Q# Blog

Teaching Quantum Computing with Q#

Mariia MykhailovaDecember 4, 2019Dec 4, 201912/4/19

This winter our team had an exciting opportunity to teach an introductory course on quantum computing at the University of Washington, led by Krysta Svore. This post is an overview of the course and its results.

Quantum at Microsoft Ignite 2019

Megan BrownDecember 3, 2019Dec 3, 201912/3/19

This year at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced Azure Quantum, a full-stack approach to quantum computing. The Microsoft Quantum team had a booth on the show floor as well as several sessions on all topics related to quantum computing during the conference.

What are Qubits?

Alan GellerDecember 1, 2019Dec 1, 201912/1/19

We consider the true nature of qubits, both as physical objects and as how they should be represented in a programming language.

Q# Advent Calendar 2019

Mariia MykhailovaNovember 14, 2019Nov 14, 201911/14/19

Last year we hosted the first Q# Advent Calendar - a blogging event in which every day in December one awesome community member writes a blog post about Q#. I really enjoyed reading last year's entries, so let's do it again!

Grace Hopper Celebration 2019: Recap

Mariia MykhailovaOctober 16, 2019Oct 16, 201910/16/19

Grace Hopper Celebration 2019 – the world’s largest gathering of women technologists – featured several sessions on quantum computing as part of the "Emerging Technologies" track. We presented one of these sessions, a workshop titled “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Grover`s Search". In this post we share the highlights of the trip.

Quantum Koan: High Probability

Mariia MykhailovaAugust 21, 2019Aug 21, 201908/21/19

A novice approached the master asking for a code review of his implementation of Grover's search...

One Year of Quantum Katas

Mariia MykhailovaJuly 18, 2019Jul 18, 201907/18/19

In July 2018 we announced the Quantum Katas – an open-source project aimed at teaching quantum computing and Q# programming. This July we’re celebrating the first anniversary of the Katas, so I decided to step back for a moment and look at how the project grew and evolved during this year.

Q# 0.6: Language Features and More

Bettina HeimMay 25, 2019May 25, 201905/25/19

With our April release coming out, you may have noticed some major changes. This is therefore a good time to recap the language features we have introduced over the last couple of months, elaborate a little bit on the newest changes, and peek into what is coming next.

Solve the Quantum Katas Online with Jupyter Notebooks

Mariia MykhailovaApril 30, 2019Apr 30, 201904/30/19

We present the first batch of Quantum Katas - self-paced tutorials for learning quantum computing and Q# - in Jupyter Notebook format. Now you can solve the tasks from the tutorials in your browser without having to install any extra software.

The Women of QuArC

Mariia MykhailovaMarch 29, 2019Mar 29, 201903/29/19

International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the women in our life. That includes the amazing women in our group who, among other things, work to shape the Quantum Development Kit and to bring you these awesome tools for quantum programming. Without further ado, allow me to introduce them to you – in their own words.