Introduction to QUBO

ChingCheng Hsu (Microsoft, Rayleigh Research) gives a talk on Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO), its history and background, showing simple code implementation, and examples.

Estimated time of talk: 1,5 hours, after which 30 minutes for discussion.

This talk is intended to serve as a discussion opener for the next meetup, focusing more on QUBO application(s).

This series attempts to explore quantum applications related to financial markets. QUBO is connected with quantum annealing, and thus with QC. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_annealing)

Note: An open-source project is intended to be launched if interest is indicated. So, let us hear of your interest and we can make that happen!