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Simulating Thermal Properties of Bose-Hubbard Models on a Quantum Computer

Simon Becker, Cambyse Rouzé, Robert SalzmannPublished: 2026-04-07
While recent advances have established efficient quantum algorithms for preparing Gibbs states of finite-dimensional systems, comparable complexity results for bosonic and other infinite-dimensional models remain unexplored. We introduce the first general rigorous Gibbs sampling framework for bosonic many-body systems, showing that physically relevant bosonic models admit gapped dissipative genera...

Resource Implications of Different Encodings for Quantum Computational Fluid Dynamics

Hans A. Kösel, Roland Ewert, Jan W. DelfsPublished: 2026-04-07
For quantum algorithms for problems in which the task is to compute an entire field of values, like e.g. computational fluid dynamics (CFD), it is often proposed amplitude encoding w.r.t. multiple qubits; however, the efforts implied by it for initialization and read-out are not addressed. This work is devoted specifically to this issue: It reviews different encoding schemes in quantum computing, ...

A circuit-differentiation framework for Green's functions on quantum computers

Samuele Piccinelli, Francesco Tacchino, Ivano Tavernelli, Giuseppe CarleoPublished: 2025-05-08
We propose a general framework for computing Retarded Green's Functions (RGFs) on quantum computers by recasting their evaluation as a problem of circuit differentiation. Our proposal is based on real-time evolution and specifically designed circuit components, which we refer to as circuit perturbations, acting as a direct representation of the external perturbative force within the quantum circui...

What quantum computer to buy?

Alex KrasnokPublished: 2026-04-06
The phrase ``buy a quantum computer'' hides several different procurement problems. An institution may be seeking cloud access for teaching, reserved capacity for research, a local instrument for hardware training, an optimization appliance, or a strategic installation that reshapes facilities, staffing, and budgets. Because these choices differ in purpose, operating burden, and useful lifetime, t...

Universal Weakly Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation via Code Switching in the [[8,3,2]] Code

Shixin Wu, Dawei Zhong, Todd A. Brun, Daniel A. LidarPublished: 2026-03-16
Code-switching offers a route to universal, fault-tolerant quantum computation by circumventing the limitation implied by the Eastin-Knill theorem against a universal transversal gate set within a single quantum code. Here, we present a fault-tolerant code-switching protocol between two versions of the $[[8, 3, 2]]$ code. One version supports weakly fault-tolerant single-qubit Clifford gates, whil...

Quench dynamics of the quantum XXZ chain with staggered interactions: Exact results and simulations on digital quantum computers

Ching-Tai Huang, Yu-Cheng Lin, Ferenc IgloiPublished: 2025-12-03
We investigate quench dynamics in the quantum $S=1/2$ XXZ antiferromagnetic chain with staggered and anisotropic interactions in the flat-band limit. Our quench protocol interchanges the odd- and even-bond strengths of a fully dimerized chain, enabling us to derive exact time-dependent states for arbitrary even system sizes by working in the Bell basis. We obtain closed-form, size-independent expr...

Simulating high-accuracy nuclear motion Hamiltonians using discrete variable representation and Walsh-Hadamard QROM on fault-tolerant quantum computers

Michał Szczepanik, Ákos Nagy, Emil ŻakPublished: 2025-10-21
We present a quantum algorithm for simulating rovibrational Hamiltonians on fault-tolerant quantum computers. The method integrates exact curvilinear kinetic energy operators and general-form potential energy surfaces expressed in a hybrid finite-basis/discrete-variable representation. The Hamiltonian is encoded as a unitary quantum circuit using a quantum read-only memory construction based on th...

Novel permanent magnet array geometries for scalable trapped-ion quantum computing in a laser-free entanglement architecture

Mitchell G. PeaksPublished: 2026-04-03
A novel design is presented for a permanent magnet array to address specific challenges with scalable trapped-ion quantum computing systems. Design and optimization of this magnet geometry is motivated by concepts for large-scale Quantum Charge-Coupled Device (QCCD) architectures. This proposal is relevant to magnetic field gradient schemes for laser-free entanglement using long-wavelength radiati...

Advances in Josephson Junction Materials and Processes Toward Practical Quantum Computing

Hyunseong Kim, Gyunghyun Jang, Seungwon Jin, Dongbin Shin, Hyeon-Jin Shin, Jie Luo, Akel Hashim, Irfan Siddiqi, Yosep Kim, Long B. Nguyen, Hoon Hahn YoonPublished: 2025-05-19
The Josephson junction is the fundamental nonlinear building block of superconducting quantum technologies. Its macroscopic quantum tunneling physics underpins superconducting quantum computing, sensing, and communication, but scaling these platforms to utility-scale architectures places increasingly stringent demands on junction materials, interfaces, and fabrication. In quantum computing, these ...

