D-Wave
Getting Started with Applied Quantum Optimization
D-Wave course on spotting optimization problems their hybrid solvers can take. Constraints and a business case. No maths or physics required.
Topic
Quantum Annealing
4 courses · 4 tutorials
Courses
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D-Wave
Introduction to Quantum Computing (D-Wave)
D-Wave's free introduction. How annealing machines differ from gate-model computers, and which optimization problems they are sold for. No background required.
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D-Wave
Quantum Programming Core (D-Wave)
D-Wave developer training, about 35 hours: QUBO, Ising models, the Ocean SDK, hybrid solvers, and a portfolio example. Office hours with D-Wave staff. Several 2026 dates.
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D-Wave
Quantum Quick Start (D-Wave)
Quantum Programming Core plus one extra month of Leap cloud access. About 35 hours, then QPU time, for people new to Leap. About six weeks.
Free Tutorials
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- beginner
- 20 min read
Hello World in D-Wave Ocean
Write your first quantum annealing program with D-Wave Ocean, formulate a simple QUBO problem and solve it with the simulated annealing sampler.
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- beginner
- 20 min read
Getting Started with D-Wave Ocean SDK
Install the D-Wave Ocean SDK, formulate a simple optimization problem as a QUBO, and solve it using D-Wave's quantum annealer or simulator.
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- beginner
- 20 min
Quantum Annealing vs Gate-Based Quantum Computing
A clear comparison of quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computing: how they work, what problems they solve best, and when to choose each approach.
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- intermediate
- 30 min read
Getting Started with D-Wave Ocean SDK
Learn D-Wave's Ocean SDK for quantum annealing, formulate combinatorial optimisation problems as QUBO models and solve them on the world's largest quantum annealing processors.