QJunior Workshop Online: “Quantum Computing and Programming”, July 4-5, 2020

Our online workshop was dedicated to the high school students who are 14 years old or older. The workshop is conducted by QWorld and co-organized by University of Latvia, University of Namibia, University of Turku, and Aion.

We had participants from Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Finland, and the USA.

We used Zoom and Discord for implementing the online workshop. During the workshop, we used the tutorial “Bronze” prepared by QWorld, a collection of Jupyter notebooks and each notebook has a couple of programming tasks to be solved by the participants.

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

The workshop leader: Dr. Abuzer Yakaryilmaz (QWorld, QLatvia, and University of Latvia)
QMentors: Viktorija Leimane (QLatvia) and Laine Strankale (QLatvia)

Organizers: Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, Anton Limbo (University of Namibia), Annastasia Shipepe (University of Namibia), Laszlo Major (University of Turku), and Joakim Hedenstedt (Aion)

Yakaryilmaz was partially supported by ERDF project Nr. 1.1.1.5/19/A/005 “Quantum computers with constant memory”.

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The outline of the workshop

We use CEST (Central European Summer Time).

18:00-20:00, Monday, June 30, 2020
The (optional) meeting for the installation and testing.

Saturday, July 4, 2020
09:30-12:30: Classical systems, coin flipping, probabilistic bits and operators, and correlation
13:30-16:30: Basics of quantum systems, quantum coin flipping, visualization of a qubit, superposition and measurement

Sunday, July 5, 2020
09:30-12:30: Operations on a qubit, quantum tomography, and two qubits
13:30-16:30: Entanglements, superdense coding, and quantum teleportation

The applications will be closed by June 26, 2020!

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.

Consent forms

Here is the the consent form in English, Finish, and Swedish.

Online workshop on quantum computing and programming

June 30, 2020 (installation & testing), July 4-5, 2020 (the workshop)

The workshop is held online and each participant will join the workshop by using some online tools specified by the organizers such as Zoom and Discord. There will be an optional session between 18:00 (CEST) and 20:00 (CEST) on Monday, June 29, 2020 for the installation and testing. The workshop will be held between 09:00 (CEST) and 17:00 (CEST) on June 4 and June 5, 2020. The workshop will be led by Dr. Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, a researcher in the Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia and a member of QWorld network (http://qworld.lu.lv). During the workshop, the following topics will be covered: Basics of classical and quantum systems, fundamental quantum algorithms and quantum protocols, and how to write basic quantum programs using quantum programming libraries. The organizers of the workshop are Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, Anton Limbo (University of Namibia), Annastasia Shipepe (University of Namibia), Laszlo Major (University of Turku), and Joakim Hedenstedt (Aion).

I hereby consent that my _________,  _________________ participate this online workshop on quantum computing and programming  and I hereby execute the agreement on his/her behalf. I also hereby consent to the taking of photographs, movies or video tape of the minor named above during the event and I also grant the right to edit, use, and reuse said products for nonprofit purposes including use in print, on the internet, and all other forms of media by University of Latvia, QWorld, QWorld’s partners, University of Namibia, and University of Turku. 

I grant the University of Latvia, QWorld, QWorld’s partners, University of Namibia, and University of Turku authority to store and process personal data of the minor.

Online-Työpaja kvanttilaskennasta ja ohjelmoinnista

30. kesäkuuta 2020 (asennus ja testaus), 4. – 5. heinäkuuta 2020 (työpaja)

Työpaja pidetään verkossa, ja jokainen osallistuja liittyy tapahtumaan käyttämällä videoneuvotteluohjelmaa, kuten Zoom tai Discord. Asennusta ja testausta varten on vapaaehtoinen sessio maanantaina 29. kesäkuuta 2020 klo 18.00 (CEST) – 20.00 (CEST). Työpaja pidetään 4.-5. kesäkuuta 2020 klo 9.00 (CEST) – 17.00 (CEST). Työpajaa johtaa Latvian yliopiston tietojenkäsittelytieteen tiedekunnan tutkija ja QWorld-verkon jäsen (http://qworld.lu.lv), Toht. Abuzer Yakaryilmaz. Työpaja käsittelee seuraavia aiheita: Klassisten- ja kvanttijärjestelmien perusteet, olennaiset kvanttialgoritmit ja kvanttiprotokollat sekä kvanttiohjelmien kirjoittamista käyttämällä kvanttiohjelmointikirjastoja. Tapahtuman järjestäjät ovat Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, Anton Limbo (Namibian yliopisto), Annastasia Shipepe (Namibian yliopisto), Laszlo Major (Turun yliopisto) ja Joakim Hedenstedt (Aion).

Hyväksyn, että lapseni, _________________ osallistuu kvanttilaskennan ja ohjelmoinnin online-työpajaan, ja täytän tämän sopimuksen hänen puolestaan. Annan myös suostumukseni siihen, että tapahtuman aikana otetaan ja tallennetaan sekä valokuvia että videokuvaa yllä mainitusta alaikäisestä henkilöstä. Annan myös luvan muokata ja käyttää näitä tuotteita ei-kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin, mukaan lukien käyttöä painetussa muodossa, internetissä ja muissa Latvian yliopiston, QWorld:in, QWorld-kumppaneiden, Namibian yliopiston ja Turun yliopiston tiedotusvälineissä.

Annan valtuudet Latvian yliopistolle, QWorldille, QWorldin kumppaneille, Namibian yliopistolle ja Turun yliopistolle tallentaa ja käsitellä alaikäisen henkilötietoja.

Virtuell workshop – kvantberäkning och programmering

30 juni 2020 (installering & test), 4–5 juli 2020 (workshop)

Workshoppen hålls på nätet och varje deltagare närvarar genom att använda något online verktyg nämnt av organisatörerna, såsom Zoom och Discord. Det kommer att ordnas en frivillig session mellan kl. 18.00 (CEST) och 20.00 (CEST) måndagen den 29 juni 2020 för att installera och testa verktygen. Själva workshoppen hålls mellan kl. 9.00 (CEST) och 17.00 (CEST) den 4.6 och den 5.6.2020. Workshoppen leds av Dr. Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, forskare vid fakulteten för datavetenskap från Lettlands universitet, samt medlem i QWorld nätverket (http://qworld.lu.lv). Under workshoppen kommer följande ämnen att behandlas:

Grunderna i klassiska system och kvantsystem, grundläggande kvantalgoritmer och kvantprotokoll och hur man skriver grundkvantprogram genom att använda bibliotek för kvantprogrammering.

Organisatörerna för workshoppen är Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, Anton Limbo (Namibias universitet), Annastasia Shipepe (Namibias universitet), Laszlo Major (Åbo universitet) och Joakim Hedenstedt (Aion).

Jag ger härmed mitt samtycke till att mitt barn,  _________________ deltar i denna virtuella workshop om kvantberäkning och programmering och jag fyller i denna överenskommelse å hans/hennes vägnar. Härmed samtycker jag även till att den ovannämnda minderåriga kan bli fotograferad och filmad under evenemangets gång och dessa filmer/fotografier kan sparas. Dessutom samtycker jag till att dessa kan editeras, användas och återanvändas för icke-kommersiella syften, däribland i tryckt form, på internet och alla andra medier som används av Lettlands universitet, QWorld, partners till QWorld, Namibias universitet och Åbo universitet.

Jag samtycker till att Lettlands universitet, QWorld, partners till QWorld, Namibias universitet och Åbo universitet har laga rätt till att lagra och behandla den minderårigas personuppgifter.