This is the Qiskit Fall Fest event for Purdue Universit Fort Wayne. We're so exciting to have you all here. This event is being hosted by Purdue University QUantum and AI Center (QUAIC) sponsored by IBM and PFW Department of Computer Science.

We are one of 29 campuses around the world and the only one in Indiana to host the IBM sponsored Qiskit Fall Fest Events.

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.

The Fall Fest here includes a series of workshops starting Oct 3 and ends with a hackathon, October 21 - 23. Details are coming.

• Please register at https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_74gAJ3qOBtMEz9s

• Oct 3 Quantum 101, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, NF 101
• Oct 10 Intro to Qiskit, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, NF 101, see qiskit-presentation repository

• Please join IBM Quantum Explorers, a self-paced gamified quantum learnng journey
• become Captain, Space Combatant (Quantum Machine Learning), and Expert Navigator (Quantum Optimization)
• read an open access book Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious

• Develop and present Qiskit Project, a team of 2 - 5
• kick off with Hackathon Themee Revleved at 4 pm on Friday, Oct 21, ET 115
• the winning teams will be announced on 4 pm, on Wednesday, Oct 26 at this page
• the first place tem will get the IBM Swags.
• participating teams will get certificates.

• create a project to help others learn about certain hard principles or concepts of quantum information science, and engineering, or
• create a project to show how quantum technology can apply to solve hard problem

• email github public link to Dr. Liu [email protected]. README.md should include team members
• attend and give a presentation of 7 minuutes plus 3 minute Q & A per team at 4 pm, on Sunday, Oct 23

• The wiiner announcements are final.

• Originality and Uniqueness (25%) • Compared to what you've seen before, how unique is this project? How interesting do you find it? Did the team attempt something new or difficult?

• Usefulness and Complexity (25%) • Will other people be able to use this project? Was the project thoughtful in how it was designed? How functional is the project as of judging?

• Quantum Community Benefit (25%) • Will this project help the community at large? Can people use this for research or further develop it? Will this project help others learn and understand quantum computing?

• Presentation (25%) • Did the team represent their project well? Was the team able to explain why they made certain decisions? Did the entire team get a chance to speak?

• All submissions must be built using Qiskit.
• You may use other languages to build your project, but no more than 50 % of your project may be in a language other than Qiskit.
• All submissions must be built using an open source license, if applicable
• Projects built are owned by the teams which constructed them
• Teams must be at least 2 members, but no more than 4 members.
• You cannot begin building your project until the Hack-a-thon KICK-OFF on October 21, 4 PM EDT
• You must submit your project before the provided deadline on October 23rd, 4 PM EDT
• Full judging criteria can be found on the next page
• Projects will be judged by the organizers following the Guidelines on the net page

• First Place: Qbit Musketeers
  • Praveen Venkatachalam, Furqan Ali Khan, Vijay Anand Pandian
    • Qubit Rotation Simulator (https://github.com/praveen-venkatachalam/qbit_rotation_sim)