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Featured arXiv papers - June 2021

The noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum (NISQ) Computing newsletter is a curated ArXiv Digest published once a month by the USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science. We feature exclusively experiments and algorithms that advance the field of applied quantum computing in existing hardware. The team of editors collaborates with the NASA Ames Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) to produce the content. To submit a paper for consideration please visit the NISQC newsletter page at http://riacs.usra.edu/quantum/NISQC-NL. Announcements: We are looking for sponsors for supporting the newsletter digest curation and database. Please contact us if you are interested. The previous digest gathered the preprints that appeared in March 2021. The preprints that appeared in April and May will be added to the searchable database in the future.

NISQ Experiments

NISQ Experiments - Superconducting

Solving the BCS Hamiltonian gap in Near-Term Quantum Computers

Authors: Nahum Sá, Ivan S. Oliveira, Itzhak Roditi May 31, 2021

Simulating of X-states and the two-qubit XYZ Heisenberg system on IBM quantum computer

Authors: Mahsa Karimi, Fereshte Shahbeigi, Vahid Karimipour May 30, 2021

Z3 gauge theory coupled to fermions and quantum computing

Authors: Ronak Desai, Yuan Feng, Mohammad Hassan, Abhishek Kodumagulla, Michael McGuigan June 01, 2021

Experimental error mitigation using linear rescaling for variational quantum eigensolving with up to 20 qubits

Authors: Eliott Rosenberg, Paul Ginsparg, Peter L. McMahon June 02, 2021

Experimental verification of fluctuation relations with a quantum computer

Authors: Andrea Solfanelli, Alessandro Santini, Michele Campisi June 08, 2021

Error Mitigation for Deep Quantum Optimization Circuits by Leveraging Problem Symmetries

Authors: Ruslan Shaydulin, Alexey Galda June 08, 2021

Perturbative quantum simulation

Authors: Jinzhao Sun, Suguru Endo, Huiping Lin, Patrick Hayden, Vlatko Vedral, Xiao Yuan June 10, 2021

Variational Quantum Eigensolver with Reduced Circuit Complexity

Authors: Yu Zhang, Lukasz Cincio, Christian F. A. Negre, Piotr Czarnik, Patrick Coles, Petr M. Anisimov, Susan M. Mniszewski, Sergei Tretiak, Pavel A. Dub June 14, 2021

Classical and Quantum Algorithms for Orthogonal Neural Networks

Authors: Iordanis Kerenidis, Jonas Landman, Natansh Mathur June 14, 2021

Variational Quantum Anomaly Detection: Unsupervised mapping of phase diagrams on a physical quantum computer

Authors: Korbinian Kottmann, Friederike Metz, Joana Fraxanet, Niccolo Baldelli June 15, 2021

Experimental Demonstrations of Native Implementation of Boolean Logic Hamiltonian in a Superconducting Quantum Annealer

Authors: Daisuke Saida, Yuki Yamanashi, Mutsuo Hidaka, Fuminori Hirayama, Kentaro Imafuku, Shuichi Nagasawa, Shiro Kawabata June 16, 2021

Quantum simulation of non-equilibrium dynamics and thermalization in the Schwinger model

Authors: Wibe A. de Jong, Kyle Lee, James Mulligan, Mateusz Płoskoń, Felix Ringer, Xiaojun Yao June 15, 2021

Trainable Discrete Feature Embeddings for Variational Quantum Classifier

Authors: Napat Thumwanit, Chayaphol Lortararprasert, Hiroshi Yano, Rudy Raymond June 17, 2021

Geometric measure of entanglement of multi-qubit graph states and its detection on a quantum computer

Authors: Kh. P. Gnatenko, N. A. Susulovska June 20, 2021

Efficient Quantum Simulation of Open Quantum System Dynamics on Noisy Quantum Computers

Authors: Shin Sun, Li-Chai Shi, Yuan-Chung Cheng June 24, 2021

Strong quantum computational advantage using a superconducting quantum processor

Authors: Yulin Wu, Wan-Su Bao, Sirui Cao, Fusheng Chen, Ming-Cheng Chen, Xiawei Chen, Tung-Hsun Chung, Hui Deng, Yajie Du, Daojin Fan, Ming Gong, Cheng Guo, Chu Guo, Shaojun Guo, Lianchen Han, Linyin Hong, He-Liang Huang, Yong-Heng Huo, Liping Li, Na Li, Shaowei Li, Yuan Li, Futian Liang, Chun Lin, Jin Lin, Haoran Qian, Dan Qiao, Hao Rong, Hong Su, Lihua Sun, Liangyuan Wang, Shiyu Wang, Dachao Wu, Yu Xu, Kai Yan, Weifeng Yang, Yang Yang, Yangsen Ye, Jianghan Yin, Chong Ying, Jiale Yu, Chen Zha, Cha Zhang, Haibin Zhang, Kaili Zhang, Yiming Zhang, Han Zhao, Youwei Zhao, Liang Zhou, Qingling Zhu, Chao-Yang Lu, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Xiaobo Zhu, Jian-Wei Pan June 28, 2021

