Department of Computer Science

Quantum Software and Algorithms

Fostering large-scale quantum computing
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Quantum computing deploys the phenomena of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems that even the most powerful supercomputers cannot execute. This interdisciplinary research area is focused to achieve large-scale quantum computing from the software perspective. The main goal is to support the execution of quantum algorithms with a practical advantage. This implies that at least the following research topics will be pursued:

  • (quantum) machine learning
  • compilation and optimization of circuits
  • efficient error-correction and fault-tolerance
  • simulation of quantum circuits
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KQCircuits Chip Design. Picture: IQM.

IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.

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Alexandru Paler: Creating software for quantum computers

The newest professor to join the department of computer science tells us about how, when you cut through all the hype, quantum computing is full of interesting challenges that unites diverse fields

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Latest publications

Queuing Theory Models for (Fault-Tolerant) Quantum Circuits: Analysis and Optimization

Robert Basmadjian, Alexandru Paler 2024 Quantum Computing

Compilation of algorithm-specific graph states for quantum circuits

Madhav Krishnan Vijayan, Alexandru Paler, Jason Gavriel, Casey R. Myers, Peter P. Rohde, Simon J. Devitt 2024 Quantum Science and Technology

Transversal injection for direct encoding of ancilla states for non-Clifford gates using stabilizer codes

Jason Gavriel, Daniel Herr, Alexis Shaw, Michael J. Bremner, Alexandru Paler, Simon J. Devitt 2023 PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH

Transversal Injection: Using the Surface Code to Prepare Non-Pauli Eigenstates

Jason Gavriel, Daniel Herr, Alexis Shaw, Michael J. Bremner, Alexandru Paler, Simon J. Devitt 2023 2023 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)

Machine Learning Optimization of Quantum Circuit Layouts

Alexandru Paler, Lucian Sasu, Adrian-Catalin Florea, Razvan Andonie 2023 ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing

Pipelined correlated minimum weight perfect matching of the surface code

Alexandru Paler, Austin G. Fowler 2023 Quantum

Logical and Physical Reversibility of Conservative Skyrmion Logic

Xuan Hu, Benjamin W. Walker, Felipe Garcia-Sanchez, Alexander Edwards, Peng Zhou, Jean Anne C. Incorvia, Alexandru Paler, Michael P. Frank, Joseph S. Friedman 2022 IEEE Magnetics Letters

Halving the width of Toffoli-based constant modular addition to n+3 qubits

Oumarou Oumarou, Alexandru Paler, Robert Basmadjian 2022 Physical Review A

On the realistic worst case analysis of quantum arithmetic circuits

Alexandru Paler, Oumarou Oumarou, Robert Basmadjian 2022 IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

Quantum Fourier addition simplified to Toffoli addition

Alexandru Paler 2022 Physical Review A
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