Lectures

This talk is a general introduction to quantum annealing. It covers:<ul> <li>how does a quantum annealer work in theory and what can it be used for;</li> <li>what are the theoretical and practical limitations;</li> <li>how to solve problems on quantum annealers, in particular D-Wave quantum annealers as the one hosted by JSC;</li> <li>the basic information about the architecture of D-Wave quantum annealers;</li> <li>how to formulate an optimization problem as a QUBO or Ising problem;</li> <li>different encoding strategies;</li> <li>how to incorporate constraints;</li> <li>how to embed a (logical) problem onto the given hardware graph (considering physical connectivity);</li> <li>how to send a problem to the quantum annealer using D-Wave's Ocean SDK and how to interpret the response;</li></ul>Finally, some small examples are presented and the talk ends with a short hands-on exercise..

Description of the general focus of the symposiumEBRAINS is a European research infrastructure dedicated to advancing brain science by providing access to essential data, simulation tools, workflows, and computing resources. It fosters scalable, reproducible, and FAIR-compliant research. [...]