How to submit a demo¶
To submit your own demo you can follow the steps below, beginning with creating a demo, followed by filling in a demo-submission template and posting it as an issue to the PennyLane QML GitHub repository
Create a demo¶
Create a demonstration/tutorial using PennyLane and upload it to a source code hosting service such as GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab. Good formats for a demonstration include:
Jupyter notebooks [example]
Python scripts with detailed comments and explanations [example]
Repositories containing a collection of Python scripts, Jupyter notebooks, and documentation/dependencies [example1, example2]
Alternatively, you can also submit a link to a rendered Jupyter notebook using e.g., Colab, nbviewer, Sagemaker, or Binder.
Guidelines¶
While you are free to be as creative as you like with your demo, there are a couple of guidelines that might be good to keep in mind. The following guidelines refer to the content of the demo itself, or, if submitting a GitHub repository, the repository documentation/README file.
The demo should include your name (and optionally email) at the top under the title.
The title should be clear and concise, and if based on a paper it should be similar to the paper that is being implemented.
All demos should include a summary below the title. The summary should be 1-3 sentences that makes clear the goal and outcome of the demo, and links to any papers/resources used.
Code should be clearly commented and explained.
If your content contains random variables/outputs, a fixed seed should be set for reproducibility.
All content should be original or free to reuse subject to license compatibility. For example, if you are implementing someone else’s research, reach out first to receive permission to reproduce exact figures. Otherwise, avoid direct screenshots from papers, and instead refer to figures in the paper within the text.
Include the demo’s dependencies (e.g., PennyLane version along with any relevant PennyLane plugin version). If possible, include a
requirements.txtfile along with your local output after runningpip freeze.
Open an issue¶
Open a new issue on the PennyLane QML GitHub repository using the “Community demo” template. Please include at least your name, a title, an abstract, and a link to your uploaded demonstration/tutorial. An example follows (you can simply replace relevant parts with your own information).
#### General information
**name**
Ada Lovelace
**affiliation**
Quantum University
**Twitter** (optional)
@adalovelace1815
**Image** (optional)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Babbage_Difference_Engine.jpg
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#### Demo information
**title**
Frugal shot optimization with Rosalin
**abstract**
In this tutorial we investigate and implement the Rosalin (Random Operator
Sampling for Adaptive Learning with Individual Number of shots) from
Arrasmith et al. [#arrasmith2020]_. In this paper, a strategy is introduced
for reducing the number of shots required when optimizing variational
quantum algorithms, by both:
* Frugally adapting the number of shots used per parameter update, and
* Performing a weighted sampling of operators from the cost Hamiltonian.
**relevant links**
https://pennylane.ai/qml/demos/tutorial_rosalin.html
https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.06252
The title of your issue should be “[DEMO] your-demo-title” (e.g., “[DEMO] Frugal shot optimization with Rosalin”, without the quotes), and make sure the “demos” label on the right-hand side is checked.
Don’t forget to push the “Submit new issue” button!