𝗤𝗟 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀! 🤩 60 hackers (with only one girl!), divided into 17 teams, worked tirelessly for 24 hours on one of the 5 challenges presented by ORCA Computing, IBM, Capgemini, and Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center / Poznańskie Centrum Superkomputerowo-Sieciowe (PCSS). They had the option to choose between the #tech or #concept path. All of this was part of the QL Future Health & Safety Hackathon, our way of celebrating World Quantum Day! What made the event truly remarkable? Of course, the participants! But there was also another factor - the unique opportunity for participants to access and experiment with the first Polish quantum computer which is located in PSNC!
The results of each team's efforts are impressive! It's truly amazing how many interesting ideas utilizing quantum technologies were generated in such a short time. 🙉 The judges have decided to award the following teams:
TECH category:
1️⃣st place: IIDQI @Karol Horodecki, Leonard Sikorski, Jan Tuziemski, Ph.D., Marek Winczewski
2️⃣st place: VU QUANTUM TEAM 2024 Gabrielius Keibas, Pijus Petkevičius, Marco Marcozzi
3️⃣st place: QBIZM Jakub Grzesiecki, Ignacy Kajdan, Michał Janiszewski, Szymon Raciborski, Michał Sikorski
CONCEPT category:
1️⃣st place: ENTANGLED FRIENDS @Ivan Davydenko, Michał M.
2️⃣st place: MY & MATEUSZ @Tymoteusz Braciszewski, Cezary Kubiak, Mateusz Idziejczak, Mateusz Stawicki
3️⃣st place: STOLIK 14 @Tomasz Lepszy, @Jakub Kwieciński, Jan Gaszczyński
Congratulations to all participants, and especially to the winning teams! 🎉As you can see, some of them are overjoyed, while others can hardly believe it! We sincerely thank everyone for participating and for joining us in shaping the COOL Future!
A big thanks to our Partners and Mentors for providing such challenging cases, offering valuable advice on problem-solving, and judging the projects. Per Nyberg, William Clements, Rossy Nhung N., Omar Bacarreza, Dr. Voica Radescu, Tomasz Stopa Aziz NGOUEYA AKANJI Marek Kowalik, Marek Lewandowski, Patrycja Tulewicz, Mateusz Slysz, Konrad Wojciechowski, Tomasz Pecyna, Sophia Ivanko, Dawid Siera. Special thanks also go to ID Quantique, who supported the event even though, unfortunately, they couldn't participate live. And last but not least, the #core_team who organized everything! 🥳