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Information for NUS Qiskit Workshop (18-20 May 2020)

NUS Qiskit Workshop

Information for Qiskit Workshop (18-20 May 2020) jointly organised by NUS QEP (Quantum Engineering Programme) and IBM.

Workshop staff

Hosts

• Julian Tan (IBM Quantum Business Development): LinkedIn
• Chiau Yi Foo (NUS QEP Programme Manager)

Leads

• Robert Loredo (IBM Technical Ambassador Lead / Qiskit Advocate): LinkedIn, Twitter
• Michele Grossi (IBM Technical Ambassador / Qiskit Advocate): LinkedIn, Twitter
• Junye Huang (Quantum Developer Advocate / Qiskit Advocate): LinkedIn, Twitter, GitHub

Instructors

• Luca Crippa (Quatum Skills Academy instructor): LinkedIn, Twitter
• Antonello Aita (Quantum Skills Academy instructor): LinkedIn
• Najla Said (Quantum Skills Academy instructor): LinkedIn

Supports

• Jing Yi Chan (IBM Quantum Ambassador): LinkedIn
• Kate Marshall (IBM Quantum Ambassador): LinkedIn
• Jennifer Harding (IBM Quantum Ambassador): LinkedIn

Agenda

Day 1

Start	End	Duration	Subject	Instructor	References
10:00	10:30	0:30	Opening and Overview	Robert
10:30	11:30	1:00	Introduction to Quantum Computing (The Motivation for Quantum Computing)	Robert
11:30	12:00	0:30	IBM Quantum Experience Overview	Robert	IBM Quantum Experience (IQX)
12:00	12:30	0:30	Lunch break (Webex still on and running)
12:30	13:30	1:00	Backend / Hardware Introduction	Luca & Michele	Qiskit Live with Nathan Earnest-Noble
13:30	14:30	1:00	Qiskit | Quantum Information Science Kit Overview	Michele	Qiskit.org, Qiskit documentation
14:30	15:30	1:00	Qiskit Community	Junye	Qiskit Slack, Qiskit Camp Europe video, Qiskit Hackathon @ SG, Qiskit Advocates program, IndiQ Meetups, IBM Quantum Challenge, QPong, Qiskit Blocks, Qiskit papers
15:30	16:30	1:00	IBM Quantum Experience | Circuit Composer	Najla	IQX Doc
16:30	17:00	0:30	Wrap-Up and Next Day Look Ahead	ALL

Day 2

Start	End	Duration	Subject	Instructor	References
10:00	10:15	0:15	Review and Discussion	Robert
10:15	11:00	0:45	Qiskit | Terra - Basic Circuits / Visualization	Robert	Qiskit tutorials-Fundamentals
11:00	11:45	0:45	Qiskit | Terra - Advanced Visualization, Composite Gates	Robert	Qiskit tutorials-Fundamentals
11:45	12:15	0:30	Qiskit | Aer	Robert	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Aer, Qiskit Live with Christopher Wood
12:15	13:00	0:45	Lunch break
13:00	13:45	0:45	Qiskit | Aqua	Michele	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Aqua
13:45	14:30	0:45	Qiskit | Ignis	Antonello	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Ignis
14:30	15:30	1:00	Quantum Algorithms Introduction (Teleportation & Grover’s algorithm)	Junye	Qiskit textbook - Quantum teleporation and Grover's algorithm
15:30	16:00	0:30	Quantum Finance Tutorial	Najla	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Aqua-Finance, Papers: Credit Risk Analysis using Quantum Computers, Option Pricing using Quantum Computers, Quantum Amplitude Amplification and Estimation
16:00	16:30	0:30	Quantum Machine Learning Tutorial	Michele	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Aqua-Machine Learning, Qiskit community tutorials-machine learning
16:30	17:00	0:30	Quantum Chemistry Tutorial	Luca	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Aqua-Chemistry, Qiskit textbook-Simulating Molecules using VQE, Qiskit community tutorials-chemistry, Circuits in Action: From Industry to Academia

Day 3

Start	End	Duration	Subject	Instructor	References
10:00	10:15	0:15	Review and Discussion	Robert
10:15	11:15	1:00	Qiskit | Terra Advanced: Open Pulse	Robert	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Terra-OpenPulse, Qiskit Live with Nathan Earnest-Noble, Qiskit Live with Lauren Capelluto
11:15	12:15	1:00	Qiskit | Terra Advanced: Transpiler	Luca	Qiskit tutorials-Advanced-Terra-Transpiler, Qiskit Live with Kevin Krsulich
12:15	13:00	0:45	Lunch break
13:00	14:00	1:00	Quantum Algorithms (Quantum Fourier Transform & Quantum Phase Estimation)	Michele	Qiskit textbook - QFT and QPE
14:00	14:30	0:30	Quantum Education	Junye	Qiskit textbook, Qiskit YouTube, Qiskit documentation, Qiskit tutorials, IQX Doc, Qiskit Medium, IBM Research Blog
14:30	15:30	1:00	Open Discussion / Q&A	ALL
15:30	16:00	0:30	Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up	ALL

Additional resources

• IBM Quantum & Qiskit papers

• IBM Quantum Challenge

  • Challenge exercises
  • Qiskit Live: Quantum Challenge Solutions by the authors

• Quantum hardware review papers

  • Superconducting Qubits: Current State of Play
  • A Quantum Engineer's Guide to Superconducting Qubits