{"id":42129,"date":"2021-05-25T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=c494763dc32e88874213d94971de95df"},"modified":"2021-05-25T15:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:14:23","slug":"ibm-collaborates-with-indian-universities-on-quantum-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/ibm-collaborates-with-indian-universities-on-quantum-research\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM collaborates with Indian universities on quantum research"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Zach Marzouk<\/a><\/span>
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25 May, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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IBM<\/a> will provide over-the-cloud access to its quantum systems for Indian institutions to accelerate advanced training and research in quantum computing as it hopes to help build a “quantum-ready” workforce.<\/p>\n

Faculty and students will be able to access IBM quantum systems, quantum learning resources, and quantum tools over the IBM Cloud<\/a> for education and research purposes. The company hopes this will enable them to work with actual quantum computers and programmes using the Qiskit<\/span> open-source framework.<\/p>\n

“IBM is committed to growing a quantum-ready workforce and building an ecosystem to nurture the quantum community in India. With this engagement, we can take it a step further to scale up this ecosystem in India, for India and the world,” said Gargi Dasgupta, director of IBM Research India and CTO of\u00a0IBM India\/South Asia.<\/p>\n

The institutions taking part are the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) – Pune, IISER \u2013 Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Jodhpur, IIT – Kanpur, IIT – Kharagpur, IIT \u2013 Madras, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai, and the University of Calcutta.<\/p>\n

This partnership will also be part of the IBM<\/a> Quantum Educators programme that helps faculty in the quantum field to connect with one another and provides them with educational resources.<\/p>\n

Plus, IISER- Thiruvananthapuram, ISI-Kolkata, and IIT-Madras will host their own Quantum Computing Lab courses for students which will include lab sessions using IBM quantum systems.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, IBM offered the quantum industry’s first developer certification<\/a> to help workforces become “quantum-ready”. Developers have to display their knowledge of Qiskit<\/span>, the company’s open source quantum development kit, and answer 60 questions in the certification exam.<\/p>\n

Using the knowledge of how to utilise\u00a0Python and basic linear algebra, Qiskit<\/span> allows users to programme quantum computing hardware. Since it was launched in 2017, thousands of users have developed applications and maintained and improved code, according to the company.<\/p>\n

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Zach Marzouk<\/p>\n

25 May, 2021 <\/p>\n

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