Azure Quantum
A Platform for Quantum Computing Research, Education, and Innovation

September 20, 2022 · IEEE Quantum Week (QCE22)

About the workshop

Successful technology ecosystems that drive innovation embrace consistent foundational tenants including open standards, attractive value exchange amongst participants, and promotion of tooling and capabilities that mitigate barriers to usage. For Quantum Computing, adhering to these tenants and bringing together diverse capabilities from across the stack encourages continuous improvement to the state of the art as a community and thus accelerates innovation further.
This workshop will discuss the Azure Quantum ecosystem in detail. We will cover key ecosystem tools: Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and Q#. Azure Quantum partners will share their expertise, including detailed technical discussion of their current capabilities and implementation examples.

This workshop includes:

  • Azure Quantum overview.
    • Running quantum computing jobs via Azure Quantum using Q#, Qiskit, and Cirq.
    • Azure Quantum Credits program.
    • Integrated hybrid quantum computing and QIR (Quantum Intermediate Representation).
    • Resources estimation.
  • Azure Quantum hardware partner deep dives.
    • In each 20-minute session the partner experts will cover recent advancements and new capabilities of their platforms.
    • Quantum hardware partners: IonQ, Quantinuum, Pasqal, Rigetti.
  • Azure Quantum use cases.
    • Azure Quantum for educators: using Azure Quantum in the classroom.
    • Azure Quantum for researchers.

Workshop program

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome
    Matt Zanner, Microsoft
10:05 – 11:30 Introduction to Azure Quantum and near-term platform priorities
    10:05 – 10:30 Introduction to Azure Quantum
    Mariia Mykhailova, Microsoft
    10:30 – 11:00 Integrated Hybrid Quantum Computing
    Wim van Dam, Microsoft
    11:00 – 11:30 Resource Estimation
    Mathias Soeken, Microsoft
    Will Zeng, Goldman Sachs
11:30 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 14:30 Azure Quantum hardware partner presentations
    13:00 – 13:20 IonQ Updates
    Sonika Johri, IonQ
    Matthew Keesan, IonQ
    13:20 – 13:40 Quantinuum Updates
    Peter Campora, Quantinuum
    13:40 – 14:00 Pasqal Updates
    Loic Henriet, Pasqal
    14:00 – 14:20 Rigetti Updates
    David Rivas, Rigetti
14:20 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:45 Azure Quantum use cases
    15:15 – 16:15 Azure Quantum For Educators
    Mariia Mykhailova, Microsoft
    Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington
    16:15 – 16:45 Azure Quantum for Researchers
    Ang Li, PNNL

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