India, May 22 -- IIT Madras has introduced a new course on quantum computing as the filed has taken giant strides over the past decade. The institute says that there is a widespread interest in quantum computing and information, both in academia and increasingly in industry at present due to which courses like this have become necessary. There are two courses, which are 12 weeks long each that are being offered in sequence.

The first course is called "Introduction to Quantum Computing and Qiskit", and the second course is called "Advanced Quantum Computing and Applications". The course will be conducted by Dr. Prabha Mandayam, IIT Madras, Dr. Chandrashekar Radhakrishnan, IIT Madras and Dhiraj Madan from IBM Research, India among others. ...