The Convergence Frontier: Integrating Machine Learning and High Performance Quantum Computing for Next-Generation Drug Discovery

Narjes Ansari, César Feniou, Nicolaï Gouraud, Daniele Loco, Siwar Badreddine, Baptiste Claudon, Félix Aviat, Marharyta Blazhynska, Kevin Gasperich, Guillaume Michel, Diata Traore, Corentin Villot, Thomas Plé, Olivier Adjoua, Louis Lagardère, Jean-Philip PiquemalPublished: 2026-03-18
Integrating quantum mechanics into drug discovery marks a decisive shift from empirical trial-and-error toward quantitative precision. However, the prohibitive cost of ab initio molecular dynamics has historically forced a compromise between chemical accuracy and computational scalability. This paper identifies the convergence of High-Performance Computing (HPC), Machine Learning (ML), and Quantum...

🏢 Company Papers

Nonvariational quantum optimisation approaches to pangenome-guided sequence assembly

Josh Cudby, Sergii StrelchukPublished: 2026-04-07
Assembling genomes from short-read sequencing data remains difficult in repetitive regions, where reference bias and combinatorial complexity limit existing methods. Pangenome-guided sequence assembly (PGSA) mitigates reference bias by reconstructing an individual genome as a walk through a population-level graph. The associated problem, identifying a walk whose node visits match read-derived copy...

MARL-GPT: Foundation Model for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Maria Nesterova, Mikhail Kolosov, Anton Andreychuk, Egor Cherepanov, Oleg Bulichev, Alexey Kovalev, Konstantin Yakovlev, Aleksandr Panov, Alexey SkrynnikPublished: 2026-04-07
Recent advances in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) have demonstrated success in numerous challenging domains and environments, but typically require specialized models for each task. In this work, we propose a coherent methodology that makes it possible for a single GPT-based model to learn and perform well across diverse MARL environments and tasks, including StarCraft Multi-Agent Chall...

Promise of Graph Sparsification and Decomposition for Noise Reduction in QAOA: Analysis for Trapped-Ion Compilations

Jai Moondra, Philip C. Lotshaw, Greg Mohler, Swati GuptaPublished: 2024-06-20
We develop new approximate compilation schemes that significantly reduce the expense of compiling the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) for solving the Max-Cut problem. Our main focus is on compilation with trapped-ion simulators using Pauli-$X$ operations and all-to-all Ising Hamiltonian $H_\text{Ising}$ evolution generated by Molmer-Sorensen or optical dipole force interactions, ...

Buried unstrained germanium channels: a lattice-matched platform for quantum technology

Davide Costa, Patrick Del Vecchio, Karina Hudson, Lucas E. A. Stehouwer, Alberto Tosato, Davide Degli Esposti, Vladimir Calvi, Luca Moreschini, Mario Lodari, Stefano Bosco, Giordano ScappucciPublished: 2025-06-05
Strained Ge ($ε$-Ge) and strained Si ($ε$-Si) buried quantum wells have enabled advanced spin-qubit quantum processors. However, in the absence of suitable lattice-matched substrates, $ε$-Ge and $ε$-Si are deposited on defective, metamorphic SiGe substrates, which may impact device performance and scaling. Here an alternative platform is introduced, based on the heterojunction between unstrained G...

MINERVA-Cultural: A Benchmark for Cultural and Multilingual Long Video Reasoning

Darshan Singh, Arsha Nagrani, Kawshik Manikantan, Harman Singh, Dinesh Tewari, Tobias Weyand, Cordelia Schmid, Anelia Angelova, Shachi DavePublished: 2026-01-15
Recent advancements in video models have shown tremendous progress, particularly in long video understanding. However, current benchmarks predominantly feature western-centric data and English as the dominant language, introducing significant biases in evaluation. To address this, we introduce MINERVA-Cultural, a challenging benchmark for multicultural and multilingual video reasoning. MINERVA-Cul...

A Systematic Survey of Semantic Role Labeling in the Era of Pretrained Language Models

Huiyao Chen, Meishan Zhang, Jing Li, Lilja Øvrelid, Jan Hajič, Hao Fei, Min ZhangPublished: 2025-02-09
Semantic role labeling (SRL) is a central natural language processing task for understanding predicate-argument structures within texts and enabling downstream applications. Despite extensive research, comprehensive surveys that critically synthesize the field from a unified perspective remain lacking. This survey makes several contributions beyond organizing existing work. We propose a unified fo...

Triplet Feature Fusion for Equipment Anomaly Prediction : An Open-Source Methodology Using Small Foundation Models

Takato YasunoPublished: 2026-02-16
Predicting equipment anomalies before they escalate into failures is a critical challenge in industrial facility management. Existing approaches rely either on hand-crafted threshold rules, which lack generalizability, or on large neural models that are impractical for on-site, air-gapped deployments. We present an industrial methodology that resolves this tension by combining open-source small fo...

Estimation of trace distance between two arbitrary quantum states

Sanchita Ghosh, Anumita Mukhopadhyay, Anindita Bera, Prasenjit Deb, Shibdas RoyPublished: 2026-04-07
When it comes to discriminating between two quantum states, trace distance is one of the well-known metrics used in quantum computation and quantum information theory. While there are several quantum algorithms for calculating the trace distance between two quantum states, computing it for any two general density matrices remains computationally demanding. In this paper, we propose a quantum algor...

📚 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...