Quantum Computing

Future Impact of Quantum Computing on the Computational Landscape of Power Electronics: A Short Tutorial (arxiv:math). Quantum computing offers solutions for mixed-integer optimization in power electronics, reformulating problems as QUBO, and enhancing design and control capabilities

Revisiting Noise-adaptive Transpilation in Quantum Computing: How Much Impact Does it Have? (arxiv:cs). Empirical study of noise-aware transpilation on IBM quantum computers reveals efficient alternatives to reduce overhead while maintaining fidelity across diverse quantum algorithms

Hardness of Quantum Distribution Learning and Quantum Cryptography (arxiv:cs). Characterization of one-way puzzles in quantum cryptography through distribution learning; implications for worst-case hardness and polynomial hierarchy

Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for Spatiotemporal Forecasting of HIV Clusters (arxiv:q-bio). Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm enhances HIV cluster detection and forecasting accuracy using advanced machine learning and causal analysis of social determinants of health

Selective Feature Re-Encoded Quantum Convolutional Neural Network with Joint Optimization for Image Classification (arxiv:cs). Selective feature re-encoding and joint optimization in QCNNs enhance image classification accuracy using PCA and Autoencoders on MNIST datasets

Generative flow-based warm start of the variational quantum eigensolver (arxiv:stat). Flow-VQE integrates conditional normalizing flows for efficient optimization in variational quantum eigensolvers, enhancing parameter transfer and reducing computational costs significantly

QFFN-BERT: An Empirical Study of Depth, Performance, and Data Efficiency in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Transformers (arxiv:cs). QFFN-BERT integrates parameterized quantum circuits in feedforward layers, enhancing expressibility, achieving high accuracy, and demonstrating data efficiency in few-shot learning

It's Bye, For Now (yukinu​.com). Reflections on technology stagnation, limitations of classical and quantum computing, and the potential of future physics-based innovations amidst an AI-driven landscape

So what’s next after AI? (stevesammartino​.com). Explores the transition from AI to the Quantum Age, emphasizing the fundamental changes in technology and reality manipulation on a molecular level

Podcast Episode: Cryptography Makes a Post-Quantum Leap (eff​.org). Deirdre Connolly discusses post-quantum cryptography's role in addressing vulnerabilities posed by quantum computing, including Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks

Is China Winning the Quantum Race? (backreaction​.blogspot​.com). The article explores whether China is leading advancements in quantum technologies, examining investments, research breakthroughs, and implications for global scientific competition

Measuring the Meissner effect under pressure (diffract​.org). Research on high-pressure superconductors examines the Meissner effect using NV centres in diamond for enhanced magnetic field measurement

Solace of quantum (news​.cnrs​.fr). Pascale Senellart explores photon-based quantum technologies, focusing on quantum boxes that generate photons on demand for advancements in quantum computing and communications

NVIDIA cuQuantum Adds Dynamic Gradients, DMRG, and Simulation Speedup (developer​.nvidia​.com). NVIDIA cuQuantum 25.06 introduces dynamic gradients, DMRG primitives, and performance optimizations for quantum computing simulations on Tensor Core GPUs

TaIrTe₄ photodetectors show promise for highly sensitive room-temperature THz sensing (phys​.org). Researchers develop TaIrTe₄ photodetectors for sensitive room-temperature THz sensing, enhancing imaging, communication, and quantum information technologies

Happy Birthday Saharon Shelah and Yuri Gurevich! (gilkalai​.wordpress​.com). Celebrating Saharon Shelah and Yuri Gurevich's birthdays with conferences covering model theory, combinatorics, quantum computing, and their collaborative contributions

CuTeDSL on Hopper - Pipelining (veitner​.bearblog​.dev). Exploring Hopper's kernel methods, TMA atoms, pipeline techniques, and memory management for efficient GMEM to SMEM transfers in CuTeDSL

CuTeDSL on Hopper - WGMMA and TMA intro (veitner​.bearblog​.dev). Insight into performant Kernels on Hopper using CuTeDSL, focusing on WGMMA and TMA for GPU computing

What is a Good Quantum Encoding? Part 1 (math3ma​.com). Exploration of quantum machine learning, encoding classical data onto quantum computers, category theory, and challenges in quantum feature mapping by researchers from MIT and Deloitte

The Clifford group as a permutation group (stylewarning​.com). Exploration of the Clifford group in quantum computing, its computational aspects, and utilizing algorithms like Todd–Coxeter and Schreier–Sims for group theory analysis

The Indivisible Moment: How Time’s Hidden Nature Resolves the Quantum Paradox (medium​.com/intuitionmachine). Explores how temporal indivisibility resolves quantum paradoxes, linking consciousness, measurement, and the nature of reality through the lens of quantum mechanics

Improving randomness may be the key to more powerful quantum computers (phys​.org). Research shows quantum computers can generate randomness more efficiently by using smaller qubit blocks, potentially paving the way for powerful applications in cryptography and simulations

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