QBronze52 | Quantum Computing and Programming | February 8-13, 2021

We are happy to announce our next QBronze workshop organized jointly by QCzech and QSlovakia! Join us in the introductory workshop “Quantum Computing and Programming” and learn the basics of quantum computing and how to write simple quantum programs.

We are inviting everyone wishing to learn more about quantum computers, especially students at high schools or universities, as well as academic researchers and instructors. During the workshop, we will use the introductory tutorial Bronze by QWorld. The language of instruction and educational materials will be in English, but mentoring will be available in Czech or Slovak if needed. We will use a dedicated Discord server to conduct the workshop and we will have daily Zoom meetings.

An on-line QWebinar will take place on 10 February at 6 pm (GMT+1) which is included in the schedule of the workshop.

Participants are expected to follow the workshop materials, watch the lecture videos and complete the tasks on their own. The workshop will be held during 6 consecutive days with 18 hours of training. On-line mentoring will be provided for participants during the times specified in the schedule below.

The participants completing the workshop successfully will receive a diploma!

Day 0 | 5 February (GMT+1, Friday)
Invitation to the discord server, sharing installation instructions

Day 1 | 8 February (GMT+1, Monday)
16:00 – 16:15 Live Zoom session: Welcome and opening of workshop
16:15 – 20:45 Working individually on notebooks, mentoring support on discord
20:45 – 21:00 Closing Zoom session

Day 2 | 9 February (GMT+1, Tuesday)
16:00 – 16:30 Live Zoom session: summary of Day 1
16:30 – 21:00 Working with materials
21:00 – 21:15 Live Zoom session

Day 3 | 10 February (GMT+1, Wednesday)
16:00 – 16:30 Live Zoom session: summary of Day 2
16:30 – 18:00 Working with materials, on the following notebooks 
18:00 – 20:00 QWebinar by Eliška Greplová: Understanding quantum matter using intelligent machines
20:00 – 21:00 Continue working with the notebooks
21:00 – 21:15 Live Zoom session

Day 4 | 11 February (GMT+1, Thursday)
16:00 – 16:30 Live Zoom session: summary of Day 3
16:30 – 21:00 Working with materials
21:00 – 21:15 Live Zoom session

Day 5 | 12 February (GMT+1, Friday)
6:00 – 16:30 Live Zoom session: summary of Day 4
16:30 – 21:00 Working with materials
21:00 – 21:15 Live Zoom session

Day 6 | 12 February (GMT+1, Saturday)
11:00 – 11:30 Live Zoom session: summary of Day 5
11:30 – 17:00 Last chance to complete tasks and home works.
17:00 – 18:00 Live Zoom session: Q&A session, closing remarks

The participants are expected to work individually at least 16 hours to complete the following sections of Bronze: basics of classical systems, basics of quantum systems, basic quantum operators, quantum correlation and quantum protocols, and quantum search algorithm.

https://gitlab.com/qkitchen/basics-of-quantum-computing

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

You may apply for the workshop by filling the registration form until 7 February 2021 or until the number registrations reaches 60.
The application form >>


Workshop Team

Organizers: Aurél Gábris, Daniel Reitzner
Workshop Leads: Aurél Gábris, Daniel Reitzner
Mentors: Magdalena Parýzková, İskender Yalçınkaya, Libor Caha
Contact: info [at] qworld.lu.lv, qczech [at] qworld.lu.lv or qslovakia [at] qworld.lu.lv


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:
http://qworld.lu.lv/index.php/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.
http://qworld.lu.lv/index.php/code-of-ethics-and-conduct/
Check the above link for more details.