QTraining for Nickel

QTraining7 for Nickel | 19-21 & 26-28 May, 2023

QTraining for Nickel is an internal 2-week training program for Nickel, the intermediate tutorial of QWorld. The main aim of the program is to train mentors and instructors who will do mentoring and lecturing later on QNickel workshops organized by their groups, by the other QCousins, or by QWorld.

In the content of the workshop, a mock workshop will be organised for QNickel, Instructor and Mentor candidates will be asked to rate the instructor candidates, answer questions and create questions for notebooks via Canvas. Candidates who successfully complete the workshop will be entitled to receive a diploma by taking part in a real workshop.

Commitment

Each participant of this program should commit to accepting the invitation of being a mentor or lecturer in the QNickel workshops: being a mentor in at least two QNickel workshops or being a lecturer of three different sections in one or more QNickel workshops until the end of 2023.

Participation

6 Trainer candidates will be accepted to the program, there is no restriction for mentor candidates

You will use the Discord server for communication, Zoom for daily meetings and Canvas to manage surveys and written materials. Zoom meetings will be recorded on YouTube so that you can watch them later in the program, but it is mandatory to attend every day’s online session except one.

Each participant is expected to spend 15-20 hours as self-study and attend 10 hours of live sessions.

Program

In the content of the workshop, a mock workshop will be organised for QNickel, Instructor and Mentor candidates will be asked to rate the instructor candidates, answer questions and create questions for notebooks via Canvas.

Candidates who successfully complete the workshop will be entitled to receive a diploma by taking part in a real workshop.

Depending on the rate of applications, there may be changes in the tasks.

Mentor and Trainer Common Tasks
Candidates are required to take part as a mentor/instructor in at least one real workshop in order to receive a diploma. To participate in all online sessions except for a maximum of 1 day in 6-day online courses.

Feeback on Lectures
Giving feedback to the lecturers on Canvas every day.

Discord Quiz
Answering two questions for each day asked on the Discord servers in previous QNickel events.

Question Day
To prepare 10 questions separately from the relevant notebooks of all days.

Cumulative Quiz
In Canvas, the questions you have prepared for Question Bank will be randomly distributed 25 questions, and the questions prepared by each other will be corrected if there are possible mistakes and brought to the question format suitable for Canvas.

Tasks of Trainers

Each day’s lecture topics will be divided into two parts, during which one instructor will lecture one part from each of the two days’ lectures.

Schedule of QTraining7 for Nickel

17.05 (Wednesday)
Introductory meeting

19.05 (Friday)
1. Candidate Trainer – Introduction to Qiskit | Classical gates
2. Candidate Trainer – Phase kickback | Deutsch Algorithm

20.05 (Saturday)
3. Candidate Trainer – Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm
4. Candidate Trainer – Bernstein-Vazirani Algorithm

21.05 (Sunday)
5. Candidate Trainer – Simon’s Algorithm
2. Candidate Trainer – Introduction to Cirq

27.05 (Saturday)
3. Candidate Trainer – Grover Algorithm revisited
4. Candidate Trainer – Max-Cut Problem and Bipartite Graphs

28.05. (Sunday)
5. Candidate Trainer – Adders and Numbers Checking
1. Candidate Trainer – Grover algorithm for Max-Cut Problem

QTraining7 for Nickel | Application

Application dates are between 26 April – 10 May. Applications after the deadline will not be considered.

The registration form >>

Requirements for instructor candidate application:

Successful completion of the QNickel workshop or an equivalent workshop
English proficiency

Requirements for mentor candidate application:

Successful completion of the QSilver or QNickel workshop or other equivalent workshop
English proficiency
Technical knowledge of the required installations (Anaconda, Qiskit, Cirq, etc.)

Project Leaders

Yasir Ölmez, Zeki Seskir, Carmina Almudéver

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 and using the tools mentioned above. 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.

Check this link for more details: https://qworld.net/code-of-ethics-and-conduct/