Quantum Computing

• Portfolio optimization
• Anomaly detection
• Data protection using QKD protocols
• Metro station Placement using Quantum Annelears

Two Research Grants received from Meity QCAL call( AWS credits worth around 57 lakhs )

MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab (QCAL) Research grant credits:

1)Title: Harnessing the Power of Variational Quantum Algorithms for Practical Quantum Finance

PI: Ragavendra (Qkrishi)

CO-PI1: Dr.M. Pushpalatha, Professor/Head- <SQ|QuIC> /CTECH

CO -PI2: Dr.M. Gayathri, Assistant Professor/ SPOC – <SQ|QuIC>/ CTECH

Worth: USD 39,120

2) Title: Harnessing the Power of Quantum Algorithms for Television Advertisements scheduling

PI: Dr.M. Pushpalatha, Professor/Head- <SQ|QuIC> /CTECH

Co PI 1: Dr.P.C.Karthick, Associate Professor/ DSBS

CO -PI2: Dr.M. Gayathri, Assistant Professor/ SPOC – <SQ|QuIC>/ CTECH

Worth: USD 29000

1)Title: Harnessing the Power of Variational Quantum Algorithms for Practical Quantum Finance(( USD 39,120) )

Priority area and sub-area: Portfolio optimization, forex trading, credit scoring, optimization of  branches/ATM locations, product targeting, fraud detection, tracking cyber-attacks on financial  systems. Portfolio optimization is one of the important problems in investment banking. The idea of  portfolio optimization involves striking an optimal balance between the risk and return by  identifying the right appropriate portfolio. This is an NP-hard problem, and quantum algorithms  can find optimal solution to these problems in significantly lesser time

2) Title: Harnessing the Power of Quantum Algorithms for Television Advertisements scheduling (Worth: (USD 29000)

TV advertisement remains one of the most effective ways of creating product or brand awareness. According to estimates, networks like NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS and CW earn between $8 billion and $ 10 billion in ad revenue for primetime viewing. Solving the TV advertisement allocation problem has not been addressed using quantum algorithms. In the Indian quantum setting, the solution to TV advertisement slots management has not been addressed using the quantum algorithms.

Achievements of the Lab:

Online course launched @ edx

We are excited to announce that our course with The Linux Foundation is now live

on edX https://lnkd.in/dzdgbrYV.Taught by Chetan Waghela ( Qkrishi ), Dr. Gayathri MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Computing Technologies, School of Computing, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai ,Tamil Nadu) and Dr. Anupama Ray (IBM), this self-paced free course will help you learn the fundamentals of quantum computing and build your capacity for performing quantum experiments using quantum computers on the cloud.

Online LIVE COURSE ( 10 WEEKS)Launched between March and May 2023)-For Industry Leaders.

Management Certification Live Course ” Quantum Computing for Managers” was offered to Industry leaders by SRM Qkrishi Centre of Excellence in Quantum Information and Computing< SQ| QuIC>. The course was successfully completed by 30 industry leaders from March 4 2023- May 6 2023. The participants of the course were from various companies like IBM, Nvidia, Tech Mahindra, Fractal and DXC. Out of 30 participants, four participants are international participants from countries like USA, Peru and UK. Capstone projects were demonstrated by participants. 3 participants received certificate of Excellence for the best projects.

FACULTIES INVOVLED IN ONLINE LIVE COURSE:

• M.Gayathri
• P.C.Karthick
• G.K.Sandhia
• Kavisankar
• Thilagavathy

CERTFICATIONS COMPLETED BY FACULTY:

