BlueQubit
Quantum Hackathon
Use your quantum computing skills to crack our peaked circuits.
Join our one-of-a-kind quantum hackathon, where you’ll put your quantum computing skills to test and solve Peaked Circuit challenges.
Participants will have the chance to compete and collaborate on puzzles never seen before using their quantum algorithmic skills.
The hackathon is open to all experience levels — anyone from quantum enthusiasts to seasoned researchers is welcome.
Schedule
Peaked Circuits Challenge
Participants of the BlueQubit quantum hackathon will receive special quantum circuits (Peaked Circuits) where each circuit sets up a specific quantum state.
Hidden within that state is a single bitstring that appears with high probability. Your mission is to find this bitstring!
Peaked Circuits in a Nutshell
“Peaked circuits” are pre-constructed quantum circuits with a non-uniform distribution of measurement outcomes.
They are designed in a way that one particular bitstring has a higher probability than others, e.g. O(1) as opposed to exponentially small amplitude. Your challenge is to identify that ‘peak bitstring’ in the distribution.
They were introduced by Scott Aaronson as a way to achieve verifiable quantum advantage. Carefully crafted peaked circuits look like random circuits - like the one used by Google in their benchmark that would take supercomputers septillion=10²⁵ years to replicate. However, unlike random circuits - peaked circuits are much easier to verify: all you need to do is to run them on a quantum computer and verify you get the correct hidden bitstring!
This quantum hackathon aims to test the skills of quantum researchers and enthusiasts in how well they can use quantum computers and simulators to crack peaked circuits.
About BlueQubit
BlueQubit is a quantum computing company dedicated to democratizing access to quantum technology. Our platform features simulators that let you refine circuits before moving them to real quantum computers. One of our research areas involves peaked circuits—and how they allow you to encrypt a message so that only quantum computers can decrypt it. Through the BlueQubit quantum hackathon, we aim to inspire more students and quantum enthusiasts to explore circuits that can run on real quantum computers.
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