IBM Quantum Learning’s course for people who want to press Run on hardware before they sit through linear algebra. The course page says you start using a quantum computer immediately and pick up the basic principles along the way. The stated bar is that you can follow a notebook and click Run. No physics degree, and no years of programming.
Completing the lessons and passing IBM Training’s exam issues a Credly badge for the “Using a quantum computer” course. That is IBM’s badge, not this site’s.
This is the hardware-first beginner path. Basics of Quantum Information is the Watrous mathematics path. Quantum Computing in Practice is the later utility-scale follow-on.
Who it is for
Curious beginners who want a live QPU in the first sitting. Not a substitute for Watrous if you need the theory.
Topics covered
Start this course
Use a Quantum Computer Today (IBM Learning) is free on IBM Quantum, at beginner level, and runs Self-paced. A certificate is included.
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