YQUANTUM 2025

April 12th, 2025 at the Yale Quantum Institute

700

Registrants

29

Countries

104

Universities

79

Teams

Schedule

Saturday, April 12th, 2025

8:00 AMRegistration and breakfast
9:00 AMQuantum computing workshops
12:00 PMHacking commences
1:00 PMLunch
2:00 PMTours of Yale Quantum Institute labs
6:00 PMDinner
8:00 PMNight Hack begins

Sunday, April 13th, 2025

8:00 AMBreakfast
12:00 PMHacking ends

9 Challenges

Alice & Bob

Reconstruct quantum states from Wigner functions.

The Hartford, Capgemini, Rigetti

Use quantum optimization to minimize risk in correlated insurance portfolios.

BlueQubit

Find hidden messages within peaked circuits.

Travelers, Capgemini, Quantinuum

Use quantum-accelerated graph coloring to minimize wildfire risk.

QuEra

Advance digital quantum computing with state-of-the-art neutral atom gatesets.

Travelers, LTIMindtree, QuEra

Optimize claim processing for insurance using quantum-accelerated algorithms.

Quantum Rings

Use Shor's algorithm to semiclassically factor large numbers.

Superquantum

Develop quantum-enhanced hash functions for blockchain and crypto applications.

Tahoe Quantum

Leverage quantum optimization to improve wildfire response.

Winners

First Place

Alexander Pfau, Jojo Dayelise Keller, Elijah DeSarro-Raynal

Prize: 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

Institutions Represented

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Yale University
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Stanford University
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Harvard University
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Princeton University
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MIT
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Cornell University
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Columbia University
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Brown University
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Duke University
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Northwestern University
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UCLA
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NYU
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Boston University
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University of Toronto
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University of Maryland
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Purdue University
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Texas A&M University
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Arizona State University
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Northeastern University
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Vanderbilt University
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CWRU
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RPI
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University of Connecticut
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University of Massachusetts
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Rutgers University
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Lehigh University
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UC Davis
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UT Dallas
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Warsaw University of Technology
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Tufts University

2025 Sponsors

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BCG
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Capgemini
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IonQ
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LTIMindtree
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Rigetti
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Travelers
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QuEra
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Quantinuum
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Quantum Rings
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qBraid
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Yale Ventures
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