OneQuantum Philippines 2022 Year Ender

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Jan 15, 2023

Good bye Year 2022! You were an exciting year for OneQuantum Philippines ! We have been quite silent after our second newsletter but we actually had a lot of things done. Let me give you a list of our events.

July 16, 2022

Building your Quantum Computing Startup

by Nardo Manaloto

What industry do Quantum technologies make a significant impact in? In fields such as Healthcare, Pharma, Energy, and Food Management there are many solutions quantum computing can help in creating innovative solutions. But what does it take to make a great idea successful?

Aug 20, 2022

Hiding Ignorance and Finding Knowledge: Adventures Using the Shape of Light

by Jacquiline Romero

The transverse shape of light has emerged in recent years as a promising platform for encoding quantum information, for the multiple levels that it affords and the ease with which shape can be controlled. To demonstrate, I will discuss two recent experiments. The first is on ignorance: One might ask if ignorance of a whole system implies ignorance of its parts. Our classical intuition tells us yes, however quantum theory tells us no: it is possible to encode information in a quantum system so that despite some ignorance of the whole, it is impossible to identify the unknown part. I will give an experimental evidence that supports this counterintuitive fact. The second is on learning: We used a tomographic technique inspired by machine learning to track a quantum state as the state changes. The method is computationally efficient and also robust—it converges to a good estimate even in the presence of strong noise. Developing techniques like this is especially important for systems that are of high dimensionality, where making tomographically complete measurements become impractical.

Nov 7, 2022

Quantum Computing: Are you ready for the future of computing?

by Bobby Corpus Jr. & Asher Manangan

This was a webinar session with Bobby Corpus and Asher Manangan with a talk entitled, "Quantum Computing: Are you ready for the future of computing?"

This webinar served as a great avenue for students to explore new areas and the latest information relevant to Quantum Computing. Although still in its early stages, the topic of quantum computing is one of the most complicated in all of computer science. However, given the immense potential of quantum computing, there may soon be a huge demand for skill in this field as both the workforce and technology advance quickly. As a practical matter, this event is highly helpful because it is the first step in assisting students in gaining soft skills that will be useful in their future quantum careers. Insight, output, and advancements in climate technologies will all increase as a result. By demonstrating the amazing powers of quantum computing, this introduction to the subject hopes to both counteract the lack of qualified workers in the sector and excite the attention of young minds.

Nov 16, 2022

Using Google Colaboratory for scientific computing

by Dylan Josh Lopez

This video is a session by Dylan Josh Lopez, where he will teach you how to use Google Collaboratory to run your code in the cloud! It is a helpful tool when you want Google servers to handle your heavy workload! That's why it is recommended for CPU/GPU and memory-intensive calculations. Whether you are a student, researcher, or an AI/ML enthusiast, Google Colab is a must-platform to learn.

Dec 9, 2022

Getting Started with IBM Quantum Experience

by Asher Manangan

This talk, "Getting Started with IBM Quantum Experience" aims to help students get started in Quantum Computing. We will also demonstrate how you can build a sample quantum coin flipper application that uses IBM's Quantum Computer API, using Unity as our frontend GUI and Django as our backend.

Dec 19, 2022

Dynamic Quantum Circuits

by Brian Siegelwax

Brian is an independent quantum algorithm designer and author of "Dungeons & Qubits 1: an Adventurer's Continued Tale Beyond the Quantum Computing Tutorials" and "Choose Your Own Quantum Adventure 2: A Personalized Career Guide For The Quantum Computing Industry." He writes for Medium, Quantum Zeitgeist, The Quantum Insider, Quantum Pirates, and QuantumGrad.

His talk is about dynamic quantum circuits, giving examples, and talking about some of the advantages and disadvantages of using them.

Shor’s Algorithm Series

We also continued with the 7-part Shor’s algorithm series. Here are the sessions:

Session 4: Elliptic Curve Cryptography

In this session, we introduce Elliptic Curve Cryptography: how to encrypt and decrypt messages.

Session 5: Quantum Computing and Elliptic Curve Cryptography

This session introduces the mathematics of ECC, the discrete logarithm problem and how it is cracked using the Shor’s Algorithm.

Session 6: Constructing the Quantum Fourier Transform

This session derives the circuit of the Quantum Fourier Transform from the mathematical equation.

40th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Annual Conference

Members of OneQuantum Philippines also presented at the 40th SPP Physics Conference and Annual Meeting held on 19–21 October 2022 in a hybrid online and on-site format. The presenters are Bobby Corpus Jr. who gave a talk and hands-on on the topic entitled, “Introduction to Quantum Computing”. Kevin Icaro also presented his paper entitled “Frequency analysis of an all-spin logic circuit simulation” and Lemuel John Sese with his paper “Exact recurrence of a qubit immersed in a homogeneous N-qubit environment”.

Nomination on PCIEERD Quantum Board

Bobby Corpus Jr., president of OneQuantum Philippines was nominated as one of the board members at DOST-PCIEERD. He and other members will play a huge role in shaping the quantum ecosystem in the Philippines.

Qubit x Qubit 1st Semester Passers

David Buena, Bernardino Buenaobra, Asher Manangan, and Andrew Justin Oconer have successfully passed their first-semester course on Introduction to Quantum Computing by The coding school. They learned about the foundational knowledge of quantum computing and use Qiskit to program on a real quantum computer! They have learned a lot: from the concepts of qubits, and quantum gates, and even learning how to create Quantum Key Distribution circuits! They are surely looking forward for semester 2 of the course.

IBM Quantum Challenge

Members of OneQuantum PH participated in the conducted IBM Quantum Challenge 2022. The challenges expose them to different levels from basics to advanced:

1. Introduction to Primitives on Qiskit Runtime
2. Quantum Kernel Learning with Qiskit Runtime
3. Optimization
4. Quantum Chemistry

It’s been a fun and joyful experience for participants. Let’s read what they think about the challenges: