7–11 Jul 2025
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
Registration open until 20 May 2025

On the practicality of Quantum Machine Learning in Africa

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1h
Solomon Mahlangu House (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Solomon Mahlangu House

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Oral Presentation Track F - Applied Physics Applied Physics

Speaker

Stephanie Muller (IBM Research)

Description

Quantum machine learning (QML) is an exciting new field of study which in one respect harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics and applies it to classical machine learning models. QML has a wide variety of potential applications spanning many fields which include healthcare and life sciences, climate and sustainability, finance and optimization. Two parallel activities have emerged to pioneer the field of quantum discoveries: one is the technological advancements required (hardware, software and algorithms) and the other is the rapid exploration of domain-specific problems towards identifying quantum advantage over classical methods.

In this talk, we will provide the participants with an introduction to QML from a theoretical perspective, describe pioneering results reported by IBM Quantum and provide insight on the opportunities available for getting started in Qiskit. This talk is aimed at the academic and industry audience alike, as well as those more junior to the field of quantum machine learning, and those more experienced in running experiments using Qiskit.

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Primary author

Stephanie Muller (IBM Research)

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