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What is Quantum EDGE Academy?
Teaching practical quantum computing is hard. The theoretical side of the field is well supported with courses and textbooks, but equivalent resources are scarce for the skills most needed in industry, like measuring and understanding hardware.
Quantum EDGE Academy changes this by providing a scalable teaching solution without the need for a lab. Academy courses are built on top of the Quantum EDGE measurement and automation platform, a tool used in the industry on QPUs both big and small. Learners using Quantum EDGE Academy run measurements on realistic simulated hardware and take courses written by experts on the practical aspects of quantum computing. This ensures they gain the experience needed to work in the quantum industry.
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Key takeways:
Who is it for?
- Universities and research institutions seeking structured, practical training in quantum hardware and experimental techniques
- Principle investigators and quantum companies onboarding new students, researchers or technical staff
- Students, PhDs and postdocs preparing for work in a laboratory environment
Features
Structured Programme of Courses
- Quantum EDGE Academy offers a suite of courses that needing a enables learners to engage with the practical foundations of quantum computing from the ground up. From the basics of signal processing and cryogenic infrastructure to calibrating, measuring, and manipulating a superconducting qubit, Quantum EDGE Academy guides learners step-by-step through the experimental realities of quantum hardware.
Our courses come in two types: practical courses and concept courses
Practical Courses
- Our goal with practical courses is to make the learning environment feel as close as possible to a real quantum computing laboratory. Practical courses are taken through Experiment Timeline, QuantrolOx’s laboratory control and measurement software, and are structured around a series of realistic measurements carried out on a simulated quantum system. By completing a practical course a student will have gained invaluable skills and intuition that can be transferred to a real quantum laboratory.
Concept Courses
- Concept courses are designed to to give students an introduction to a specific aspect of practical quantum computing. As well as learning about important concepts in quantum computing from a practical perspective, students will learn about fundamental experimental techniques used routinely in real quantum computing laboratories. They will be able to test their understanding of these techniques in realistic simulated practical assessments.
Course spotlights:
Anatomy of a Quantum Computer
Our ‘Anatomy of a Quantum Computer’ course gives learners an introduction to the standard hardware and infrastructure found in cryogenic quantum laboratories. Students explore the different types of quantum processing units, the fundamentals of dilution refrigeration, measurement and control instrumentation, cryogenic cabling, and the software used to run experiments.
By the end of the course, a learner will be able to identify the key components of a quantum computing setup and understand how they work together to enable real experimental measurements.
Topics
- The quantum processing unit
- Dilution refrigerator operation
- The signal path
- Instruments for quantum measurement and control
- Automation and control software
Making your first measurement
Our ‘Making Your First Measurement’ course introduces the essential practical concepts required to perform measurements in a cryogenic quantum laboratory. Learners are introduced to the fundamentals of complex impedance, RLC circuits and the basics of signal processing.
They then apply this knowledge in a realistic simulated practical for which they must take account of the experimental context of the measurement by understanding how signals are conditioned inside a dilution refrigerator. By the end of the course, students gain both theoretical understanding and practical intuition for working in a cryogenic laboratory environment.
Topics
- Complex Impedance
- RLC circuits
- Introduction to signal processing
- Fridge signal path
- Hands on practical in simulated enviroment
Tuning a superconducting Qubit 1: Finding Your Qubit
Quantum EDGE Academy features a series of courses that guide learners through the process of characterising, calibrating, and controlling superconducting qubits. In the first of these courses, ‘Finding Your Qubit’, students learn how superconducting qubits are calibrated using key experimental techniques such as resonator spectroscopy and qubit power spectroscopy.
The underlying physics is introduced through a practical lens, with a strong focus on how these measurements are performed and interpreted in real laboratory settings.
As a Quantum EDGE Academy practical course, Finding Your Qubit is in Experiment Timeline, where students will learn by carrying out realistic measurements on a simulated superconducting qubit system
Topics
- Broadband resonator spectroscopy
- Resonator power spectroscopy
- Resonator qubit matching
- Qubit power spectroscopy
- Hands on practical in simulated environment
Curriculum
Applied Quantum Computing
- Introduction To Quantum Computing*
- Anatomy Of A Quantum Computer
- Introducing The Qubit*
- RF For Quantum Engineers*
- Making Your First Measurement
Superconducting Quantum Computing
- Introduction To Superconducting Qubits*
- Tuning A Superconducting Qubit 1: Finding Your Qubit
- Tuning A Superconducting Qubit 2: Single Qubit Manipulation*
- Tuning A Superconducting Qubit 3: Readout Fidelity And Coherence*
* Coming soon
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What Our Customers Say
Quantum Edge allows our students to acquire, within two years, all the skills that the industry needs. [It] is really allowing us to provide practical training without having to run the labs and pay the overhead of things not working in a real lab.”
– Vesna Mitrovic, Chair and Professor of Physics and Engineering, Brown University