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TensorCircuit-NG: A Universal, Composable, and Scalable Platform for Quantum Computing and Quantum Simulation

Shi-Xin Zhang, Yu-Qin Chen, Weitang Li, Jiace Sun, Wei-Guo Ma, Pei-Lin Zheng, Yu-Xiang Huang, Qi-Xiang Wang, Hui Yu, Zhuo Li, Xuyang Huang, Zong-Liang Li, Zhou-Quan Wan, Shuo Liu, Jiezhong Qiu, Jiaqi Miao, Zixuan Song, Yuxuan Yan, Kazuki Tsuoka, Pan Zhang, Lei Wang, Heng Fan, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Hong Yao, Tao Xiang2026-02-15T14:37 Score: 0.45
We present TensorCircuit-NG, a next-generation quantum software platform designed to bridge the gap between quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. Moving beyond the ...

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📄 Technology Papers

Resource-Efficient Hadamard Test Tailored Variational Framework for Nonlinear Dynamics on Quantum Computers

Eleftherios Mastorakis, Muhammad Umer, Milena Guevara-Bertsch, Juris Ulmanis, Felix Rohde, Dimitris G. AngelakisPublished: 2025-07-25
Resource-efficient, low-depth implementations of quantum circuits remain a promising strategy for achieving reliable and scalable computation on quantum hardware, as they reduce gate resources and limit the accumulation of noisy operations. Here, we propose a low-depth implementation of a class of Hadamard test circuits, complemented by the development of a parameterized quantum ansatz specificall...

Superconducting pairing correlations on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Etienne Granet, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Kevin Hémery, Reza Haghshenas, Pablo Andres-Martinez, David T. Stephen, Anthony Ransford, Jake Arkinstall, M. S. Allman, Pete Campora, Samuel F. Cooper, Robert D. Delaney, Joan M. Dreiling, Brian Estey, Caroline Figgatt, Cameron Foltz, John P. Gaebler, Alex Hall, Ali Husain, Akhil Isanaka, Colin J. Kennedy, Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Ivaylo S. Madjarov, Michael Mills, Alistair R. Milne, Annie J. Park, Adam P. Reed, Brian Neyenhuis, Justin G. Bohnet, Michael Foss-Feig, Andrew C. Potter, Ramil Nigmatullin, Mohsin Iqbal, Henrik DreyerPublished: 2025-11-03
The Fermi-Hubbard model is the starting point for the simulation of many strongly correlated materials, including high-temperature superconductors, whose modelling is a key motivation for the construction of quantum simulation and computing devices. However, the detection of superconducting pairing correlations has so far remained out of reach, both because of their off-diagonal character - which ...

Drone delivery packing problem on a neutral-atom quantum computer

Sara Tarquini, Matteo Vandelli, Francesco Ferrari, Daniele Dragoni, Francesco TudiscoPublished: 2026-02-17
Quantum architectures based on neutral atoms have gained significant attention in recent years as specialized computational machines due to their ability to directly encode the independent set constraint on graphs, exploiting the Rydberg blockade mechanism. In this work, we address the Drone Delivery Packing Problem via a hybrid quantum-classical framework leveraging a neutral-atom quantum process...

Quantum Computing for Healthcare Digital Twin Systems

Asma Taheri Monfared, Andrea Bombarda, Angelo Gargantini, Majid HaghparastPublished: 2026-02-17
The growing complexity of healthcare systems requires advanced computational models for real-time monitoring, secure data exchange, and intelligent decision-making. Digital Twins (DTs) provide virtual representations of physical healthcare entities, enabling continuous patient monitoring and personalized care. However, classical DT frameworks face limitations in scalability, computational efficien...

Do we have a quantum computer? Expert perspectives on current status and future prospects

Liam Doyle, Fargol Seifollahi, Chandralekha SinghPublished: 2026-02-16
The rapid growth of quantum information science and technology (QIST) in the 21st century has created both excitement and uncertainty about the field's trajectory. This qualitative study presents perspectives from leading quantum researchers, who are educators, on fundamental questions frequently posed by students, the public, and the media regarding QIST. Through in-depth interviews, we explored ...

Universal quantum computation in topological quantum neural networks and amplituhedron representation

Chris Fields, James F. Glazebrook, Antonino Marcianò, Emanuele ZappalaPublished: 2025-09-24
We study the relationship between computation and scattering both operationally (hence phenomenologically) and formally. We show how topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs) enable universal quantum computation, using the Reshetikhin-Turaev and Turaev-Viro models to show how TQNNs implement quantum error-correcting codes. We then exhibit a formal correspondences between TQNNs and amplituhedra t...

