Quantum Converse → Weekly #4
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1 min readOct 7, 2020
Observations & Measurements (What’s New)
- D-Wave announced its 5000+ Qubit Advantage Quantum Computers with 15 simultaneous qubit connections, which are up from 2000+ Qubits & 5 connections in their previous product:
https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/29/d-wave-launches-its-5000-qubit-advantage-system/ - This isn’t fresh; but D-Wave is also providing access to their Leap cloud quantum infrastructure for anyone researching on a COVID-19 project:
https://cloud.dwavesys.com/leap/signup/covid19/
Some Superposition (Tutorials)
- Someone on Reddit built this awesome resource — Quantum Computing for Humans:
https://github.com/asher-lab/Quantum-Computing-For-Humans - This course on Quantum Computing by Brilliant.org is beautifully well-structured:
https://brilliant.org/courses/quantum-computing
It’s Certain (Open Source)
- In the spirit of Hacktoberfest, you should definitely contribute to some online learning resources (in exchange for your free limited edition t-shirt):
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/issues/2923
https://github.com/microsoft/Quantum/issues/426
Get Entangled (Jobs & Offers)
- IBM & The Coding School are offering a free (8-month long) online QC course, exclusively to 5000 students. The application cohort is running on a rolling basis with deadlines for October 9th & October 15th.
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/10/quantum-coding-school/ - IBM is still accepting applications for the 2021 Summer Quantum Internships. Last date to apply is November 2nd & they have multiple roles available:
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/09/2021-ibmquantum-internships/