• Gayathri.M has Completed a certification course on “Quantum Computing for Managers” conducted by Birla Institute of Management Technology and Qkrishi from Feb 19 2022 to May 14 2022.( 3 Month course).
• Usha.G has completed a fundamental course on  Udemy ( 2022)
• G.K.Sandhia has completed course on “ Introduction to Quantum Information” on course era
• Thilagavathy has completed course on “ Introduction to Quantum Information” on course era.
• S. Nalini has completed the 10 weeks with 2 hours (from March 4, 2023 to May 6, 2023) Management Certification Course on “Quantum Computing for Managers” for Industry Leaders offered by QKrishi and SRMIST.
• S. Nalini has successfully completed the online Certification course on “Dummies guide to Practical Quantum Computing with IBM Qiskit” by Udemy.
• P.C.Karthik, Associate Professor, Department of DSBS, School of Computing, has passed the NPTEL Online Certification on the course “Quantum Algorithms and Cryptography”. He is one among 111 candidates who have been certified in this course.
• Bibin Christopher has successfully completed a course “ The Complete Quantum Computing Course” on Udemy platform.
• M.L Sworna Kokila has successfully completed a course “ The Complete Quantum Computing Course” on Udemy platform.

 

Technical Talk as a Resource person from< SQ QuIC>:

• Gayathri .M has delivered a session on STTP on cryptography in quantum computing@ SRM Institute of Science and Technology,Kattankulathur. (oct 17 2022)
• Pushpalatha.M has delivered a session on Quantum cryptography at Srikrishna college ,Coimbatore ( Dec 21 2022)
• Gayathri.M has delivered a hands-on session in BB84 PROTOCOL at Srikrishna college ,Coimbatore( Dec 21 2022).
• Gayathri.M has delivered a session on “ quantum computing” @ Dhanalakshmi college of Engineering and Technology, Manimangalam,Tambaram.
• Gayathri.M has delivered a hands on session on “Qiskit”@ outreach programmme for Panimalar college Engineering Students.
• Gayathri has delivered hands on session on “ Qiskit” for two days at “Faculty Development Program on “Evolving Potentials in Quantum Computing Applications”.@ SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
• S.Shanmugam has organized hands on “Quantum Machine Learning” @ Virtual International Technical Congress Summit on April 5 th 2023.

Patent Granted:

Dr.P.C.Karthik, Associate Professor, Department of DSBS, School of Computing, has been granted the patent titled “AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF A GYROSCOPE USING QUANTUM OPTICS” with patent number 433668, by the Patent Office, Government Of India

Conference publications:

• S, Godfrey Winster, M.Gayathri Published a  research paper titled “ Bifurcation Algorithm For Quantum Finance” , @ fourth International Conference on Internet of Things, Department of Computing Technologies, School of Computing,SRMIST.
• Gautam, Kumar; Nagar, Aditya S*; Patel, Sheel; Usha, G.; Jain, Aditya, Quantum Assisted published a research paper titled “Machine Learning For Intrusion Detection Systems”@ fourth International Conference on Internet of Things, Department of Computing Technologies, School of Computing,SRMIST.
• Patel, Ved*; Shah, Akshil; G, Usha; Gautam, Kumar; Panchal, Parth ; Patel, Samarth,” Machine Learning Techniques With A Quantum Twist For Fraud Detection  On Credit Card Transaction” ”@ fourth International Conference on Internet of Things, Department of Computing Technologies, School of Computing,SRMIST.
• L.Kavisankar , Dr.Gayathri.M, Naman Kaushik presented a paper titled “ Financial portfolio optimization A QAOA and VQE Formulation for Sharpe Ratio Maximization” in the National conference on Industry 5.0 Emerging technology to transform the globe(NCIET 2023) ON 27 TH and 28 th April 2023 @ NITTTR Chennai.
• A paper titled “Lower bound on given rotation matrices, decomposition of quantum Fourier transform” was presented by P.C. Karthik, G. K. Sandhia and M.Gayathri @ Research colloquium 2023 (RSC 23) “Quantum computing and emerging Technologies “ on 14^th March 2023 organized by SSN college of Engineering.
• A paper titled “Quantum computing A threat to blockchain technology and potential solutions “was presented by L.Kavishankar @ Research colloquium 2023 (RSC 23) “Quantum computing and emerging Technologies “ on 14^th March 2023 organized by SSN college of Engineering.
• A paper titled “Exploring the Revolutionary Potential of Quantum Technologies in the Fintech Industry“ was presented by L.Kavishankar @ Research colloquium 2023 (RSC 23) “Quantum computing and emerging Technologies “ on 14^th March 2023 organized by SSN college of Engineering