Feasibility of performing quantum chemistry calculations on quantum computers

Thibaud Louvet, Thomas Ayral, Xavier WaintalPublished: 2023-06-05
Quantum chemistry is envisioned as an early and disruptive application for quantum computers. Yet, closer scrutiny of the proposed algorithms shows that there are considerable difficulties along the way. Here, we propose two criteria for evaluating two leading quantum approaches for finding the ground state of molecules. The first criterion applies to the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algo...

High-order splitting of non-unitary operators on quantum computers

Peter Brearley, Philipp PfefferPublished: 2025-11-24
Dissipation and irreversibility are central to most physical processes, yet they lead to non-unitary dynamics that are challenging to realise on quantum processors. High-order operator splitting is an attractive approach for simulating unitary dynamics, yet conventional product formulas introduce negative time steps at high orders that are numerically unstable for dissipative dynamics. We show how...

Reverse N-Wise Output-Oriented Testing for AI/ML and Quantum Computing Systems

Lamine RihaniPublished: 2026-02-15
Artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) systems and emerging quantum computing software present unprecedented testing challenges characterized by high-dimensional/continuous input spaces, probabilistic/non-deterministic output distributions, behavioral correctness defined exclusively over observable prediction behaviors and measurement outcomes, and critical quality dimensions, trustworth...

TensorCircuit-NG: A Universal, Composable, and Scalable Platform for Quantum Computing and Quantum Simulation

Shi-Xin Zhang, Yu-Qin Chen, Weitang Li, Jiace Sun, Wei-Guo Ma, Pei-Lin Zheng, Yu-Xiang Huang, Qi-Xiang Wang, Hui Yu, Zhuo Li, Xuyang Huang, Zong-Liang Li, Zhou-Quan Wan, Shuo Liu, Jiezhong Qiu, Jiaqi Miao, Zixuan Song, Yuxuan Yan, Kazuki Tsuoka, Pan Zhang, Lei Wang, Heng Fan, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Hong Yao, Tao XiangPublished: 2026-02-15
We present TensorCircuit-NG, a next-generation quantum software platform designed to bridge the gap between quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. Moving beyond the scope of traditional circuit simulators, TensorCircuit-NG establishes a unified, tensor-native programming paradigm where quantum circuits, tensor networks, and neural networks fuse into a single, end...

🏢 Company Papers

Byam: Fixing Breaking Dependency Updates with Large Language Models

Frank Reyes, May Mahmoud, Federico Bono, Sarah Nadi, Benoit Baudry, Martin MonperrusPublished: 2025-05-12
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) facilitate the integration of third-party dependencies within the code of client applications. However, changes to an API, such as deprecation, modification of parameter names or types, or complete replacement with a new API, can break existing client code. These changes are called breaking dependency updates; It is often tedious for API users to identify ...

A Scoping Review of Synthetic Data Generation by Language Models in Biomedical Research and Application: Data Utility and Quality Perspectives

Hanshu Rao, Weisi Liu, Haohan Wang, I-Chan Huang, Zhe He, Xiaolei HuangPublished: 2025-06-19
Synthetic data generation using large language models (LLMs) demonstrates substantial promise in addressing biomedical data challenges and shows increasing adoption in biomedical research. This study systematically reviews recent advances in synthetic data generation for biomedical applications and clinical research, focusing on how LLMs address data scarcity, utility, and quality issues with diff...

Time-Series Foundation Models for ISP Traffic Forecasting

Fan Liu, Behrooz Farkiani, Patrick CrowleyPublished: 2025-10-29
Accurate network-traffic forecasting enables proactive capacity planning and anomaly detection in Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks. Recent advances in time-series foundation models (TSFMs) have demonstrated strong zero-shot and few-shot generalization across diverse domains, yet their effectiveness for computer networking remains unexplored. This paper presents a systematic evaluation of a...

Towards Human-AI Accessibility Mapping in India: VLM-Guided Annotations and POI-Centric Analysis in Chandigarh

Varchita Lalwani, Utkarsh Agarwal, Michael Saugstad, Manish Kumar, Jon E. Froehlich, Anupam SobtiPublished: 2026-02-09
Project Sidewalk is a web-based platform that enables crowdsourcing accessibility of sidewalks at city-scale by virtually walking through city streets using Google Street View. The tool has been used in 40 cities across the world, including the US, Mexico, Chile, and Europe. In this paper, we describe adaptation efforts to enable deployment in Chandigarh, India, including modifying annotation type...

