Debugging Epohul

joined an hour late(ik I thought it was at 12 PM)......the questions were a bit tough ngl but managed to solve 5 (I could have been in top 30 list if it wasn't for the time mtsm) #qcoder

these are the option for the remote challenge: 1.By Quantum Ring: Quantum Factorization Challenge the goal is to factor large semiprime integers....the bigger the better hehe and it should run in Quantum Rings simulator(i haven't used this before) 2.By DoraHacks: pqc-cosmos the goal of this is to replace all the existing signature algorithms of cosmos with post-quantum signature algorithms specifically using Dilithium..there are a lot of broken down tasks in it and it has bounties. 3.By Classiq: Gaussian State Prepration tbh I might be biased here....I didn't like the platform....I had many chances to learn it but I thought the platform helps in hiding the complexity of algorithm making it high level and me who is starting out didn't think it would be a good idea follow that path...but yeah I may try it if i gave up on the others My idea is to pick from the first and the second challenge but yeah

two hours since the challenges have been revealed I have lost the right side airpod.....I have called my mom to pray so that I could find it before I will start to loss my shit

Opening ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhNB7KHQGXc&ab_channel=MITiQuISE

So far there was a keynote by prof William Oliver. Some of the screenshot is from his presentation. Then Some people from companies such as. DoraHacks, QuEra, IonQ and DWave gave their presentation. Finally the panel discussion...my favorite quote being "nature is stranger than fiction so don't expect it to be intuitive" #iquhack

we're starting https://web.mit.edu/webcast/iquhack/s25/

lowkey addicted to this....

I wrote "Optimizing life with DSA" a while ago....I actually like dsa more than I thought i would a year and half ago Are this new ideas? Nope (but I like connecting dots) Link

#iquhack

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It was great

when I discover post quantum cryptography algorithm and understand how it works have to be one of my happiest moment today I found out about Falcon (I so want to get good at it)

This week I have two competitions I'm excited to attend to: For MIT Hackathon, there was a 4 day winter school and they've shared the resources on their github.....today I will do the coding practice part....I really recommend if you're interested to check it out. It's quite beginners friendly and there are lecture videos For Qcoder I would like to revise things about shors algorithm...that would be tomorrow.

hmm maybe it's a bit weird sniffing books in public....but people do crimes so this is more than fine still weird but fine

book haul

I finished finals, defense and some other things....I have one project left but I can't wait anymore anyways I went to the bookstore as for our tradition

pulling out a notebook and a pen cause writing on a pc isn't cutting it (had a good meeting and reflection is required some more random thought: I am so grateful to the people I work with....they inspire me to do more and raise the bar everytime. )