In the last post, we have seen how Python can be used to control the generation of an EKS cluster. However, an EKS cluster without any worker nodes - and hence without the ability to start pods and services - is of very limited use. Today, we therefore take a look at the process of … Continue reading Python up an EKS cluster – part II
In my previous post on quantum error correction, we have looked at the toric code which is designed for a rather theoretical case - a grid of qubits on a torus. In reality, qubits are more likely to be arranged in a planar geometry. Luckily, a version of the toric codes that works well in … Continue reading Quantum error correction: the surface code
When you want to try out Kubernetes, you have several choices. You can install Kubernetes in a cluster, install it locally using Minikube, or use one of the Kubernets offerings of the major cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure. In this post, we set up a Kubernetes cluster on Amazons EKS platform. As I … Continue reading Python up an EKS cluster – part I
While playing with the IBM Q experience in some of my recent posts, we have seen that real qubits are subject to geometric restrictions - two-qubit gates cannot involve arbitrary qubits, but only qubits that are in some sense neighbors. This suggests that efficient error correction codes need to tie to the geometry of the … Continue reading Quantum error correction: an introduction to toric codes
Docker containers are nice and offer a very lean and structured way to package and deploy applications. However, if you really want to run large scale containerized applications, you need more - you need to deploy, orchestrate and manager all your containers in a highly customizable and automated way. In other words, you need a … Continue reading Kubernetes – an overview
After all the work done in the previous posts, we are now ready to actually implement Shor's factoring algorithm on a real quantum computer, using once more IBMs Q Experience and the Qiskit framework. First, recall that Shor's algorithm is designed to factor an integer M, with the restriction that M is supposed to be … Continue reading Factoring integers on a quantum computer with Qiskit
When you are faced with a problem in linear algebra and have absolutely no idea what to do, an eigenvalue decomposition is the one thing that you would typically try first. In the world of quantum algorithms, the situation is similar - finding the eigenvalues of a matrix is a central building block of many … Continue reading Quantum phase estimation – the quantum algorithm Swiss army knife