MOU SIGNED:

• Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement was established between QRACE and SRMIST by Dr. Pushpalatha and Dr.G. Usha. The Objectives are to bring academic and research alliance such as student internship, research proposals, patent etc. in quantum domain. (MOU signed).
• MOU with BOSONQ Psi Intiated.

CONSULTANCY AMOUNT RAISED:

• From the Online live for “Quantum computing for Managers”, Consultancy fund raised for Rs 59,000 to the Department of Computing technologies from <SQ|QuIC> lab.

Internship offers from Companies:

2 (paid internship from Qrace) and 4 internship from companies like quentangle and Qkrishi .

 Achievenments from Students:

QUANTUM HACKATHON:

 we have got a special mention award in quantum hackathon organized by quantum ecosystem Technology, Council of India.Q3DPredictor is team ( Harishankar P.V)  which participated as part of SRM Qkrishi Center of Excellence in Quantum Information and Computing lab(( Harishankar P.V)  ). Out of 1152 teams SRM Qkrishi has bagged the fourth place as special mention.

 

Quantum Computing Club:  Quantum Computing Club SRM is formed for students to enrich their knowledge on quantum. (November 2022)

• Surya Prakash (RA2011030010137 -NWC, and Kalaiyarasan S RA2011003010421-CTECH from Quantum Computing Club SRM.Has completed a online worshop “Quantum Computing & Programming “ Using QWorld’s Introductory tutorial Bronze Qiskit. It is recognized as QBronze Diplomo conducted by QWorld (November 2022).

• Internship offer for a student Harishankar P.V @ QuLab Software ( India) PVT Ltd,Hyderabad

• Harishankar has completed Quantum Machine Learning Certification ( With IBM Quantum Research) offered by OpenHPI is the education platform of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) for Digital Engineering. Together with the University of Potsdam, the Hasso Plattner Institute forms the Digital Engineering Faculty of the University of Potsdam. The university’s teaching focuses on a variety of practical and engineering-oriented study programs.( January 2023)

IBM SUMMER SCHOOL 2023

The following students have achieved Quantum Excellence Badge in IBM summer school 2023. The students are the part of < SQ|QuIC > Lab and SRM Quantum Computing Club.Have studied quantum elective under Gayathri.M

• Saaru Darshini(CTECH)
• Sudarshan somenini (CINTEL)
• Tanishq Kumar (CTECH)
• Amit Modhwadia( CTECH)

NOTE: Amit and Saaru  have completed certifications by Qubit by Qubit for the course “ Introduction to quantum computing course and final Project”

Hackathon winner:

Barclays Data Stellar Hackathon organized by Barclays and HackerEarth in 2023, Our III-year CTECH students won two first prizes and they have shared their experience. (Naman Kaushik (RA2011003010993) and Sajidullah Ansari (RA2011003011028) of CTECH E2 -section has banged the first prize for their work on Data Protections using Quantum key distribution. They have implemented a secure system for encrypting and decrypting data using both AES and BB84, they have created a secure system for transmitting and decrypting data. The students thanked the SRMIST Management and  HoD Dr.Puspalatha.M for providing the opportunity to work in SRMIST Qkrishi Centre of Excellence in Quantum Information and Computing <SQ|QuIC>. Their experience gained in the quantum lab < SQ|QuIC> was instrumental for them to crack the Hackathon. They also thanked their mentors of quantum lab (Dr.Kavisankar & Dr.Gayathri.M),their Academic advisors and the faculty advisors for their support on the same.