HAQS-2022

Repository containing challenges for the qBraid HAQS 2022 quantum computing hackathon.

For non-registered individuals: https://qbraid.com/haqs

For participants: https://account.qbraid.com/haqs

Oct 21st - Nov 5th 2022

Challenges

• QML Classifier Challenge

• qBraid Open Challenge

Getting started

1. Fork this repository into your account, and copy its git clone url e.g. https://github.com/<user>/HAQS-2022.git. You should find the URL after clicking the green code button:

2. At the top of this README in the forked repo, click the Launch on qBraid button to clone this repository and launch qBraid Lab.

3. Open terminal (first icon in the Other column in Launcher) and cd into the HAQS repo. Set the repo's remote origin using the git clone url you copied in Step 1, and then create a new branch for your team:

cd HAQS-2022
git remote set-url origin <url>
git branch <team_name>
git checkout <team_name>

4. Use the environment manager (ENVS tab in the right sidebar) to install environment "HAQS 2022". The installation should take ~2 min.
5. Once the installation is complete, click Activate to add a new ipykernel for "HAQS 2022".
6. From the FILES tab in the left sidebar, double-click on the HAQS-2022 directory.
7. Open and follow instructions in verify_setup.ipynb to verify your "HAQS 2022" environment setup.
8. You are now ready to begin hacking! Work with your team to complete either of the challenges listed above.

To submit your hack, create a pull request from your team's named branch (created during Step 4 above) following challenge submission instructions.

For help with these instructions, follow along with the HAQS getting started video demo: https://youtu.be/uYGV9w2DUcg

For other questions or additional help using qBraid, see Lab User Guide, or reach out on Discord.