QBronze160 | Quantum Computing and Programming Workshop, Online, May 22-24 & 26-27, 2025
We are pleased to announce our next QBronze quantum programming workshop organized jointly by QPoland and Quantum AI Foundation! Join us for the introductory workshop “Quantum Computing and Programming” and learn the basics of quantum computing and how to write simple quantum programs. The workshop is free and fully-online.
During the quantum workshop, we will use the introductory tutorial Bronze-Qiskit by QWorld. The educational materials, training and mentoring will be in English. We will use Zoom and Discord to conduct the workshop.
We will share homework via QWorld Canvas (five homework assignments, in total 100 pts). The participants who complete them all successfully (at least 50% for each) with at least 70 pts in total, will earn their diplomas!
Participants will be watching the lecture videos and completing the tasks on their own. Mentor support will be provided for participants to ask their questions and share their progress with mentors. The workshop will be held over 5 days, with a total of 20 hours of training.
Schedule
DAY 1
22.05.2025, 17:00-20:00 (UTC+2)
Introduction to Workshops
– Welcome & Logistics: Course goals, mentoring model, certificates
– From Curiosity to Qubits: The origins of quantum computing
Basic Math
– Mathematical Foundations: Complex numbers and vector spaces – describing the state of the system
Notebooks: Vectors, Dot Product, Matrices, Tensor Product
Basics of (classical) Probabilistic Systems
– Classical Probabilistic Systems: Coin flipping game, operators, and state evolution
– Bridging Worlds: From classical probability to quantum intuition
Notebooks: One Bit, Coin Flipping, Coin Flipping Game, Probabilistic States, Probabilistic Operators, Two Probabilistic Bits, Correlation (advance), Operators on Multiple Bits (advance), Quantum Coin Flipping
DAY 2
23.05.2025, 17:00-20:00 (UTC+2)
First Steps in Qiskit
– Beyond Classical Bits: How do they differ?
– Registers, circuits, measurement, visualization widgets
– Simulators vs. hardware back‑ends
Notebooks: Qiskit installation and test, First Quantum Programs with Qiskit, Qiskit Reference
Single‑Qubit Quantum Mechanics
– Quantum state & operator concepts
– Bloch‑sphere visualization of a (real-valued) qubit
– Hadamard and other Single‑Qubit Gates: Superposition & collapse
Notebooks: Hadamard Operator, One Qubit, Quantum State, Visualization of a (Real-Valued) Qubit, Superposition and Measurement
DAY 3
24.05.2025, 17:00-20:00 (UTC+2)
Quantum Operators as Geometry
– Mastering Qubit Visualization: Quantum gates as geometric rotations
– State reconstruction an unknown 1‑qubit state via quantum tomography
– Hardware-aware visualization
Notebooks: Operations on the Unit Circle, Rotations, Reflections, Quantum Tomography
DAY 4
26.05.2025, 17:00-20:00 (UTC+2)
Entanglement & Quantum Communication
– Entanglement Fundamentals: EPR Paradox & Bell States
– Validating Quantum Mechanics: Bell Tests
– Phase Kickback: Why it matters in algorithms
– Quantum Protocols: Superdense coding & quantum teleportation
– Real-world applications overview
Notebooks: Two Qubits, Phase Kickback, Entanglement and Superdense Coding, Quantum Teleportation, Multiple Control Constructions
DAY 5
27.05.2025, 17:00-20:00 (UTC+2)
Grover’s Quantum Search & Looking Ahead
– Classical vs. Quantum Search: Beyond brute force, Grover’s Algorithm
– How many iterations? Success probability analysis
– Algorithm-hardware synergy
– Current state of quantum search
– Need for error correction
Notebooks: Inversion About the Mean, Grover’s Search: One Qubit Representation, Grover’s Search: Implementation
The participants are expected to work individually at least 16 hours to complete the following sections of Bronze-Qiskit: basics of classical systems, basics of quantum systems, basic quantum operators, quantum correlation and quantum protocols, and quantum search algorithm.
https://gitlab.com/qworld/bronze-qiskit
The tutorial is a collection of Jupyter notebooks, and each notebook has a recorded lecture. 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.
Application for our quantum workshop
You may apply for the workshop by filling the application form until 21.05.2025 (UTC+2) or until the registration limit is reached. Applications later than the deadline won’t be taken into consideration.
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Workshop Team
Organizer: Paweł Gora
Instructors: Lidia Moryc, Dominik Ptak
Mentors: Lidia Moryc, Dominik Ptak, Michał Malik
Contact: qpoland [at] qworld.net
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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/
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