In this Qubits & Coffee webinar, quantum researcher Dr Unnati Akhouri walks us through the building blocks of quantum computing using Python and Qiskit. You’ll learn:
- how quantum gates such as X, Hadamard and CNOT work,
- how entanglement is created,
- why SWAP operations are costly, and
- how neutral-atom quantum computers can reduce the number of operations needed to solve complex problems.
Along the way, Unnati demonstrates quantum circuits in Qiskit, explores qubit connectivity, introduces Rydberg blockade physics, and shows how neutral-atom architectures can offer powerful advantages for optimization and graph problems. Topics covered: quantum gates (X, Hadamard, RX and CNOT), Bell states and entanglement, SWAP gates and circuit costs, Qiskit programming examples, neutral-atom quantum computing, reconfigurable qubit architectures, Rydberg blockade, Maximum Independent Set optimization
