QBronze106 | Quantum Computing and Programming Workshop, April 13-14 & 17-18, 2023
We are pleased to announce the first QBronze quantum programming workshop in Australia! Join us for the introductory workshop “Quantum Computing and Programming” and learn the basics of quantum computing and how to write simple quantum programs.
We are inviting high school students, university and graduate students, researchers, professors, and industrial people from Australia. During the workshop, we will use the introductory tutorial Bronze-Qiskit by QWorld. We will use Discord to communicate with each other and conduct the workshop by Zoom meetings. Jupyter notebooks, Zoom lectures, and mentoring will be in English.
We will share daily homeworks 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 75 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 | Thursday 13 April
(1:00 AM – 4:00 AM GMT Workshop Session, 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM Optional mentoring session)
- Summarized explanation of the notebooks covered during the previous day and a Q&A session
- The first day introduces the basic concepts of bits, and IBM’s tool Qiskit to simulate quantum circuits/programs. Also quantum bits, how they can be visualized, superposition, measurement and some examples of quantum operations on qubits
Day 2 | Friday 14 April
(1:30 AM – 4:00 AM GMT, 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM Optional Session)
- Summarized explanation of the notebooks covered during the previous day and a Q&A session
- The second day deals with quantum tomography, two-qubit systems and some common operations used in quantum algorithms
Day 3 | Monday 17 April
(1:30 AM – 4:00 AM GMT, 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM Optional Session)
- Summarized explanation of the notebooks covered during the previous day and a Q&A session
- The third day is related to the concept of entanglement and its use in the transmission of quantum information via superdense coding and quantum teleportation
Day 4 | Tuesday 18 April
(1:30 AM – 4:00 AM GMT, 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM Optional Session)
- Summarized explanation of the notebooks covered during the previous day and a Q&A session
- The fourth day introduces the basic concepts for the implementation of one of the first quantum algorithms that outperformed the classical one: Grover’s Search Algorithm
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 out the application form by April 10. Applications later than the deadline may not be taken into consideration.
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Workshop Team
Organizers: AbdulMalek Baitulmal, Simranjeet Singh Dahia, Cyrus Kelly
Workshop Leads: Kenneth Isamade
Mentors: Shyamsundar Shrestha, Darvesh Singh Kukreja, Saahib Singh Panesar, Sarthak Jain
Contact: qaustralia [at] qworld.net
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.