QDrive Budapest

July 3-5, 2019,

and July 8-10, 2019,

Eötvös Loránd University

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A

Introduction to Quantum Programming

  • What is a quantum computer, what can it do, how does it work?
  • How can I write my own programs and run them on IBM's quantum computer?

If you wonder about these questions, have had some experience with linear algebra, a touch of quantum physics, and basic familiarity with python, this 3-day free workshop at Eötvös Loránd University by QLatvia could be for you! We encourage students with a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics to apply, from all levels (BSc, MSc, PhD). Applications from senior researchers and outside of academia are also welcome.

The workshop is part of QDrive, with classes given in English by Latvian quantum programmers, and is hosted by the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, with local support from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

“Quantum programming workshop travelling to your city - reaching 400 participants, by driving 20.000 km through 20 countries in 100 days.”

The workshops cover 40 Jupyter notebooks, with 2-5 tasks each. Participants should have Anaconda and Qiskit installed on their own computers, and test their own system, using 12 notebooks which will be shared with them before the workshop (reviewing the basics of Python, vectors, matrices, and basic operations). Bring your own laptops to the workshop, or use the desktop computers we provide.

Accepting post-deadline registrations for either workshop

Due to the great interest in "QDrive Budapest", we have organized a second workshop - same instructors, same conditions, on the week after the first one. As a result, there are still places, so if interested, please apply to either workshop by filling out the online application form. There is no registration fee for this event - the workshop is free - but the number of participants in each workshop is limited to 24.

Project Team

Leader: Abuzer Yakaryilmaz

QDrivers:

Maksims Dimitrijevs and Abuzer Yakaryilmaz

Contributors:

Agnieszka Wolska, Matīss Apinis, Mārtiņš Kālis

Local organizers:

Zoltán Zimborás (Wigner RCP), János Asbóth (Wigner RCP), László Oroszlány (Eötvös Univ), András Pályi (BUTE), Gábor Vattay (Eötvös Univ)

Accepting post-deadline applications

Application deadline was June 7, 2019, but now accepting post-deadline applications.

The workshop is free, but the number of participants is limited to 24 for each workshop.

Contact:

zimboras.zoltan@wigner.mta.hu

Workshop programme

Day 1 -- July 3 (July 8)

  • 09:30 – 10:00: Opening
  • 10:00 – 13:00: Probabilistic bits, coin-flipping, biased coins, probabilistic states, and probabilistic operators, Quantum programs as circuits: registers, gates, measurements, execution, and reading the outcomes
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 17:00: Quantum coin-flipping (Hadamard) and quantum bits (qubits), Quantum states, superposition, and quantum operators

Day 2 -- July 4 (July 9)

  • 10:00 – 13:00: Entanglement, superdense coding, and visualization of a qubit
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 17:00: Rotations and reflections

Day 3 -- July 5 (July 10)

  • 10:00 – 13:00: Quantum teleportation and rotation automata
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 16:30: Grover’s quantum search algorithm
  • 16:30 – 17:00: Diploma ceremony and closing remarks

There will be short breaks between the notebooks, with tea and coffee. Lunch is at your own cost - eat at the University canteen, or bring (and share) your own sandwiches.