Nonlinear Phase Gates Beyond the Lamb-Dicke Regime

Akram Kasri, Kimin Park, Radim FilipPublished: 2026-02-17
Nonlinear phase gates are essential to achieve the universality of continuous-variable quantum processing and its applications. We present a deterministic protocol for generating nonlinear phase gates in trapped ion systems using simultaneous two-tone sideband drives beyond the Lamb-Dicke regime. Our approach harnesses higher-order interaction terms typically neglected or suppressed to construct n...

Resource-Efficient Hadamard Test Tailored Variational Framework for Nonlinear Dynamics on Quantum Computers

Eleftherios Mastorakis, Muhammad Umer, Milena Guevara-Bertsch, Juris Ulmanis, Felix Rohde, Dimitris G. AngelakisPublished: 2025-07-25
Resource-efficient, low-depth implementations of quantum circuits remain a promising strategy for achieving reliable and scalable computation on quantum hardware, as they reduce gate resources and limit the accumulation of noisy operations. Here, we propose a low-depth implementation of a class of Hadamard test circuits, complemented by the development of a parameterized quantum ansatz specificall...

Superconducting pairing correlations on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Etienne Granet, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Kevin Hémery, Reza Haghshenas, Pablo Andres-Martinez, David T. Stephen, Anthony Ransford, Jake Arkinstall, M. S. Allman, Pete Campora, Samuel F. Cooper, Robert D. Delaney, Joan M. Dreiling, Brian Estey, Caroline Figgatt, Cameron Foltz, John P. Gaebler, Alex Hall, Ali Husain, Akhil Isanaka, Colin J. Kennedy, Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Ivaylo S. Madjarov, Michael Mills, Alistair R. Milne, Annie J. Park, Adam P. Reed, Brian Neyenhuis, Justin G. Bohnet, Michael Foss-Feig, Andrew C. Potter, Ramil Nigmatullin, Mohsin Iqbal, Henrik DreyerPublished: 2025-11-03
The Fermi-Hubbard model is the starting point for the simulation of many strongly correlated materials, including high-temperature superconductors, whose modelling is a key motivation for the construction of quantum simulation and computing devices. However, the detection of superconducting pairing correlations has so far remained out of reach, both because of their off-diagonal character - which ...

Observing quantum many-body dynamics in emergent curved spacetime using programmable quantum processors

Brendan Rhyno, Bastien Lapierre, Smitha Vishveshwara, Khadijeh Najafi, Ramasubramanian ChitraPublished: 2026-02-17
We digitally simulate quantum many-body dynamics in emergent curved backgrounds using 80 superconducting qubits on IBM Heron processors. By engineering spatially varying couplings in the spin-$\frac12$ XXZ chain, consistent with the low energy description of the model in terms of an inhomogeneous Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid, we realize excitations that follow geodesics of an effective metric inherit...

📚 Highlighted Papers

Quantum enhanced Monte Carlo simulation for photon interaction cross sections

Authors: Euimin Lee, Sangmin Lee, Shiho KimSubmitted: Submitted arXiv: arXiv:2502.14374
Abstract: …as the dominant attenuation mechanism, we demonstrate that our approach reproduces classical probability distributions with high fidelity. Simulation results obtained via the IBM Qiskit quantum simulator reveal a quadratic speedup in amplitude estimation compared to conventional Monte C...

Time-adaptive single-shot crosstalk detector on superconducting quantum computer

Authors: Haiyue Kang, Benjamin Harper, Muhammad Usman, Martin SeviorSubmitted: Submitted arXiv: arXiv:2502.14225
Abstract: …in two scenarios: simulation using an artificial noise model with gate-induced crosstalk and always-on idlings channels; and the simulation using noise sampled from an IBM quantum computer parametrised by the reduced HSA error model. The presented results show our method's efficacy hing...

Quantum simulation of a qubit with non-Hermitian Hamiltonian

Authors: Anastashia Jebraeilli, Michael R. GellerSubmitted: Submitted arXiv: arXiv:2502.13910
Abstract: …-broken regime surrounding an exceptional point. Quantum simulations are carried out using IBM superconducting qubits. The results underscore the potential for variational quantum circuits and machine learning to push the boundaries of quantum simulation, offering new methods for explor...

Comment on "Energy-speed relationship of quantum particles challenges Bohmian mechanics"

Aurélien Drezet, Dustin Lazarovici, Bernard Michael Nabet
In their recent paper [Nature 643, 67 (2025)], Sharaglazova et al. report an optical microcavity experiment yielding an "energy-speed relationship" for quantum particles in evanescent states, which they infer from the observed population transfer between two coupled waveguides. The authors argue tha...