Quantum at Microsoft Ignite 2019

December 3, 2019 Dec 3, 2019 12/3/19
Megan Brown
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?

December 1, 2019 Dec 1, 2019 12/1/19
Alan Geller
We consider the true nature of qubits, both as physical objects and as how they should be represented in a programming language.

Grace Hopper Celebration 2019: Recap

October 16, 2019 Oct 16, 2019 10/16/19
Mariia Mykhailova
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.

One Year of Quantum Katas

July 18, 2019 Jul 18, 2019 07/18/19
Mariia Mykhailova
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

May 25, 2019 May 25, 2019 05/25/19
Bettina Heim
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.

The Women of QuArC

March 29, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 03/29/19
Mariia Mykhailova
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.