Recent developments in quantum technology are bringing the world closer to a new technological revolution – the advent of usable quantum computers able to provide enormous acceleration to important computational tasks. In the coming years, quantum computing is expected to have a significant impact on many areas of research that can utilize computational modeling. Indeed, significant efforts and investments are currently underway in Europe to bolster skills and capacity within quantum computing.
ENCCS is again joining forces with the Wallenberg Centre of Quantum Technologies (WACQT) and the Nordic/Baltic NordIQuEst project to deliver a three-day autumn school covering the fundamentals of quantum computing. The school will also be visited by and contributed to by Algorithmiq, a Finnish startup which aims to revolutionize life sciences by exploiting the potential of quantum computing to solve currently inaccessible problems.
WACQT is a national research programme, coordinated by Chalmers, that aims to take Swedish research and industry to the forefront of quantum technology. The main project of WACQT is to develop a high-end quantum computer that can solve problems far beyond the reach of the best conventional supercomputers.
NordΙQuEst brings together a consortium of seven partners from five Nordic and Baltic countries to connect world-leading traditional HPC resources and quantum computers across national borders with the aim to establish a quantum computing platform customized to the needs of the region.
The school will cover:
- Introduction to key concepts: quantum states, qubits, quantum algorithms;
- Overview of the main QC hardware approaches;
- Overview of the QC software stack;
- Integration of QC with classical computing: hybrid classical/quantum algorithms and HPC-QC systems;
- QC programming in high-level languages for use cases in optimization, finance, life science, and quantum chemistry;
- Morning lectures will be combined with afternoon hands-on sessions where participants learn to use high-level QC programming languages.
Participants in the school will be given direct access to Helmi, a 5-qubit quantum computer using superconducting qubits that is connected to LUMI, the most powerful supercomputer in Europe.
The topics covered in this course, divided by day, were the following:
Day 1:
- Physical Approaches to Quantum Computing;
- Introduction to Digital Quantum Computing;
- Tutorial - Quantum programming I;
- Tutorial - Quantum programming II;
- Tutorial - Quantum programming III.
Day 2:
- HPC-QC integration;
- QC software stack;
- Hybrid Classical/Quantum Algorithms;
- Tutorial - Introduction to Helmi with qiskit;
- Tutorial - Qubit Spectroscopy Analysis;
- Tutorial - Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz.
Day 3:
- Hybrid Algorithms - Use Cases for Quantum Chemistry;
- Hybrid Algorithms - Use Cases for Quantum Finance;
- Hybrid Algorithms - Use Cases for Quantum Life Science;
- Tutorial - Quantum chemistry;
- Tutorial - State generation;
- Tutorial - Quantum support vector regression for disability insurance;
- Tutorial - Protein Folding with QAOA.
All necessary information, links, and content for the course can be found on the course website.
The certificate for the course can be found below: