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category: Developer > Rensselaer Center for Open Source (RCOS) > Summer 2025
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During the summer, I focused on significantly expanding Submitty's quantum computing capabilities and strengthening its core autograding infrastructure. My primary achievement was engineering a secure and robust system for autograding Jupyter Notebooks, a critical feature for modern computational courses. Additionally, I enhanced platform stability and instructor experience by resolving outstanding issues and refactoring key Docker functionalities. My contributions are reflected in over 25 pull requests and more than 20 peer reviews.
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As a first-time Submitty developer, I focused on significantly expanding its quantum computing capabilities and strengthening its core autograding infrastructure. My primary achievement was engineering a secure and robust system for autograding Jupyter Notebooks, a critical feature for modern computational courses. Additionally, I enhanced platform stability and instructor experience by resolving outstanding issues and refactoring key Docker functionalities. My contributions are reflected in over 25 pull requests and more than 20 peer reviews.
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### Quantum Computing Integration
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This term, I built upon Submitty's existing quantum computing foundation to support more advanced, interactive coursework. I began development of new course content, including a foundational prerequisite course designed to onboard students with the necessary background in linear algebra, complex numbers, and core principles of quantum physics. Building on that, I designed a hands-on lab for Simon's algorithm to demonstrate one of the first known exponential speedups over classical computation. To ensure compatibility with modern tools, I upgraded the Qiskit Docker image to version 2.0.1.
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This term, I built upon Submitty's existing quantum computing foundation to support more advanced, interactive coursework. I began development of new course content, including a foundational prerequisite course designed to onboard students with the necessary background in linear algebra, complex numbers, and core principles of quantum physics. Building on that, I designed a hands-on lab for Simon's algorithm to demonstrate one of the first known exponential speedups over classical computation. To ensure compatibility with modern tools, I upgraded the Qiskit Docker image to version 2.0.1. I also began work autograding quantum teleportation across a network.
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### Miscellaneous & Future Work
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In addition to working on integrating quantum computing with Submitty, I contributed to a range of platform improvements and participated in code reviews to support Submitty development.
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In addition to working on integrating quantum computing with Submitty, I contributed to a range of platform improvements and participated in code reviews to maintain project quality.
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Future work in terms of quantum computing integration can be made in the following areas:
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Next steps for quantum computing integration include:
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-Additional prerequisite course + course material
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-Internal Jupyter autograding integration instead of script usage
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-Support for running student circuits with a Submitty IBM account
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-Expanding both prerequisite course content and prospective course labs and homeworks
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-Embedding Jupyter autograding natively into Submitty (removing reliance on scripts)
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-Enabling student quantum circuits to run via a Submitty-managed IBM Quantum account
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