NISQ Experiments - Analog/Quantum Annealing

Using machine learning for quantum annealing accuracy prediction

Authors: Aaron Barbosa, Elijah Pelofske, Georg Hahn, Hristo N. Djidjev May 31, 2021

A quantum algorithm for the classification of Supersymmetric top quark events

Authors: P. Bargassa, T. Cabos, S. Cavinato, A. Cordeiro Oudot Choi, T. Hessel May 31, 2021

Adiabatic Quantum Feature Selection for Sparse Linear Regression

Authors: Surya Sai Teja Desu, P. K. Srijith, M. V. Panduranga Rao, Naveen Sivadasan June 04, 2021

A hybrid classical-quantum approach to solve the heat equation using quantum annealers

Authors: Giovani G. Pollachini, Juan P. L. C. Salazar, Caio B. D. Goes, Thiago O. Maciel, Eduardo I. Duzzioni June 08, 2021

Quantum Annealing for Automated Feature Selection in Stress Detection

Authors: Rajdeep Kumar Nath, Himanshu Thapliyal, Travis S. Humble June 09, 2021

Quantum Portfolio Optimization with Investment Bands and Target Volatility

Authors: Samuel Palmer, Serkan Sahin, Rodrigo Hernandez, Samuel Mugel, Roman Orus June 12, 2021

Unconstrained Binary Models of the Travelling Salesman Problem Variants for Quantum Optimization

Authors: Özlem Salehi, Adam Glos, Jarosław Adam Miszczak June 16, 2021

NISQ Experiments - Atom Based

Quantum optimization via four-body Rydberg gates

Authors: Clemens Dlaska, Kilian Ender, Glen Bigan Mbeng, Andreas Kruckenhauser, Wolfgang Lechner, Rick van Bijnen June 04, 2021

Observation of measurement-induced quantum phases in a trapped-ion quantum computer

Authors: Crystal Noel, Pradeep Niroula, Daiwei Zhu, Andrew Risinger, Laird Egan, Debopriyo Biswas, Marko Cetina, Alexey V. Gorshkov, Michael J. Gullans, David A. Huse, Christopher Monroe June 10, 2021

Trapped Ion Quantum Computing using Optical Tweezers and Electric Fields

Authors: M. Mazzanti, R. X. Schüssler, J. D. Arias Espinoza, Z. Wu, R. Gerritsma, A. Safavi-Naini June 14, 2021

Filtering variational quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization

Authors: David Amaro, Carlo Modica, Matthias Rosenkranz, Mattia Fiorentini, Marcello Benedetti, Michael Lubasch June 18, 2021

Solving correlation clustering with QAOA and a Rydberg qudit system: a full-stack approach

Authors: Jordi R. Weggemans, Alex Urech, Alexander Rausch, Robert Spreeuw, Richard Boucherie, Florian Schreck, Kareljan Schoutens, Jiří Minář, Florian Speelman June 22, 2021

Realization of an ion trap quantum classifier

Authors: Tarun Dutta, Adrián Pérez-Salinas, Jasper Phua Sing Cheng, José Ignacio Latorre, Manas Mukherjee June 26, 2021

NISQ Experiments - Photonic

Boson Sampling in a reconfigurable continuously-coupled 3D photonic circuit

Authors: Francesco Hoch, Simone Piacentini, Taira Giordani, Zhen-Nan Tian, Mariagrazia Iuliano, Chiara Esposito, Anita Camillini, Gonzalo Carvacho, Francesco Ceccarelli, Nicolò Spagnolo, Andrea Crespi, Fabio Sciarrino, Roberto Osellame June 15, 2021

Phase-Programmable Gaussian Boson Sampling Using Stimulated Squeezed Light

Authors: Han-Sen Zhong, Yu-Hao Deng, Jian Qin, Hui Wang, Ming-Cheng Chen, Li-Chao Peng, Yi-Han Luo, Dian Wu, Si-Qiu Gong, Hao Su, Yi Hu, Peng Hu, Xiao-Yan Yang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Hao Li, Yuxuan Li, Xiao Jiang, Lin Gan, Guangwen Yang, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Jelmer Renema, Chao-Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan June 29, 2021

