Applied Quantum Machine Learning using Qiskit

Dr. Muhammad Faryad

Quantum Machine Learning Scientist

Break into Quantum ML: Applied Qiskit Course for Engineers, Scientists & Leaders

Classical machine learning already pushes limits with kernel methods, optimization, and high-dimensional feature spaces. As models scale, so do the bottlenecks—training cost, feature engineering complexity, and diminishing returns.

Quantum computing introduces a fundamentally different regime:

  • ⚙️ Exponentially large Hilbert spaces for richer representations

  • 🧠 Quantum feature maps for embedding data in new ways

  • 🔁 Variational quantum models with compact expressivity

  • 📈 Native kernel estimation via quantum circuits

But the real challenge is not theory—it is applicability.

  • ❓ Where do quantum models fit in an ML pipeline?

  • ❓ When does a quantum kernel outperform a classical one?

  • ❓ How do you move from equations to working code on real hardware?

This course is designed to answer exactly these questions.

  • 🎯 Focus on what is usable today—not distant promises

  • 💻 Hands-on implementation using Qiskit

  • 🔬 Build and test quantum feature maps, QSVMs, and variational classifiers

  • 🔗 Learn how to integrate quantum models into existing ML workflows

By the end, you will not just understand quantum ML—you will know when, why, and how to apply it in practice.

What you’ll learn

You will implement Quantum SVMs, Quantum neural networks, Quantum feature maps, and hybrid quantum-classical models in Qiskit 2.3.

  • Design quantum kernels, variational quantum classifiers, and optimization workflows.

  • Build quantum support vector machines and quantum neural networks in Qiskit.

  • Integrate classical optimizers in the hybrid training of quantum models, including quantum-specific data pre-processing and rescaling.

  • Learn basis, angle, Hamiltonian, and amplitude encoding schemes to select the appropriate strategy for a given problem.

  • Analyze circuit depth and complexity tradeoffs and understand how feature maps shape models' inductive bias.

  • Implement techniques for high-dimensional data by using re-uploading layers with Z, ZZ, Pauli, Efficient SU2, and other techniques.

  • Write, debug, and optimize quantum codes using Qiskit, Qiskit_IBM_Runtime, and Qiskit_Aer for IBM quantum hardware and simulators.

  • Build hybrid classical–quantum pipelines by integrating quantum models with PyTorch, Tensorflow, and Pandas.

  • Manage backends, jobs, and transpilation workflows with access to quantum hardware through IBM Cloud Platform.

  • Understand the classical simulation of quantum algorithms to validate quantum codes before hardware execution appropriately.

  • Understand various noise processes in quantum computers and be able to compare various available quantum hardware.

  • Leverage available error mitigation techniques while running circuits on quantum hardware at the transpilation and execution stages.

Learn directly from Muhammad

Dr. Muhammad Faryad

Dr. Muhammad Faryad

Quantum Machine Learning Scientist

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Penn State College of Engineering
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Who this course is for

  • AI/ML Engineers & Researchers — Who want to implement, benchmark, and evaluate quantum ML models with theoretical depth and practical codes.

  • Computational Scientists — Who want to expand their computational tools to include practical quantum computing routines for data analysis.

  • Tech Leads — Who want to develop insights for quantum ML use-cases, hardware limits, and quantum-ready workforce.

Prerequisites

  • Classical Machine Learning Concepts

    This course assumes knowledge and fluency with basic classical ML concepts, including supervised ML, SVMs, kernels, and neural networks.

  • Working Knowledge of Numpy, Sklearn, Pandas

    The course will focus on using Qiskit for quantum ML programming, assuming students are already experienced in implementing ML problems.

  • This course is NOT for beginner students

    This course is meant for experienced ML/AI engineers/leaders who are already well-versed in classical AI tools and want to learn quantum ML.

What's included

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Live sessions

Learn directly from Dr. Muhammad Faryad in a real-time, interactive format.

Video Recordings

All live sessions will be recorded and made available to students right after each session.

End-to-end code files

All code files used during the live sessions will be delivered to students before showing end-to-end model building for real datasets.

Lecture Material

All material (notes/slides) used during live sessions will be provided to students before each live session.

Dedicated Q/A sessions

Live questions/answers sessions and discussion on QML and converting your ML projects to QML projects

Solved Assignments

Theory/coding problems with solutions

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Course syllabus

Week 1

Jun 2—Jun 7

    Jun

    2

    1. Crash Course on Quantum Computing and Qiskit

    Tue 6/29:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

    Jun

    4

    2. Qiskit Primitives and Programming IBM Quantum Hardware

    Thu 6/49:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

Week 2

Jun 8—Jun 14

    Jun

    9

    3. Critical Role of Measurements in Quantum ML

    Tue 6/99:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

    Jun

    10

    Q & A Session

    Wed 6/109:30 AM—10:30 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    Jun

    11

    4. Quantum ML Models and Quantum Learning Theory

    Thu 6/119:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

Free resources

Schedule

Live sessions

3-4 hrs / week

See syllabus for live sessions.

    • Tue, Jun 2

      9:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

    • Thu, Jun 4

      9:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

    • Tue, Jun 9

      9:30 AM—10:45 AM (UTC)

Projects Proposals

1-2 hrs / week

The course will include proposals for several possible projects to pursue for the researchers.

Who has taken this course so far?

  1. Founder, Quantum Computing Company, USA

  2. Quantum Research Assistant, South Korea

  3. Freelance ML developer, France

  4. Physics Faculty Members, Pakistan, Morocco

  5. Cyber Security Lecturer, UK

  6. Graduate Students/Researchers, Pakistan, Turkey

  7. Post-Doc Fellow, USA

Frequently asked questions

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