Open Source Quantum Computing

Alexander Pitchford from the Department is one of the key developers behind QuTiP - a leading open-source software system used worldwide in quantum dynamics simulation, supporting research and development of technologies such as quantum computing.

Since its release, QuTiP has been downloaded more than a million times and is in use at nearly every single research university around the globe as well as in government-funded research laboratories and in major corporations.

Interested in finding out more? Read this blog by Andrew Oram in which he looks at the challenges faced in quantum computing by teams and companies building open-source communities.

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