Within 24 hours, a team of Clemson University students delivered machine learning models that Quantum Rings CEO Bob Wold judged comparable to the company’s own internal results, the company says. The team, consisting of Andrew Cox, Jaber Ibne Taher, Caroline Taylor, Murat Önem and Robert Maguire, won the Quantum Rings challenge at SC Quantathon v3, a hackathon recently hosted by the Clemson Quantum Club at the Watt Family Innovation Center. “We were thrilled to see so many strong teams take on the challenge,” said Wold.
Clemson Quantum Club Hosts South Carolina’s SC Quantathon v3
The machine learning models produced by student competitors at SC Quantathon v3 closely matched the performance of those developed by Quantum Rings’ internal teams, despite being built within a 24-hour timeframe. Quantum Rings sponsored a challenge at the event, held at Clemson University’s Watt Family Innovation Center, asking participants to predict the runtime of quantum circuits using only the circuit’s structural information, according to the company.
This capability is central to the company’s Open Quantum platform, allowing users to estimate job costs and completion times before submission. Clemson University assumed hosting duties for SC Quantathon from SC Quantum this year, marking the first time the Clemson Quantum Club organized the hackathon. Bob Wold and Omar Armbruster from Quantum Rings attended the event, providing mentorship and judging the final presentations alongside representatives from national laboratories and companies throughout South Carolina.
The challenge focused on a practical problem for Quantum Rings; accurately predicting circuit runtime without execution is a key component of their simulation services. According to the company, the resulting models were comparable to their own best results achieved through other methods.
Nathan Jones and the entire Clemson Quantum Club received recognition for successfully organizing the event, which also included mentorship from Larry Deschaine, Rong Ge and Bill Yang. Quantum Rings anticipates continued growth and innovation from the event in future years and looks forward to seeing how the participants develop their ideas., the firm reports.
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