05 Quantum optimization with Qiskit

Intermediate level | Duration 3 hours or 6 hours with practical exercice modules

This intermediate level workshop offers you an opportunity to develop your knowledge with Qiskit and acquire a concrete foundation in quantum optimization as well as a practical exercices module.

An additional 3-hour module also offers a series of practical exercises in quantum optimization applied to combinatorial optimization problems.

1. Quantum optimization basic concepts

• Binary combinatorial optimization
• Quadratic programs and MaxCut example
• Notion of observable and cost function
• QAOA et algorithmes hybrides quantiques-classiques

2. Programme d’optimisation en Python avec Qiskit

• Construction of a graph
• Conversion to an observable (Hamiltonian)
• Evaluation of the cost function and the notion of optimizer
• QAOA circuit assembly, implementation and results

Practical Exercises Module

Intermediate level | Duration 3 hours

This module offers a series of practical exercises in quantum optimization applied to combinatorial optimization problems.