How to: Qiskit's circuit library

[Cryoris]

Description

Qiskit's circuit library is a collection of important quantum circuits we can use to build algorithms, applications and investigate quantum advantages. By using it we can quickly set up more complicated workflows and we can use circuits in our algorithms that have proven to be efficient in practice.

However, it's not clear to everyone what is available in the circuit library and users might be missing out on a lot of features that would make their life easier! On top, there are many open, recurring questions on circuits: what ansatz is the best for my variational algorithm? And why?

In this project, our goal is to produce material that allows everyone to use the circuit library efficiently. We will write a Qiskit tutorial, and potentially other resources like a Medium blogpost, which explain

• which circuits exist in the library
• why they are important, and
• how you can use them!

Deliverables

Qiskit tutorial and possibly other resources (open to the mentee!)

Mentors details

• Mentor 1
  • Name: Julien Gacon
  • GitHub ID: @Cryoris
  • What they do: PhD & Qiskit dev

Number of mentees

1

Type of mentees

• Mentee 1
  • Required:
  • Interest in quantum circuits and building algorithms!
  • Solid english skills (for writing the text 🙂)
  • Nice to have:
  • Basic knowledge of quantum algorithms
  • Maybe you used the circuit library before (not required!)

[1ucian0]

Consider the following reference on how a how-to guide should look like https://documentation.divio.com/how-to-guides/

[HuangJunye]

Closing this issue as it was not paired with any mentee. Thank you for suggesting the project idea!

[HuangJunye]

@Cryoris We can work on this together in our own time!