NISQ Experiments - Other

Experimental Quantum Embedding for Machine Learning

Authors: Ilaria Gianani, Ivana Mastroserio, Lorenzo Buffoni, Natalia Bruno, Ludovica Donati, Valeria Cimini, Marco Barbieri, Francesco S. Cataliotti, Filippo Caruso June 25, 2021

NISQ Algorithms

NISQ Algorithms - Machine Learning

Quantum Federated Learning with Quantum Data

Authors: Mahdi Chehimi, Walid Saad May 30, 2021

A Review of Machine Learning Classification Using Quantum Annealing for Real-world Applications

Authors: Rajdeep Kumar Nath, Himanshu Thapliyal, Travis S. Humble June 05, 2021

The dilemma of quantum neural networks

Authors: Yang Qian, Xinbiao Wang, Yuxuan Du, Xingyao Wu, Dacheng Tao June 09, 2021

QFCNN: Quantum Fourier Convolutional Neural Network

Authors: Feihong Shen, Jun Liu June 19, 2021

On exploring practical potentials of quantum auto-encoder with advantages

Authors: Yuxuan Du, Dacheng Tao June 29, 2021

NISQ Algorithms - Optimization

Mean Field Approximation for solving QUBO problems

Authors: Máté Tibor Veszeli, Gábor Vattay June 06, 2021

NISQ Algorithm for Semidefinite Programming

Authors: Kishor Bharti, Tobias Haug, Vlatko Vedral, Leong-Chuan Kwek June 07, 2021

Quantum Annealing with Trigger Hamiltonians: Application to 2-SAT and Nonstoquastic Problems

Authors: Vrinda Mehta, Fengping Jin, Hans De Raedt, Kristel Michielsen June 09, 2021

Duality approach to quantum annealing of the 3-XORSAT problem

Authors: Raimel Medina, Maksym Serbyn June 11, 2021

Polynomial unconstrained binary optimisation inspired by optical simulation

Authors: Dmitry A. Chermoshentsev, Aleksei O. Malyshev, Egor S. Tiunov, Douglas Mendoza, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Aleksey K. Fedorov, Alexander I. Lvovsky June 24, 2021

Nonlinear Quantum Optimization Algorithms via Efficient Ising Model Encodings

Authors: Taylor L. Patti, Jean Kossaifi, Anima Anandkumar, Susanne F. Yelin June 24, 2021

Variational quantum algorithm for molecular geometry optimization

Authors: Alain Delgado, Juan Miguel Arrazola, Soran Jahangiri, Zeyue Niu, Josh Izaac, Chase Roberts, Nathan Killoran June 25, 2021

Threshold-Based Quantum Optimization

Authors: John Golden, Andreas Bärtschi, Daniel O'Malley, Stephan Eidenbenz June 25, 2021

NISQ Algorithms - Simulation

Efficient ground state preparation in variational quantum eigensolver with symmetry breaking layers

Authors: Chae-Yeun Park June 04, 2021

Classical Variational Optimization of Gate Sequences for Time Evolution of Large Quantum Systems

Authors: Refik Mansuroglu, Samuel Wilkinson, Ludwig Nützel, Michael J. Hartmann June 07, 2021

Evaluating low-depth quantum algorithms for time evolution on fermion-boson systems

Authors: Nathan Fitzpatrick, Harriet Apel, David Muñoz Ramo June 07, 2021

Classically-Boosted Variational Quantum Eigensolver

Authors: Maxwell D. Radin, Peter Johnson June 09, 2021

Variational Quantum-Neural Hybrid Eigensolver

Authors: Shi-Xin Zhang, Zhou-Quan Wan, Chee-Kong Lee, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shengyu Zhang, Hong Yao June 09, 2021

Molecular excited state VQE simulations with iteratively constructed qubit-excitation-based ansätze

Authors: Yordan S. Yordanov, Crispin H. W. Barnes, David R. M. Arvidsson-Shukur June 11, 2021

Quantum Chemistry Calculations using Energy Derivatives on Quantum Computers

Authors: Utkarsh Azad, Harjinder Singh June 10, 2021

Accelerated quantum Monte Carlo with mitigated error on noisy quantum computer

Authors: Yongdan Yang, Bing-Nan Lu, Ying Li June 18, 2021

Filtering states with total spin on a quantum computer

Authors: Pooja Siwach, Denis Lacroix June 21, 2021

Simulation of Condensed-Phase Spectroscopy with Near-term Digital Quantum Computer

Authors: Chee-Kong Lee, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shengyu Zhang, Liang Shi June 20, 2021

Quantum Simulation of Open Quantum Systems Using a Unitary Decomposition of Operators

Authors: Anthony W. Schlimgen, Kade Head-Marsden, LeeAnn M. Sager, Prineha Narang, David A. Mazziotti June 23, 2021

