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Welcome to Qiskit Fall Fest 2023 @ Palermo!
We are delighted to invite you to Qiskit Fall Fest, a global quantum computing event supported by IBM Quantum and the Qiskit community.
The Qiskit Fall Fest is a collection of quantum computing events on college campuses around the world. Every Fall Fest event is organized and run by the students on each campus, with support from the entire IBM Quantum team. Student leaders work alongside IBM throughout the month of September to design and plan their event, which are then run in October. The events vary from technical hackathons to beginner-friendly challenges, all with the goal of helping to grow the local community’s skill set.
In 2023, Palermo hosted its own Qiskit Fall Fest event at the Università degli Studi di Palermo in Italy.
The Qiskit Fall Fest is a celebration of quantum technology, research, and collaboration, bringing together quantum enthusiasts, researchers, students, and professionals from around the world. Whether you’re a quantum expert or just starting your journey into the quantum realm, this event is designed for you.
We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Qiskit is an open source software development kit for building, optimizing, and executing quantum circuits. It supports local simulation and cloud-based execution on quantum processing units available through IBM Quantum Platform.
An open source SDK for building quantum circuits and running them on simulators or quantum hardware.
IBM Quantum develops quantum computing hardware, software, and services for research and industry. Its work spans the full quantum computing stack and includes IBM Quantum Platform, which provides cloud access to quantum systems, learning resources, and development tools for a global community of organizations, researchers, educators, and developers.
IBM's initiative for advancing quantum computing technology and making it broadly usable across research and industry.
With more than 40,000 members, the University of Palermo is one of Italy's largest universities. Founded in 1806 by Ferdinand III of Bourbon, it was authorized to award degrees in theology, medicine, law, and philosophy. The university has since undergone major transformations, becoming a centre for secular education and the home of many notable scientists. Its resilience, including during the period following the Second World War, has enabled it to adapt to changing educational needs while retaining an important role in the intellectual and political life of Sicily and Italy.
A historic Italian university and a leading centre for education, research, and scientific culture.
The Department has a distinguished scientific legacy. Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826), the first director of the Observatory, discovered Ceres, originally classified as an asteroid and now considered a dwarf planet. The physicist Emilio Segrè (1905–1989), after whom the DiFC is named, discovered technetium, element 43, in Via Archirafi. In 1959, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton. The chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910) achieved international recognition for proposing the Cannizzaro reaction.
The Department of Physics and Chemistry “Emilio Segrè” at UNIPA carrying forward Palermo's long-standing legacy in physics and chemistry.
Full Professor of Matter Physics at University of Palermo
• President of SISTEQ
Full Professor of Matter Physics at University of Palermo
North America Lead for Workforce and Community at IBM Quantum
Researcher in Matter Physics at University of Palermo
PhD student in Data Science and Computation at University of Bologna and INFN
• Qiskit Advocate
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Friday,
Intro to quantum computing and applications |
Monday,
Hands-on session |
Wednesday,
Challenge and advanced topics |
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– Accreditation |
– Accreditation |
– Accreditation |
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– Opening ceremony Organizers |
– Greetings from IBM Quantum Brian Ingmanson |
– Review of the Qiskit exercises Organizers |
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– Fundamentals of quantum computation: circuit model and quantum gates Gioacchino Massimo Palma |
– Qiskit hands-on session I: first steps with Qiskit and circuits Organizers |
– About Grover's algorithm Luca Innocenti |
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– Break |
– Break |
– Break |
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– Overview of quantum algorithms and applications Mauro Paternostro |
– Qiskit hands-on session II: implementation of quantum algorithms Organizers |
– Qiskit-symb: a Qiskit Ecosystem package for symbolic quantum computation Simone Gasperini |
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– Are you ready for a challenge? Mauro Paternostro |
– Break |
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– Playing games, quantumly Mauro Paternostro |
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– Closing ceremony Organizers |
(Lead Organizer)
Quantum cloud engineer @ Nexum, Rome
M.Sc. student in Physics @ University of Palermo
M.Sc. student in Physics @ University of Palermo
B.Sc. student in Innovation Engineering @ University of Palermo
Università degli Studi di Palermo,
Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica "Emilio Segrè",
via Archirafi, 36 (classroom A),
Palermo, Italy
The event will be held in hybrid mode. Further information on remote participation will
be given after registration.
We strongly encourage in-person attendance for a more exciting
experience and greater networking opportunities!
Illustrator and comic book artist
Software engineer @ Monese
B.Sc. in Physics @ University of Palermo
Associate Professor of Applied Physics @ University of Palermo
(volunteer)
PhD student in Quantum Optics and Waveguide QED @ University of Palermo
(volunteer)
PhD student in Quantum Information @ University of Palermo
