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SUMMARY:Quantum Materials Hackathon 2026
DTSTART:20260710T150000Z
DTEND:20260712T150000Z
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CONTACT:henry.ryder@cern.ch
DESCRIPTION:\n \nHackathon Background and Objectives\nFollowing the succe
 ssful inaugural event in 2025\, the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) at CERN 
 and Quantum4Purpose are co-organising the second Quantum Materials Hackath
 on\, which will be hosted at CERN IdeaSquare on 10-12 July 2026.\n \nQuan
 tum materials are materials that display unique and sometimes unusual prop
 erties due to the laws of quantum mechanics\, for example\, graphene. Give
 n the quantum nature of such materials\, their design/modelling is conside
 red by many to be an area in which quantum computing is most likely to sho
 w a significant advantage over classical computing\, which is why their de
 sign has been chosen as the main focus of this hackathon.\n \nThis hackat
 hon will explore how quantum computing could be utilised to design novel q
 uantum materials and how these materials can contribute towards the UN-SDG
 s\, aligning with OQI’s overall mission. To achieve this\, hackathon par
 ticipants will be tasked with creating a practical application document\, 
 detailing how they would approach developing a quantum algorithm to design
  such a material. They will then begin to develop an algorithm with the po
 tential to be refined further beyond the hackathon.\n \nPurpose of the Ha
 ckathon\nBesides the previously mentioned challenge outputs of the event\,
  this hackathon also aims to have a much broader impact on the participant
 s\, organisations/institutions\, and the overall community engaging with t
 he event. Some of the broader impacts intended for the event are as follow
 s:\n\nUpskilling/educating new talent in the field of quantum computing/m
 aterials.\n \nConnecting academic and industrial quantum communities with
  each other and with new talent.\n \nEmbedding participants and partnerin
 g organisations within the OQI community\, facilitating future collaborati
 on with others beyond the hackathon.\n \nStart a project that has the cha
 nce to continue after the event and become an example use case for quantum
  computing applications for good.\n \nGive participants the unique chance
  to test their work on quantum hardware!\n\n \nWho is the Hackathon for?\
 nThere will be between 6 teams for the hackathon\, with 35-40 participants
  in total. Each team will consist of students from the prestigious CERN su
 mmer program and leading Swiss universities.\n \n \n\n \n\n\nhttps://in
 dico.cern.ch/event/1631283/
LOCATION:CERN IdeaSquare
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1631283/
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