Qiskit Hackathon Guide

This is an unofficial guide to organize a Qiskit hackathon at your university. Made by past Qiskit hackathon organizers and other Qiskit community members, this guide aims to provide practical advices and resources for future Qiskit hackathon organizers in a collaborative way. You are welcome to contribute to this guide. Please see how to contribute section for details.

What is a Qiskit hackathon

A Qiskit hackathon is a hackathon event organized by Qiskit community members and hosted in a university, with supports from Qiskit team. The event is owned and ran by the organizers and the university. Qiskit team will provide some cash, swag, prizes and even Qiskit developers as coaches for the event.

Not sure if you want to organize a Qiskit hackathon? Check out Past Qiskit Hackathons to have better ideas.

Step-by-step Guide

1. Planning
2. Marketing
3. Running
4. Aftermath

How to contribute?

There are many ways you can contribute to this guide.

• correcting typos
• adding new templates/examples (e.g. emails, posters, websites)
• adding new content for past Qiskit hackathons (e.g. articles, videos and links to projects)
• adding region-specific guidelines (e.g. dietary restrictions, religion-related issues, cultural differences)

In general, you should start an issue for discussion before modifying the guide.

Contact Junye Huang on Qiskit Slack workspace or via email: [email protected] if you have any doubts or questions about the guide or about organizing Qiskit hackathons.