Rensselaer has a IBM Quantum System One computer on site. This computer is available for use by our students, faculty and research partners. In addition to our on premise system completion IBM has made other Quantum System One computers available for our use.
Quantum computer access
RPI community members can access RPI's IBM Quantum System One by taking the following two steps:
- Sign on via Single Sign On at:
https://go.rpi.edu/quantum-login
This will create an IBM Quantum Cloud user id under RPI's Quantum Cloud account - Fill out the request form:
https://webforms.rpi.edu/form/rpi-quantum-hub-access-request
This will open a support ticket showing you have agreed to IBM and RPI's conditions of use, and requesting access to RPI's, Quantum System One.
Both steps are necessary, and can also be found on https://quantum.rpi.edu. It is not sufficient to click the check box on first login. The request form must be filled out for the support ticket to be generated.
You will be granted access to one or more "Instances" in the quantum cloud. "General-dedicated" grants access to RPI's on premise Quantum computer, and is meant for testing, learning, and other "short" jobs. Other instances may be assigned for classes and research. The "-dedicated" instances are for RPI's Quantum System One. Instances not tagged "-dedicated" are for access to other cloud QPUs.
If you are running a lot of Quantum jobs or long-running jobs (more than 20 minutes) please open a support ticket so your jobs can be assigned a more appropriate Instance.
Getting started
If you are new to quantum computing check out the tutorials at IBM Quantum Documentation and the Qiskit YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/qiskit . They are a great way to get an introduction to this new technology.
The "Basics of Quantum Information" course at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1SfFuuX-o&list=PLOFEBzvs-VvqoeIypXYLLf0PY-WOQMLR3 is a great introduction.
A great way to use QisKit to build and run your first Quantum circuit is to use a Jupyter notebook. We have created a example on how to run a simple circuit and submit to our Quantum computer at https://docs.cci.rpi.edu/software/Qiskit/#running-qiskit-from-google-colab .
Assistance
If you need assistance with getting access to our quantum systems or have questions please open a support in ITSSC. While our IT staff is knowledgeable about accessing the quantum systems and using Qiskit they are not quantum programmers. If the nature of your problem is with quantum programming or algorithm design within Qiskit it may be best to contact the IBM Quantum Support team at ibmquantum@ibm.com.
Additional Resources
IBM Quantum Cloud
Provides access to the quantum computers available for RPI use https://quantum.ibm.com/
Qiskit
Qiskit is the software toolkit for using quantum computing at Rensselaer, https://qiskit.org/ .
IBM Quantum Learning
IBM Quantum Learning provides access to courses and tutorials to learn the basics of quantum computing, and how to use IBM Quantum services and systems to solve real-world problems. It can be accessed at https://learning.quantum.ibm.com/ .
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