Quantum 101
The Quantum Rings’ Quantum Summer School brings you Quantum 101, a meticulously crafted 14-episode video series designed to take you from zero to confidently executing complex quantum algorithms.
Key Highlights
Expert Instruction: Learn from an MIT PhD student who has successfully educated hundreds of students and prepared them for major quantum competitions like MIT’s iQuHack Quantum Hackathon
Foundations to Frontiers: Learn core quantum mechanics, then dive into real-world algorithms.
Code-First Approach: Each episode dives into the code, with open-source notebooks provided to follow along.
Hands-on with the Best: Apply concepts directly using Quantum Rings, the industry's leading quantum simulator, gaining experience in scaling your quantum workloads.
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Lesson 1: Welcome, Math Prerequisites & SDK Setup
Get ready to dive into Quantum 101! Our first lesson sets you up with essential math, gets your quantum coding environment ready, and gives you a hands-on taste of building your first quantum circuit.
Get ready to dive into Quantum 101! Our first lesson sets you up with essential math, gets your quantum coding environment ready, and gives you a hands-on taste of building your first quantum circuit.
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Lesson 2: Single-Qubit Gates, Bloch Sphere & Measurement
Get ready to make your qubits dance in Quantum 101, Episode 2! We'll visualize qubit states on the Bloch Sphere, explore how single-qubit gates (like X, H, S, T) rotate them, and then learn how to measure your qubit and interpret the results. It's all about understanding and controlling those tiny quantum bits.
Get ready to make your qubits dance in Quantum 101, Episode 2! We'll visualize qubit states on the Bloch Sphere, explore how single-qubit gates (like X, H, S, T) rotate them, and then learn how to measure your qubit and interpret the results. It's all about understanding and controlling those tiny quantum bits.
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Lesson 3: Entanglement & Multi-Qubit Gates
Dive into the fascinating world of entanglement! You'll discover how qubits can become mysteriously linked and learn to use multi-qubit gates to create these powerful connections, unlocking the true potential of quantum computing.
Dive into the fascinating world of entanglement! You'll discover how qubits can become mysteriously linked and learn to use multi-qubit gates to create these powerful connections, unlocking the true potential of quantum computing.
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Lesson 4: Circuit Composition & Control Flow
It's time to start building! This lesson teaches you how to compose complex quantum circuits from individual gates and introduces control flow concepts, letting you design more sophisticated quantum programs.
It's time to start building! This lesson teaches you how to compose complex quantum circuits from individual gates and introduces control flow concepts, letting you design more sophisticated quantum programs.
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Lesson 5: Quantum Oracles & Amplitude Amplification
Push the boundaries of entanglement! Explore more intricate forms of entanglement and learn about graph states, a crucial concept for advanced quantum algorithms and error correction.
Push the boundaries of entanglement! Explore more intricate forms of entanglement and learn about graph states, a crucial concept for advanced quantum algorithms and error correction.
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Lesson 6: “Toy” Algorithms: Deutsch–Jozsa, BV, Simon
Uncover the "toy" quantum algorithms—Deutsch-Jozsa, Bernstein-Vazirani, and Simon's—that lay the groundwork for modern quantum computing. Discover how these clever algorithms leverage oracles, phase kickback, and quantum parallelism to solve problems with exponential speedups.
Uncover the "toy" quantum algorithms—Deutsch-Jozsa, Bernstein-Vazirani, and Simon's—that lay the groundwork for modern quantum computing. Discover how these clever algorithms leverage oracles, phase kickback, and quantum parallelism to solve problems with exponential speedups.
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Lesson 7: Grover’s Search Algorithm
Unleash the power of Grover's Search Algorithm in this episode, where we break down its core components, from building searchable oracles to visualizing amplitude amplification. Discover how quantum mechanics offers a quadratic speed-up for unstructured search problems!
Unleash the power of Grover's Search Algorithm in this episode, where we break down its core components, from building searchable oracles to visualizing amplitude amplification. Discover how quantum mechanics offers a quadratic speed-up for unstructured search problems!
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Lesson 8: QFT & Phase Estimation
Go deeper with the QFT! This lesson builds on previous knowledge to explore the Quantum Fourier Transform in detail and then dives into Phase Estimation, a critical algorithm for many quantum applications.
Go deeper with the QFT! This lesson builds on previous knowledge to explore the Quantum Fourier Transform in detail and then dives into Phase Estimation, a critical algorithm for many quantum applications.
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Lesson 9: Shor’s Factoring Algorithm
Witness the power of Shor's Factoring Algorithm, a quantum breakthrough that combines classical and quantum processing to efficiently factor large numbers. Explore its core mechanics, from modular exponentiation and phase estimation to post-processing, and understand its critical need for fault-tolerance in practice.
Witness the power of Shor's Factoring Algorithm, a quantum breakthrough that combines classical and quantum processing to efficiently factor large numbers. Explore its core mechanics, from modular exponentiation and phase estimation to post-processing, and understand its critical need for fault-tolerance in practice.
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Lesson 10: Noise & Error Mitigation
Master one of the most famous quantum algorithms! This lesson provides a comprehensive look at Grover's Search Algorithm, demonstrating how it offers a quadratic speedup for unstructured search problems.
Master one of the most famous quantum algorithms! This lesson provides a comprehensive look at Grover's Search Algorithm, demonstrating how it offers a quadratic speedup for unstructured search problems.
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Cora Barrett
Cora is a physics PhD student at MIT. In her research, she uses arrays of superconducting qubits as quantum simulators to better understand exotic quantum phenomena in solids. She is most excited about the potential quantum computing holds for making fundamental physics discoveries and engineering novel materials.
