31/01/2024

IMPA hosts Workshop on Quantum Computing

IMPA, in partnership with IBM Research Brazil, will hold a Workshop on Quantum Computing on February 21st and 22nd – a course aimed at postgraduate students in Mathematics. The event will be taught by Rodrigo Neumann, Marco Barroca, and Alan Duriez, researchers from IBM, and will feature a lecture by Guilherme Temporão and Thiago Guerreiro, from PUC-Rio. Registration can be done via this link.

“This partnership with IBM Research Brazil is part of the work we have been doing to expand and diversify the scope of IMPA's activities and the training we offer our students,” highlights the institute's director-general, Marcelo Viana.

The practical course will last six hours and will take place between 9 am and 12 pm. The first day will cover basic topics of quantum information such as quantum states, systems and circuits, unit measurements and operations; superdense coding (Qiskit) among other subjects. The second day of the workshop will be dedicated to the fundamentals of quantum algorithms such as factorization, Quantum Fourier Transform, Shor's algorithm, structureless search and Grover's algorithm.

The lecture “ Entanglement: from quantum weirdness to a resource for quantum ”, will be given on Tuesday (21) from 2 pm to 5 pm. The presentation will be divided into two parts: the first will address a historical overview of the concept of entanglement and its importance in understanding the nature of reality, including a discussion of how Bell's Inequality changed our understanding of the nature of reality. The second part will show how entanglement can be exploited as a resource for quantum computing and communication.

To guarantee registration for the event, participants must complete the form available at this link and, before the workshop, create an account on the IBM Quantum Platform. All registrants must also bring their own laptops for practical exercises.