Quantum Machine Learning for Africa
Deep Learning Indaba 2025
Kigali, Rwanda
IMPORTANT: WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE IS ONLY POSSIBLE FOR REGISTERED INDABA ATTENDEES
This workshop will introduce the foundations of Quantum Machine Learning (QML) to its audience. The 2025 workshop edition will have a focus on healthcare, exploring a cancer classification task using histopathology images. Participants will learn the fundamentals of QML, explore hybrid approaches combining classical methods with quantum computing, and gain hands-on experience with the Qiskit programming SDK. The workshop aims to inspire and equip young African researchers with the skills to apply QML to real-world problems in healthcare, disease research, and beyond, fostering innovation and collaboration in the field.
Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum Data Preprocessing
Quantum Natural Language Processing
Quantum Game Theory
Quantum Algorithms
Quantum Optimization
AI for Quantum Computing and QML
Quantum Error Mitigation and Correction
Quantum Applications (Healthcare, Finance, IoT...)
Deadline for abstract submissions: 30 June 2025
Abstract acceptance notification: 1st August 2025
Registration/RSVP deadline: 10 August 2025
Workshop date: 22 August 2025
Title: The potential and limitations of quantum machine learning
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed an incredible interest in the potential use of quantum computers for machine learning tasks. As of yet however, it remains unclear to what extent quantum computers can enable meaningful advantages over state-of-the-art classical methods, which have also seen significant progress in the last years. In this talk I will discuss evidence for- and against the use of a variety of different quantum algorithms for machine learning, with the goal of understanding both the challenges and opportunities in the field of quantum machine learning. I will start by examining the potential and limitations of near-term friendly quantum algorithms for generative modelling. Following this, I will shift the focus to supervised learning, and discuss the extent to which a widely-used class of quantum algorithms for classification problems can be dequantized.
Founder of Quantum Africa, Quantum Optimization, and Machine Learning Researcher at INSA Lyon. Her focus is on developing quantum algorithms and QUBO models for NP-Hard Optimization Problems, assessing different quantum and quantum-inspired solvers.
Questions?
Drop us a mail and we'll respond as soon as possible: qml4africa@gmail.com
Code of Conduct
This workshop follows the Deep Learning Indaba Code of Conduct.