St Petersburg University launches online course on programming quantum computers
A new online course at St Petersburg University will help master QisKit, an essential tool in the arsenal of quantum algorithm developers.
Unlike the binary system used in digital devices, the quantum system can simultaneously take any arbitrary value from zero to one. The amount of computation a quantum computer is capable of performing therefore increases by an infinite number of times, depending on our ability to recognise states.
The course "Quantum Computer Programming in Python with QisKit" consists of five modules. Students will learn: cutting-edge tools for developing, testing, and executing quantum algorithms; why QisKit is essential for quantum computing engineers; and other IBM Quantum Experience tools and useful new algorithms. Students will have an opportunity to run some of these on a real quantum computer.
‘Quantum algorithms are a fascinating area to apply knowledge of mathematics and programming,’ said Sergei Sysoev, the course author, Associate Professor in the Department of System Programming at St Petersburg University. ‘In previous courses, we focused on mathematics and the increased focus was on a theoretical model of quantum computing. In this course, we will finally get down to programming and put what we have learned into practice. Enough of this dry theory, it’s time for some amazing experiments!’
The online course "Quantum Computer Programming in Python with QisKit" will be of interest to students in "Applied Mathematics and Informatics’ and ‘Physics and Astronomy".