The top 50 teams in the QML Challenge will each receive an API key for the alpha of Sandbox@Alphabet's Floq API. Contestants from these teams will be able to develop and test their QML creations on Floq's TPU-based high-performance quantum simulator for the duration of the Open Hackathon portion of the event.
The team with the best usage of Floq by the end of the Open Hackathon will be eligible to receive a $2500 cash prize.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Feb 19: Earn access to Floq by ranking in top 50 on the QML Challenges Leaderboard | ||||||
| Feb 22: Open Hackathon begins | Feb 26: Open Hackathon concludes (6PM EST) |
To submit your team's entry for the Floq Prize, simply open an Issue on this GitHub repo summarizing your Floq project by 6pm EST on Feb 26. Make sure to add "[Floq]" to the title of your submission. Specifically, this issue should contain:
- The name of your team (matching the name used on the QML Challenge Scoreboard).
- A brief description of your project (1-2 paragraphs).
- A hyperlink to an explanatory presentation of your team’s hackathon project in a non-technical form (e.g., video, blog post, jupyter notebook, website, slideshow, etc.).
- A hyperlink to the final source code for your team's hackathon project (e.g., a GitHub repo).
Access to Floq and judging of the Floq challenge prize will be managed by the Sandbox team.