A guided hike into quantum machine learning

Europe/Paris
Salle de formation (Maison de la Simulation)

Salle de formation

Maison de la Simulation

Bâtiment 565 PC 190 – Digiteo CEA Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex
Yann Beaujeault-Taudière (CEA, Maison de la Simulation)
Description

Description

An introduction to quantum machine learning. 
With cool pictures! 
With memes! 
With food!

The lecture will cover a basic introduction to quantum neural networks, quantum kernels, and data encoding techniques, with hands-on sessions for each. More advanced topics such as barren plateaus, expressivity, and "application <-> hardware" pipelines will be brushed over but not covered in detail.

Attendance

In-person: The training will be held at Maison de la Simulation, CEA Saclay, building 565 PC 190 – Digiteo, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Remote: A video broadcast will be set up. The link will be posted here a few days before the event.

Fees: There are no registration fees. For on-site participants, lunches and coffee breaks are also fully covered by us.

Requirements

A little background in either variational quantum algorithms or classical machine learning is useful but optional.

A basic knowledge of quantum computing (gates, circuits, measurements) is expected.

Software tools

We will use Python during the hands-on sessions. You are free to use the quantum SDK of your choice. Nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that you install Xanadau's PennyLane; Qiskit is also supported. Please make sure that you can run this example code, or reproduce it using the SDK of your choice.

Acknowledgements

This event is supported by the QEC4QEA project and the European Union.

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    • 11:30
      Welcome, lunch and coffee break
    • 1
      Content of the lecture & overview of the quantum stack
      Orateur: Yann Beaujeault-Taudière (CEA, Maison de la Simulation)
    • 2
      What is (quantum) machine learning?
      Orateur: Yann Beaujeault-Taudière (CEA, Maison de la Simulation)
    • 3
      Quantum neural networks [Theory]
      Orateur: Yann Beaujeault-Taudière (CEA, Maison de la Simulation)
    • 15:30
      Coffee break
    • 4
      Quantum neural networks [Hands-on]
      Orateur: Yann Beaujeault-Taudière (CEA, Maison de la Simulation)
    • 5
      Data encoding [Theory + Hands-on]
    • 10:10
      Coffee break
    • 6
      Quantum kernels [Theory]
    • 12:00
      Lunch
    • 7
      Quantum kernels [Hands-on]
    • 15:30
      Coffee break, final wrap-up and questions