Making QPong
Random walk to quantum computing
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About me
- IBM Quantum Developer Advocate
- Focusing on promoting quantum education
- Organized the first university Qiskit hackathon in the world
- Led IBM Quantum Challenge 2021
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I love making quantum games
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Agenda
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QPong & quantum games (30 min)
- Pygame version
- Unity version
- PICO-8 version
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My quantum journey (25 min)
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Q&A (5 min)
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QPong
Circuit Composer
QuantumCircuit
Quantum paddle
Classical paddle
Before measurement:
superposition => statevector backend
After measurement:
collapsed => qasm_simulator backend
- Quantum re-imagination of the classic Pong game.
- Explore unfamiliar concepts in a familiar setting.
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Game engines
Direct library import
Flask server
(with Qiskit API)
JavaScript
Lua
C#
Twine
Minetest
Python
(minimal Qiskit in native language)
QPong
QPong-Unity
QPong-PICO-8
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QPong-Unity
QPong-PICO-8
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Minetest + Qiskit circuit puzzles
Developed by James Weaver (IBM)
And many more!
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My Quantum Journey
Random walk to quantum computing
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Get in touch with CQT professors
Apply for CQT PhD
IAS-ICTP Summer School
Work on quantum random walk
Write project proposal for TQC using 2D materials
Get $3 million SGD grant!
Give up on QC, start PhD in 2D materials
PhD application rejected
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Failing experiments
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Qiskit Camp
QPong was born!
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Qiskit Camp 2019
27 Feb - 1 Mar 2019
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Qiskit Camp
QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
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NanoDays with a Quantum Leap
Courtesy of James Weaver (IBM)
Clean up and polish QPong
6 Apr 2019
Learning points
Python
Github
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QPong was born!
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Work on QPong Arcade
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IBM Quantum Arcade
Courtesy of Gregory Boland (IBM)
Remake QPong in Unity game engine
6 Jun - 12 Sep 2019
Learning points
Unity game engine
C#
Game design principles
Open source collaboration
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Qiskit Camp
QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
Apply for internship at Horizon Quantum. Never heard back
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QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
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Coding with Qiskit
2 Aug 2019
91k views!
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QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
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QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
QPong Arcade Tour
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QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
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QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
QPong Arcade Tour
Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
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Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
Source: Centre for Quantum Technologies
Centre for Quantum Technologies
11-12 Oct 2019
Learning points
Event organization
Public speaking
Coaching
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Qiskit Camp
QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
Apply for internship at Horizon Quantum. Never heard back
Work on QPong Arcade
QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
QPong Arcade Tour
Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
Invitation to CERN
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Quantum Future Hackathon
CERN
Birth place of Higgs boson
18-19 Oct 2019
Visited
CMS detector
IBM Research Zurich
Google Zurich
ETH Zurich
EPFL
CMS detector visit with Dr. James Wootton (IBM Research)
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QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
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QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
QPong Arcade Tour
Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
Invitation to CERN
Become Qiskit Advocate
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Qiskit Advocate
28 Oct 2019
Coffee with Vicente in Murcia, Spain
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Qiskit advocate program
working with IBM quantum experts on a 3-month project to develop skills and build meaningful connections
Shantanu Jha
Founder of YuQC
Organizer of QCHack
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QPong was born!
Boston Museum of Science Demo
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QPong featured in Coding with Qiskit
QPong Arcade Tour
Qiskit Hackathon @ SG
Invitation to CERN
Join IBM Quantum
Become Qiskit Advocate
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Join IBM Quantum
Join IBM Quantum
2 Mar 2020
1 year after QPong!
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Moral of the story
- Many different types of jobs in QC industry
- Quantum Researcher (Zlatko Minev)
- Quantum Developer (Lauren Capelluto)
- Quantum Engineer (Mary Beth Rothwell)
- Quantum Educator (Abe Asfaw)
- Classical Developer (Va Barbosa)
- Technical Writer (Ryan Mandelbaum)
- Human Resources (Bradley Holt)
- ...
- Be active in the community and contribute
- Make yourself visible (Twitter & LinkedIn)
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Many more examples
- Amira Abbas (Winner of Qiskit Camp Europe)
- Olivia Lanes (Winner of Qiskit Camp Flagship)
- Vicente Pina Canelles (Judge of Qiskit Camp Asia)
- Jack Ceroni (Author of Qiskit textbook chapters)
- Ethan Hansen (Host of QC Now Podcast)
- Samanvay Sharma (IndiQ co-founder)
- Rana Prathap (IndiQ co-founder)
- Rahul Pratap Singh (IndiQ co-founder)
- Quantum Research Advocate @ IBM
- Quantum Research Advocate @ IBM
- Quantum Engineer @ IQM Germany
- Intern @ Xanadu
- Marketing @ Zapata
- Intern @ Qiskit Community Team
- Co-op @ Qiskit Community Team
- Co-op @ Qiskit Community Team
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Qiskit Career Resources
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