IIT Madras and IBM Invite Applications for Free Online Course on Quantum Computing

By Prof. Prabha Mandayam, Prof. Anupama Ray, Prof. Sheshashayee Raghunathan | IIT Madras, IBM Research, IBM Systems

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Quantum computing is fast emerging as one the key disruptive technologies of our times. It is a fundamentally new computing paradigm that has the potential to efficiently solve certain challenging problems which cannot be solved efficiently in a classical setting. IBM has made significant investment in this technology and is recognized as a leader in this space. This

course will provide introduction to Quantum Computation, starting with basic concepts such as superposition and entanglement, to discussing the quantum circuit model of computation and basic Quantum algorithms that demonstrate the power of computing with quantum bits. We will also introduce the idea of quantum error correction to mitigate the effects of noise in today’s quantum devices. We will have full hands-on sessions for each concept taught using Qiskit, a pythonic way of programming and the IBM Circuit Composer .

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Open to students, researchers and faculty from Computer Science and Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry departments.

PRE-REQUISITES : Basic Linear algebra is a pre-requisite. (You can brush-up from any crash course, ex: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra)

Week 0 will have a Linear Algebra Brushup Assignment that can help set expectations on pre-requisite for the course. Python Programming knowledge will be helpful but not a requirement for the course.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : IBM, Microsoft, Intel, TCS, Infosys, CQC, Honeywell, Google, Riggetti, D-Wave and several others would be interested and value this course as IBM has been the pioneer in Quantum technologies both in hardware and software and have several Quantum computers available as well as the entire software stack is available.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	4 weeks
Start Date :	23 Aug 2021
End Date :	17 Sep 2021
Exam Date :	23 Oct 2021 IST
Enrollment Ends :	23 Aug 2021
Category :	Computer Science and Engineering
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate

Course layout

Week 1:Introduction and IBM Quantum Perspective, Q Mission in India – Invited talk, Quantum Computing Applications, Quantum Computing Basics
Week 2:IBM Quantum Composer and Quantum Lab using Qiskit

Week 3:Quantum Algorithms-I (Oracles, Deustch Jozsa), Quantum Algorithms-II (Grover's Algorithm with Hands-on)
Week 4:Quantum Error Correction – Invited Talk, NISQ era Quantum Algorithms (VQE/QAOA and industrial applications)

Books and references

Qiskit Textbook: https://qiskit.org/textbook/preface.html
YouTube Quantum learning series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOFEBzvs-Vvp2xg9-POLJhQwtVktlYGbY

Instructor bio

Prof. Prabha Mandayam

IIT Madras

Dr Prabha Mandayam, Assistant Professor, IIT Madras – PhD in Quantum Computing, Caltech.Bio - Prabha Mandayam graduated with a Masters in Physics from IIT Madras and obtained her PhD from the Institute for Quantum Computing at Caltech. After working as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences and INSPIRE faculty fellow at the Chennai Mathematical institute, she rejoined her alma mater as faculty in 2014,. Her research interests include quantum error correction and quantum cryptography.

Prof. Anupama Ray

IBM Research

Dr Anupama Ray, Advisory Research Scientist, IBM Quantum Ambassador and Qiskit Advocate, IBM Research – PhD in Deep Learning, IIT Delhi. Bio- Anupama Ray is an Advisory Research Scientist at IBM Research, India. She is an IBM Quantum Ambassador and a Qiskit Advocate. She completed her Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. With her doctoral research focusing on developing and applying multi-dimensional deep recurrent neural networks for document analysis and computer vision applications. At IBM Research she has been predominantly working in the area of natural language processing: building NLP systems for low-resource languages, domain independent information extraction systems and natural language generation. She has interests in Quantum ML, Quantum NLP, and AI for societal applications. She has published several papers in top tier conferences and journals and has received several Best paper awards. She has been the recipient of the IEEE Best Woman Professional (Early Career) and several awards at IBM Research such as Research Division Award, Eminence and Excellence Award and Outstanding Technical Achievement Award to name a few. She was nominated and selected as a Young Scientist in Global Young Scientist Summit and is an active member of IEEE, AAAI, and Society of Women Engineers (SWE) India.

Prof. Sheshashayee Raghunathan

IBM Systems

Dr Sheshashayee Raghunathan, Senior Engineer IBM Quantum Ambassador and Qiskit Advocate – PhD in Quantum Computing, University of Southern California Bio- Shesha Raghunathan joined IBM in 2011 as part of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Timing analysis development team. He has worked on various aspect of analysis including noise, timing abstraction and reporting. Currently he has been focusing primarily on EDA 3.0 (analytics in EDA) and is leading timing triage efforts. Since 2018 he has additional responsibility of being an IBM Quantum Ambassador, now a Distinguished Ambassador, and is the team lead for India/SA region. As IBM Quantum Distinguished Ambassador Shesha is amongst few who can officially talk about and for IBM Quantum technology. Shesha got his PhD in Electrical Engineering (Quantum Computing) from University of Southern California, LA in 2010. He has over 10 publications spanning reconfigurable computing, static timing analysis and quantum computing, and has 4 patents to his name.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team