The start-up company Classiq From Tel Aviv, announced the first international competition of its kind- Classiq Coding Competition – For software development for quantum computers.
The company will award prizes to developers who develop the most efficient quantum circuits that will help solve real problems the world is facing. Quantum computers now have limited resources and therefore it is critical to develop compact and optimal solutions that will get the most out of these resources.
Classiq was founded in 2020 by Nir Minervi, who serves as the company’s CEO, Amir Naveh, VP of Product and Dr. Yehuda Naveh, Chief Technician. The company, which employs the world’s leading development team in the field of quantum software, employs over 40 people in Tel Aviv and the United States.
“Building efficient quantum computer algorithms combines engineering and art. The competition is a call for the entire quantum computer software developer community to demonstrate their knowledge and prove that such computers can lead humanity to new heights,” Minervi said.
The competition will include four problems that require solutions and the winners will receive cash prizes. Some of the winning problems will be those who build a working quantum circuit with the smallest number of double qubit gates while others will strive to minimize the depth of the electrical circuit.
The winners of the first places in problem solving will each receive $ 3,000 while the winners of the second and third places in each problem will receive $ 1,500 and $ 500 respectively.
Classiq will also award a number of $ 1,000 prizes to the creators of the most innovative solutions as well as to the most promising young participants under the age of 18. The profiles of the first-place winners will be published in the leading media of the quantum world The Quantum Insider .
The panel judges include prominent figures from the worlds of quantum computing: Nir Minervi, co-founder and CEO of Classiq, Josia Biorgard, high-performance computing and quantum computing, Amazon AWS, Dr. Sebastian Sanj, Accenture Europe Quantum Computing Incubator, Bob Sour , Hyperion Research’s Chief Computing Analyst, and Ross Payne, Director of Corporate Fuel Partners.
“It’s surprising to find out what can be achieved through compact and efficient electrical circuits,” Minervi explains. “The computer installed in the Apollo 11 spacecraft brought man to the moon using only 72 kilobytes of ROM. Quantum computing has set in motion and the need to build elegant and efficient algorithms will continue in the coming years.”
The competition is open to anyone interested in Israel and around the world, except Classiq employees and their families.
Link to register
Deadline for submission of works: June 5, 2022
The winners’ names will be announced in mid-June 2022