Microsoft Quantum Challenge

What it is

Students worldwide devised real-world problems and came up with running solutions using the software simulator for Language-Integrated Quantum Operations, LIQUi|> (opens in new tab), in the first Quantum Computing Challenge.

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Microsoft Quantum Challenge

Interested in delving into quantum chemistry, linear algebra, teleportation, and much more? Students entered the Microsoft Quantum Challenge to see how far they could go! From around the world students investigated and solved problems facing the quantum universe using Microsoft’s simulator, LIQUi|>.

They won big prizes, and the opportunity to visit Microsoft Research and maybe gain an internship.

Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Challenge. Interest over the past three months came from all round the world. The judging panel was impressed by all the entries. The following were chosen to receive prizes. Congratulations to the winners!

Each of the winners used the simulator for Language-Integrated Quantum Operations: LIQUi|> from Microsoft Research.
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	Thien Nguyen Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Grand Prize – $5,000 Entry: Simulating Dynamical Input-Output Quantum Systems with LIQUi|>
	Johannes Bausch   University of Cambridge, UK Second Prize: $2,500 Entry: Quantum Neural Networks: A Hamiltonian Complexity Approach
	Andras Pal Gilyen   Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Second Prize: $2,500 Entry: Testing quantum state engineering protocols via LIQUi|> simulations
	Ali Abdullah Husain   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Second Prize: $2,500 Entry: Catching Nature in the Act: Real-Time Imaging of Quantum Systems with LIQUi|>
	Vojtěch Havlíček   ETH Zurich, Switzerland Second Prize: $2,500 (shared) Team Entry: Solving Maximally-Constrained 1-SAT Problems with Oracular Access
	Antony Milne   Imperial College, UK Second Prize: $2,500 (shared) Team Entry: Solving Maximally-Constrained 1-SAT Problems with Oracular Access
	Andrew Simmons   Imperial College, UK Second Prize: $2,500 (shared) Team Entry: Solving Maximally-Constrained 1-SAT Problems with Oracular Access