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The second-annual IBM Quantum® Developer Conference will bring together developers from all over the world to preview the hardware and software that will power the first demonstrations of quantum advantage on IBM® quantum computers.
Applications are open from now until September 19. We will begin notifying invited guests on August 1st. We strongly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to increase your chances of securing an invitation to the event.
As was the case with last year’s inaugural QDC event, any member of the quantum community may apply to attend IBM Quantum Developer Conference 2025. However, space is very limited. That’s why we ask that all prospective attendees submit an application to be considered for the event. You can use the registration link at the top to submit your application.
Why attend
Developers are the bridge between today’s problems and tomorrow’s quantum-powered breakthroughs. At QDC, IBM Quantum invites you to engage directly with the technology driving us toward quantum advantage by 2026. This year, we're doubling down on our commitment to collaboration, focusing on the workflows and capabilities that will drive real progress in three key areas: Simulation, Optimization, and Quantum Information.
You’ll hear from experts across each domain on cutting-edge applications, capabilities, and leading research- and then push the bleeding edge yourself through hands-on workshops. Along the way, you’ll gain practical experience with the newest tools, while learning best practices for getting the most out of existing ones, empowering you with the expertise and resources to unlock the full potential of quantum computing.
Speakers
Agenda
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IBM Speaker: Stefan Wörner
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IBM Speaker: David Kremer, Victor Villar, Juan Cruz Benito
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IBM Speaker: Genya Crossman, Alexandre Choquette, Gavin Jones, Hiroshi Horii, Stefan Wörner, Antonio Mezzacapo, Ivano Tavernelli, Francesco Tacchino, Christa Zoufal
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IBM Speaker: Ian Hincks
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IBM Speaker: Eddie Schoute
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IBM Speaker: Jay Gambetta
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IBM Speaker: Caleb Johnson, Kevin Sung
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IBM Speaker: Gavin Jones
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IBM Speaker: Nicolas Dupuis
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IBM Speaker: Stefan Wörner
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IBM Speaker: Alexandre Choquette
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IBM Speaker: Tristan Müller
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Elucidating mRNA secondary structure is crucial for advancing mRNA synthesis, translation regulation, and therapeutic innovation, yet it faces formidable computational challenges. This study introduces a quantum-centric approach that significantly enhances the computational feasibility of predicting mRNA secondary structures. By effectively balancing tasks between quantum processors and classical computing nodes, our methods utilize a quantum sampling-based paradigm to arrive at the optimal solution. Here, we advance our previous work by integrating a variational CVaR-based quantum algorithm with a novel noise mitigation and problem reduction strategy. We further validate the scalability of this approach on a tensor-network simulator for problems with up to 358 qubits, demonstrating its robustness without noise. Additionally, we utilize Instantaneous Quantum Polynomial circuits, which facilitate classical computations of expectations to guide the training of variational circuits and also aid in error mitigation. These circuits support computationally intensive sampling tasks on quantum hardware. Our scheme is complemented by a lightweight classical local search that refines these samples, thereby increasing the likelihood of identifying optimal solutions. We present results that validate both techniques on IBM quantum processors by conducting hardware experiments that require up to 156 qubits and 950 nonlocal gates, effectively solving mRNA sequences of up to 60 nucleotides. These advancements not only demonstrate the potential of quantum workflows to solve complex computational problems in biology but also pave the way for groundbreaking applications in bioinformatics and therapeutic development.
Authors: Vaibhaw Kumar, Dimitris Alevras, Mihir Metkar, Eline Welling, Chris Cade, Ido Niesen, Triet Friedhoff, Jae-Eun Park, Saurabh Shivpuje, Mariana LaDue, Wade Davis and Alexey Galda
This talk is part of the session TP69::QAPP Quantum Computing for Biological systems and Biomedical Data.
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IBM Speaker: Ritajit Majumdar, Nate Earnest-Noble
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Despite the amount of omics data generated in the last decade, the low data regime remains a significant challenge in healthcare, particularly in clinical trials and the study of rare diseases. In this study, we explore the application of quantum machine learning techniques to address the challenges posed by low data availability in healthcare. Leveraging the power of quantum computing, we focus on efficient selection of relevant feature and embedding, reducing the model complexity (and number of qubit needed) to enhance the performance even with limited data. In our case study, we used RNA data from epilepsy patients demonstrating how the predictive performance of QML models varies significantly depending on the feature selection approach employed, with noticeable improvements over classical counter part when domain knowledge is integrated to guide the selection process.
Authors: Emre Sahin, Matthew Madgwick, James Strudwick, Vivek Sehra, Oscar Wallis, Hamed Javidi Mostafapour Boshroyeh, Anna Paola Carrieri, Laxmi Parida, Lara Jehi, Stefano Mensa and Filippo Utro
This talk is part of the session TP84::QML Data-Efficient and Uncertainty-Aware QML.
Upcoming events
AI Compute Symposium 2025
- Yorktown Heights, NY, USA and virtual
IBM Research Brazil Forum 2025
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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IBM at Open Source Summit Europe 2025
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
