Quantum Computing: 5th August 2025

Optimizing a Meditation Retreat with a SAT Solver (emptysqua​.re). A. Jesse Jiryu Davis optimizes Zen retreat scheduling using Google's OR-Tools, applying SAT solving techniques for efficient student-teacher interactions

Tech Giants and Startups are Silently Attempting to Build Conscious AI with New Physics (trevornestor​.com). Explores attempts by tech giants and startups to develop conscious AI using quantum physics, addressing limitations of classical computing methods and seeking advanced agency

X-37B Robotic Space Plane Mission: New Detail (LeonardDavid​.com). X-37B's OTV-8 mission set to launch with enhanced experimental capacity, featuring quantum inertial sensors and inter-satellite laser communication technologies

Eduardo Miranda’s Quantum Explorations (disquiet​.com). Eduardo Miranda presents his explorations in quantum computing and music at Gray Area, discussing superposition and the impact of AI on creativity

Scientists produce quantum entanglement-like results without entangled particles in new experiment (phys​.org). Scientists achieve quantum entanglement-like results using unentangled photons, challenging classical physics notions of nonlocality and Bell's inequality

A Quantum Computer Goes to Space (cosmicmeta​.ai). First quantum computer in space enhances ultra-secure communication, data processing, and experimental physics, paving the way for future space missions

A microscope that catches the feeblest hints of heat (rootprivileges​.net). BOSON integrates superconducting transition-edge sensor technology into scanning-probe optics for high-resolution thermal detection at nanometre scales

NVIDIA CUDA-Q 0.12 Expands Toolset for Developing Hardware-Performant Quantum Applications (developer​.nvidia​.com). NVIDIA CUDA-Q 0.12 enhances quantum application development with new simulation tools, improved run API, dynamics backend features, and community contributions

Modular network offers fault-tolerant scaling of superconducting qubit devices (phys​.org). Modular quantum architecture enhances fault-tolerant scaling of superconducting qubit devices, enabling low-loss interconnections and improved quantum error correction capabilities

Community-Driven Quantum Compilation w/ UCC @ unitaryHACK 2025 (unitary​.foundation). UnitaryHACK 2025 highlights community projects enhancing the UCC quantum compiler, featuring circuit equivalence verification, benchmarking, and approximate compilation techniques

Quantum Networks Explained: The Future of Ultra-Secure Networks (transmitter​.ieee​.org). European researchers demonstrate quantum signal transmission over 250 km using off-the-shelf components, paving the path for ultra-secure quantum communications and key distribution

Quantum Cryptography In OT? (dale-peterson​.com). Quantum cryptography's relevance in OT is questioned due to limited adoption of robust encryption protocols, emphasizing the need for crypto agility moving forward

Cheating on Quantum Computing Benchmarks (schneier​.com). Concerns about quantum factorization benchmarks arise as researchers use methods that could easily be solved by classical computers and even abacuses

Circle STARKs: Part III, Circle FFT (blog​.zksecurity​.xyz). Circle STARKs implement Circle FFT to interpolate polynomials over twin-cosets using efficient algorithms like Cooley-Tukey for cryptographic applications

Carroll & Feynman on physics (zompist​.wordpress​.com). Exploration of quantum mechanics through Feynman and Carroll's works, focusing on mathematical concepts like vectors, the Schrödinger equation, and interpretations of reality

Quantum Complexity Theory Student Project Showcase #5 (2025 Edition)! (scottaaronson​.blog). Scott Aaronson showcases student projects on Quantum Complexity Theory, exploring topics like zero-knowledge protocols, quantum search, and the Hermite transform

Some Questions from Recent Quantum Events (gilkalai​.wordpress​.com). Gil Kalai debates quantum computing's feasibility, raises critical questions on error correction, noise thresholds, and future cryptography implications amid significant discussions

The Kepler Problem (Part 8) (johncarlosbaez​.wordpress​.com). Equivalence of the hydrogen atom and massless spin-½ particles in Einstein’s universe; implications of Dirac operators and their eigenvalues on the 3-sphere

Philosophy Mondays: Philosophy and Physics (Reality) (paragraph​.com). Exploring the intersections of philosophy and physics, addressing reality, moral cores, special relativity, quantum mechanics, and Assembly Theory

A comprehensive benchmark of an Ising machine on the Max-Cut problem (arxiv:cs). Benchmarking Fujitsu's Digital Annealer for the Max-Cut problem against other heuristics on large-scale QUBO formulations using over 2,000 graphs

Scalable and (quantum-accessible) adaptive pseudorandom quantum states and pseudorandom function-like quantum state generators (arxiv:cs). Scalable pseudorandom quantum states and functions, quantum cryptography, trace distance, entanglement-free, adaptable constructions assuming quantum-secure one-way functions

SOME: Symmetric One-Hot Matching Elector -- A Lightweight Microsecond Decoder for Quantum Error Correction (arxiv:cs). SOME decoder reformulates quantum error correction as a QUBO problem, achieving significant variable reduction and faster decoding times, with high performance against error rates

Supervised Quantum Image Processing (arxiv:cs). Comparison of Quantum Image Representations for compression and binary classification efficiency in quantum kernels versus classical linear kernel

DO-EM: Density Operator Expectation Maximization (arxiv:cs). DO-EM algorithm optimizes quantum density operators with Expectation-Maximization, enhancing performance in image generation compared to classical models on MNIST dataset

Hamiltonian Expressibility for Ansatz Selection in Variational Quantum Algorithms (arxiv:cs). Hamiltonian expressibility metric affects ansatz selection in variational quantum algorithms, influencing solution quality based on circuit expressibility for Hamiltonians

Quantum simulation of Helmholtz equations via Schr{ö}dingerization (arxiv:cs). Quantum algorithm for solving Helmholtz equations via Schrodingerization, addressing indefinite problems with reduced query complexity and enhanced numerical stability

Are controlled unitaries helpful? (arxiv:cs). Controlled unitaries do not enhance computational power for many quantum problems; decontrol circuits can achieve similar results with random phases

Evaluating Angle and Amplitude Encoding Strategies for Variational Quantum Machine Learning: their impact on model's accuracy (arxiv:cs). Comparative analysis of Amplitude and Angle encoding in Variational Quantum Circuits shows significant accuracy variations influenced by rotational gates in quantum machine learning models

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