On April 12th, 2025, the Yale Quantum Institute brought YQuantum into World Quantum Year, continuing its legacy of excellence in bringing the brightest quantum minds to solve some of the industry’s most pressing problems.
YQuantum 2025 fielded 700 registrants from 29 countries, featuring students from 104 universities around the world. Out of the registrants, the attendees formed 79 teams to work on 9 challenges set by industry sponsors.
The two-day schedule blended workshops and lab tours with networking opportunities for the participants, allowing them to work on their projects while benefiting from Yale’s pioneering facilities in quantum information science and quantum engineering.
8:00a Registration and breakfast
9:00a Quantum computing workshops
12:00p Hacking commences
1:00p Lunch
2:00p Tours of Yale Quantum Institute labs
6:00p Dinner
8:00p Night Hack begins
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
Sunday, April 13th, 2025
Celebrate World Quantum Eve, 2025!
8:00a Breakfast
12:00p Hacking ends
12:30p Lunch
1:30p Presentations and Judging
3:00p Closing Keynotes // Prof. Yongshan Ding // Prof. Scott Aaronson
4:00p Awards
WINNING TEAMS
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WINNING TEAMS •
THE YALE QUANTUM INSTITUTE GRAND PRIZES
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BrownTownMadScientist
Neil Kamath, Pranav Manikonda, Deeya Viradia, Utkal Pandurangi
$5000 + Speaking Opportunity at QuantumCT Industry Collaboration Forum
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Alice and Bobs
Haadi Khan, Alice Wang, Ryan O'Farrell, Arul Rhik Mazumder, Tanmay Neema
$2,500 + Speaking Opportunity at QuantumCT Industry Collaboration Forum
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The Avengers
Andrew Maciejunes, Marlon Jost, Vlad Gaylun, Jesse Webb, Jess Dance
$1000 + Speaking Opportunity at QuantumCT Industry Collaboration Forum
INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE PRIZES
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<Bra|Ket> Bros
Russell Yang, Sang Hyun Kim, Devesh Vedantha, Shilpi Shah, Sana Muneer
Alice & Bob swag pack and presentation opportunity, with internship opportunity.
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Last Minute
Soham Bopardikar, Chirag Dhamange, Henry Lin, Parth Danve, Shai Verma
Kindle Paperwhite, BlueQubit swag pack, cloud runtime.
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QuBruin
John Zhuoyang Ye, Victor Yu, Mu Niu, Hanyu Wang, Haochen Wang
QuEra swag pack and speaking opportunity.
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QEDGE
Capgemini swag pack, speaking opportunity.
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Quantum Drift
Ryan Lagasse, Carter Lagasse, Corwin Van Deusen, Aiden Uppal
Yale swag, $200, presentation opportunity.
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QuMass
Gabriel Maravilla, Brian Choi, Nicholas Nguyen, Karl Kreuze
Presentation opportunity, LTIMindtree swag.
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Washed Ashor
Gabriel Maravilla, Brian Choi, Nicholas Nguyen, Karl Kreuze
Cloud time on Quantum Rings simulators, swag pack.
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QMers
Luis Mendez, Chidubem Ugenyi, Liam Azar, Pranay Kumar
Superquantum swag, Qubitcoin tokens.
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Qooked!
Alexander Pfau, Jojo Dayelise Keller, Elijah DeSarro-Raynal, Alexander Pfau
Expenses-paid trip to Lake Tahoe to present in front of the fire chief.
Honorable Mention: Superposition Seekers, Artem Tikhonov, Félix Wilhelmy, Grace Pang, Gabriel Lemay, Albin Franzén
YQuantum 2024 featured nine exciting challenges ranging from quantum statistical mechanics to applications of quantum computing in logistics and finance. Here’s what the participants built over the weekend.
Alice & Bob
From noise to information: reconstruct quantum states from Wigner functions.
The Hartford • Capgemini • Rigetti
Work with correlated insurance portfolios and use quantum optimization to minimize risk.
BlueQubit
Find hidden messages within peaked circuits, working towards quantum advantage.
Travelers • Capgemini • Quantinuum
Use quantum-accelerated graph coloring to minimize wildfire risk.
QuEra
Work with state-of-the-art neutral atom gatesets to advance digital quantum computing.
Travelers • LTIMindtree • QuEra
Use quantum-accelerated algorithms to optimize claim processing for insurance.
Quantum Rings
Use Shor’s algorithm to semiclassically factor the largest possible number.
Superquantum
Develop quantum-enhanced hash functions for applications in blockchain and crypto.
Tahoe Quantum
Leverage quantum optimization to improve wildfire response and boost lifesaving.
