The QOSF mentorship program (3-4 months) pairs quantum computing enthusiasts with industry and academia mentors to build interesting projects together. Out of over 800 applicants (most of whom undergrads and graduate students), I had zero expectation that QOSF would admit me—a high schooler—as one of the 40 mentees accepted into the program. Nonetheless, I was excited to hear the news, and I couldn't be more thankful for this opportunity :)
Looking back at my QC journey since last September, I've been exploring the space through building a wide range of QC projects. Although I've learned a lot through that approach, I'll use this mentorship opportunity as a vehicle to dive deeply into one specific topic within quantum machine learning in the coming months.
Under guidance from my mentor, Yunong 😀 (a research scientist at AWS Braket), we'll be exploring the application of quantum generative adversarial networks (QGANs) in portfolio optimization. That's a lot of words, I know. The gist is to build a project together that explores the applications of QML in finance—inspired by the QHack project I worked on last month.
I look forward to keeping y'all updated as it progresses!
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