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In January 2021, I began a graduate certificate from Purdue University’s Electrical & Computer Engineering department in Quantum Technology: Detectors & Networking. After several nights and weekends of studying, I was put into a group for a final project May 2021. Myself, John Kye, and Rajiv Mistry spent the following weeks working on analyzing audio signals of Rajiv’s rendition of Bach’s cello suite and a generated sine wave using Qiskit. We had help from several papers and Sarang Zambare’s post Quantum Computing to find frequencies in an audio file. We ran experiments on various systems available to us through IBM Quantum, the results of which are below.

We finished the course in May, applied, and were accepted to present at the 1st International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity (ISQCMC). John Kye decided not to move forward with the project, so he could focus on his studies. Over the next couple months Rajiv and I practiced and cleaned up as much as we could for the presentation. Unfortunately, some of the systems available to us during the class became deprecated and we were unable to resolve simple issues that could’ve completed our real results. We were set to present on 11/20/21 and since this was being hosted by Plymouth University, that meant waking up at 4am to take a quick jog and getting some caffeine in so I was alert for our 5am time slot.

Soon after presenting, we were contacted by Plymouth University professor Eduardo Miranda to prepare a chapter for a book of experiments he was putting together called Quantum Computer Music: Foundations, Methods and Advanced Concepts.

To be continued in another post.