IIT Madras, IBM invites applications for free online course on Quantum computing
The course will introduce participants 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.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is now inviting applications for a free online course on quantum computing on the NPTEL platform. The 4-week long course, called “Introduction to Quantum Computing: Quantum Algorithms and Qiskit”, is being offered in partnership with IBM Research and IBM Systems.
Recently, IIT Madras had announced a collaboration with IBM on quantum computing education and research. The course is open to students, researchers and faculty from computer science and physics, mathematics and chemistry departments.
IIT Madras course will be conducted from August 23 to September 17, 2021, and the last date to enroll is August 23, 2021. Participants who wish to receive the certificate for the course will have to pay Rs 1,000 and take an examination to be conducted on October 23, 2021. Participants who wish to take the course are required to have knowledge of Basic Linear algebra.
The course will be conducted by Dr Prabha Mandayam who is an assistant professor at IIT Madras and has a PhD in quantum computing, Dr Anupama Ray who is an advisory research scientist, IBM Quantum Ambassador and Qiskit Advocate, IBM Research and has a PhD in deep learning, and Dr Sheshashayee Raghunathan who is a senior engineer at IBM Quantum Ambassador and Qiskit Advocate and has a PhD in Quantum Computing.
The course will introduce participants 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. Participants will also be given an understanding of the idea of quantum error correction to mitigate the effects of noise in today’s quantum devices.
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