Ocean University of China's Quantum Team from the College of Information Science and Engineering Wins 9th Place in the 2022 National Quantum Computing Hackathon.
Publishing time：2022-06-10
Recently, the 2022 National Quantum Computing Hackathon came to a close. The quantum team from the College of Information Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China, composed of PhD students Shi Shangshang and He Runhong and master's student Cui Guolong, won 9th place in the competition as the China Blue Sea Team.
Quantum technology is a major technological innovation that restructures traditional technical systems based on the principles of quantum mechanics, which will lead a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. Among them, quantum computing is considered a disruptive new computing paradigm with great application value in areas such as artificial intelligence, economic finance, material design, pharmaceuticals, and marine science.
The 2022 National Quantum Computing Hackathon was jointly organized by the Huawei HiQ Quantum Computing Team and multiple universities, attracting more than 170 schools from across China, including over 70 first-class universities such as the University of Science and Technology of China, Chongqing University, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhejiang University, Wuhan University, Xihu University, Ocean University of China, Hainan University, Tongji University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shanghai University, etc., as well as participating companies such as Jianxin Fintech and China Financial Certification Center. Over 500 developers from both domestic and foreign regions formed nearly 200 teams to compete in this top-tier event in the field of domestic quantum computing. The competition required completion of two tasks, namely using a quantum-classical hybrid neural network to complete handwritten font recognition tasks, and shallow quantum circuit design in ground state energy solutions for quantum chemistry simulation.
To ensure the authority and social trust of the competition, the awards set for the National Quantum Computing Hackathon were few but highly valuable. This year's competition was the fourth competition, with only one first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes, and seven outstanding prizes. The competition lasted for more than three months, with only 13 teams successfully advancing to the final through various selection rounds. On May 29th, the final defense was conducted online, with judges such as Wu Rebing from Tsinghua University, Sun Xiaoming from the Institute of Computing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tang Hao from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Weng Wenkang from Huawei scoring the works of the defense contestants based on innovation, generality, and performance. After fierce competition, the quantum team from the School of Information Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China, the China Blue Sea Team, ultimately achieved an excellent ranking of 9th place in the country.
