We, the organizers, would like to thank you all, lecturers and other participants, for wonderful days at Holmenkollen.

Below you will find that (some of) the list of lectures have been augmented with a link to the slides.

We also share a link to a little gallery of photos from the School.

The aim of the school

Quantum computers and IT platforms are here to stay. We believe that in ten years from now, they will be widely adopted by many industries, as was the case or transistors and lasers invented during the first quantum revolution.

In the past few years a lot of effort has been dedicated into developing algorithms for noisy near-term quantum (NISQ – Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) processors. These efforts culminated a few years back in the demonstration of quantum supremacy, in which a quantum processor outperformed best classical computers at a non-trivial (but rather useless) task. The demonstration later led to development of an efficient classical method competitive with the performance of the quantum hardware, opening again the race for establishing quantum advantage.

We believe that we are witnessing the beginning of a new approach to Quantum Computing (QC) and Quantum Information Technologies (QIT), different from what was described in the textbooks. QC ideas were blended with the Machine Learning (ML) concepts, gate-based QC protypes are now competing with quantum annealers, and it was realized that that present-day NISQ platforms can be modelled and described in a much better way when treated as open quantum systems rather than by unitary means. To update young Norwegian researchers on this shift of the QC paradigm is the main idea of the School. Complimentary, the awareness of our young researchers is vitally important to the development of a new conceptual approach to the applied QC because this development demands doers who will unfold it further.

We also consider the topics of the school,

• key concepts of the theory of open quantum systems
• Quantum Information Theory and error correction schemes
• Machine Learning (both quantum and for quantum)
• Quantum Annealing
• quantum software engineering
• usage of QC for chemistry and and other computationally ‘heavy’ research fields
• Quantum hardware development

to be relevant to the future professionals in industry sectors where quantum IT components are expected to play strategic roles (e.g., in public transportation, health sector, and financial analysis) and where the expertise in solving complex optimization problems is highly demanded, both in Norway and internationally. The school will thus also contribute to the student awareness of career opportunities outside the academia bulb. 

Lecturers

• Giulia Ferrini (Chalmers/WACQT, Sweden), Quantum Error-Correction with Qubit and Bosonic Codes
• Victoria Goliber (D-Wave), Introduction to D-Wave and Quantum Annealing (lecture) and Programming with D-Wave’s Ocean SDK (coding session). Lecture part 1 and part 2
• Markus Schmitt (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany), Complexity of quantum states from autoencoder neural networks. Lecture part 1 and part 2
• Shaukat Ali (SimulaLab, Oslo), Quantum Software Engineering 101
• Alexander Müller-Hermes (University of Oslo, Norway), Introduction to Quantum Channels and Noise Models for Quantum Computing
• Rodrigo Martínez Peña (DIPC Institute, Spain), Reservoir Computing in Quantum Systems. Lecture part 1 and part 2
• Werner Dobrautz (Chalmers, Sweden), Variational Hybrid Quantum Algorithms with Applications to Quantum Chemistry Problems
• Emil Magni and Lars Nordbryhn (IBM), Recent Advances in Quantum Hardware

Organizers

Sergiy Denysov sergiyde@oslomet.no

Andre Laestadius andrelae@oslomet.no

Sølve Selstø solvese@oslomet.no

Fees

No fees. The OsloMet Quantum Hub covers accommodation, meals, and the social program – in addition to the school itself.

For students outside of Oslo who need to arrive the evening before, we will try to provide additional accommodation. Please contact the organizers in this case.

Venue

The school will be held in the SCANDIC Holmenkollen Park Hotel. Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner + coffee breaks) will be served during the school.

How to get there

The hotel address is Kongeveien 26. From Oslo S, Oslo Central Station, you can get there by taking the subway line 1, direction Frognerseteren, to Holmenkollen. From there there is a 14 minutes walk.

In case you arrive Oslo by bus, you will find that the Bus terminal is within walking distance from Oslo S/Jernbanetorget (the Railway square).

Tickets for the subway can be bought via the Ruter app – or at kiosks such as Narvesen, 7-Eleven, Deli De Luca and Mix stores.

Program

May be subject to adjustments.

Day & time	Monday, November 6th
2 – 6pm	arrival & checking in for lecturers and far-away travelers
6 – 9pm	get-together dinner

Day & time	Tuesday, November 7th
9:15 – 9:30	opening of the school
9:30 – 10:15	lecture I by Alexander Müller-Hermes
10:15 – 10:30	break
10:30 – 11:15	lecture II by Alexander Müller-Hermes
11:15 – 11:45	coffee break
11:45 – 12:45	lecture by Werner Dobrautz
13:00 – 14:00	lunch
14:00 – 14:45	lecture I by Rodrigo Martínez Peña
14:45 – 15:00	break
15:00 – 15:45	lecture II by Rodrigo Martínez Peña
15:45 – 16:15	check in coffee break/snack
16:15 – 18:00	discussions/free time
18:00	dinner

Day & time	Wednesday, November 8th
9:00 – 9:45	lecture I by Giulia Ferrini
9:45 – 10:00	break
10:00 – 10:45	lecture II by Giulia Ferrini
10:45 – 11:15	coffee break
11:15 – 12:00	lecture I by Markus Schmitt
12:00 – 12:15	break
12:15 – 13:00	lecture II by Markus Schmitt
13:00 – 14:00	lunch
14:30 – 16:30	excursion: Roseslottet
16:30 – 17:00	optional: informal discussions and coffee/snack
18:00	school dinner

Day & time	Thursday, November 9th
9:00 – 9:45	lecture I by Victoria Goliber
9:45 – 10:00	break
10:00 – 10:45	lecture II by Victoria Goliber
10:45 – 11:30	coffee break & check-out (hotel)
11:30 – 12:30	lecture by Shaukat Ali (on zoom)
13:00 – 14:00	lunch
14:00 – 15:00	lecture by Emil Magni and Lars Nordbryhn
15:00-15:15	closure of the school optional: informal discussions and coffee/snack