in Qiskit, Solving Max-Cut problem using Grover’s Search in Cirq.
https://gitlab.com/qworld/nickel
The tutorial is a collection of Jupyter notebooks. We use Python to solve the tasks and Qiskit library to code quantum programs. The participants should know at least one programming language, and they should make themselves familiar with Python before the workshop if they do not know Python. We will share the installation instructions and a few notebooks on basics of mathematics and participants should review them before the workshop starts.
Schedule
DAY 0
16:00 – 17:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Installation and welcome
DAY 1
31.03.2025, 16:00 – 19:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Qiskit introduction | Simulation of Classical Gates | Phase Kickback | Deutsch Algorithm
DAY 2
01.04.2025, 16:00 – 19:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm | Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm
DAY 3
02.04.2025, 16:00 – 19:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Simon algorithm | Introduction to solving MaxCut problem using Grover’s algorithm in cirq –
DAY 4
03.04.2025, 16:00 – 19:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Cirq introduction | Grover algorithm revisited
DAY 5
04.04.2025, 16:00 – 19:00 CET DST (GMT+2)
Max-Cut Problem and Bipartite Graphs | Adders and numbers checking | Grover algorithm for Max-Cut Problem
Application for our quantum workshop
You may apply for the workshop by filling the application form until March 27, 2025. Applications later than the deadline won’t be taken into consideration.
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Workshop Team
Organizer: Giuliana Siddi Moreau
Instructors: Amrit Chhetri, Kenneth Isamade
Mentors: Lorenzo Pisani, Manuela Profir, Giuliana Siddi Moreau
Contact: qitaly [at] qworld.net or qc_at_dlab [at] crs4.it
Code of Conduct
Our event is dedicated to providing a harassment-free workshop experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Event participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event.
We respect the minors (children under age 18) and we must make every effort to protect their rights. All private relationships, private communications (including social media channels), or sexual contacts with minors are prohibited.
The default communication channel between the organizers and participants is e-mail. Except filing the application form, the contact info of any attendee or participant cannot be requested by any person from organizer side (i.e., mentor, educator, speaker, organizer, sponsor, or volunteer). On the other hand, any person from organizer side may share his or her contact info with a participant who is not a minor, upon request by the participant.
A minor can access the emails of the main organizers on the event’s website. If a minor interested in working with a person from organizer side for scientific or pedagogical purpose, then he or she should read this document before contacting this person:
https://qworld.net/code-of-ethics-and-conduct/#minors
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact the organizers immediately. You may also contact directly the members of the Ethics Committee of QWorld.
https://qworld.net/code-of-ethics-and-conduct/
Check the above link for more details.