Adaptive Random Quantum Eigensolver

Authors: Nancy Barraza, Chi-Yue Pan, Lucas Lamata, Enrique Solano, Francisco Albarrán-Arriagada June 28, 2021

Circuit-Depth Reduction of Unitary-Coupled-Cluster Ansatz by Energy Sorting

Authors: Yi Fan, Changsu Cao, Xusheng Xu, Zhenyu Li, Dingshun Lv, Man-Hong Yung June 29, 2021

Variational Quantum Eigensolver for SU($N$) Fermions

Authors: Mirko Consiglio, Wayne J. Chetcuti, Carlos Bravo-Prieto, Sergi Ramos-Calderer, Anna Minguzzi, José I. Latorre, Luigi Amico, Tony J. G. Apollaro June 29, 2021

NISQ Algorithms - Benchmarking; Software Tools; Compilation

Quantum Compiling by Deep Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Lorenzo Moro, Matteo G. A. Paris, Marcello Restelli, Enrico Prati May 31, 2021

Equivalence Checking of Dynamic Quantum Circuits

Authors: Xin Hong, Yuan Feng, Sanjiang Li, Mingsheng Ying June 03, 2021

Synthesis of Quantum Circuits with an Island Genetic Algorithm

Authors: Fernando T. Miranda, Pedro Paulo Balbi, Pedro C. S. Costa June 06, 2021

Optimizing Ansatz Design in QAOA for Max-cut

Authors: Ritajit Majumdar, Dhiraj Madan, Debasmita Bhoumik, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Shesha Raghunathan, Susmita Sur-Kolay June 05, 2021

ArQTiC: A full-stack software package for simulating materials on quantum computers

Authors: Lindsay Bassman, Connor Powers, Wibe A. de Jong June 09, 2021

Best Approximate Quantum Compiling Problems

Authors: Liam Madden, Andrea Simonetto June 10, 2021

CircuitQ: An open-source toolbox for superconducting circuits

Authors: Philipp Aumann, Tim Menke, William D. Oliver, Wolfgang Lechner June 09, 2021

Quantum Architecture Search with Meta-learning

Authors: Chuangtao Chen, Zhimin He, Lvzhou Li, Shenggen Zheng, Haozhen Situ June 11, 2021

Optimal qubit assignment and routing via integer programming

Authors: Giacomo Nannicini, Lev S Bishop, Oktay Gunluk, Petar Jurcevic June 11, 2021

Programming the full stack of an open-access quantum computer

Authors: Virginia Frey, Richard Rademacher, Elijah Durso-Sabina, Noah Greenberg, Nikolay Videnov, Matthew L. Day, Rajibul Islam, Crystal Senko June 11, 2021

qprof: a gprof-inspired quantum profiler

Authors: Adrien Suau, Gabriel Staffelbach, Aida Todri-Sanial June 14, 2021

EVA: a quantum Exponential Value Approximation algorithm

Authors: Guillermo Alonso-Linaje, Parfait Atchade-Adelomou June 16, 2021

Moving Quantum States without SWAP via Intermediate Higher Dimensional Qudits

Authors: Amit Saha, Debasri Saha, Amlan Chakrabarti June 16, 2021

ChemiQ: A Chemistry Simulator for Quantum Computer

Authors: Qingchun Wang, Huan-Yu Liu, Qing-Song Li, Ye Li, Yahui Chai, Qiankun Gong, Haotian Wang, Yu-Chun Wu, Yong-Jian Han, Guang-Can Guo, Guo-Ping Guo June 18, 2021

LEAP: Scaling Numerical Optimization Based Synthesis Using an Incremental Approach

Authors: Ethan Smith, Marc G. Davis, Jeffrey M. Larson, Ed Younis, Costin Iancu, Wim Lavrijsen June 21, 2021

Accelerating variational quantum algorithms with multiple quantum processors

Authors: Yuxuan Du, Yang Qian, Dacheng Tao June 24, 2021

Designing calibration and expressivity-efficient instruction sets for quantum computing

Authors: Prakash Murali, Lingling Lao, Margaret Martonosi, Dan Browne June 29, 2021

NISQ Algorithms - Other

A Quantum Inspired Approach to Exploit Turbulence Structures

Authors: Nikita Gourianov, Michael Lubasch, Sergey Dolgov, Quincy Y. van den Berg, Hessam Babaee, Peyman Givi, Martin Kiffner, Dieter Jaksch June 10, 2021

Quantum Computing by Cooling

Authors: Jiajin Feng, Biao Wu, Frank Wilczek June 14, 2021

A Comparison of Various Classical Optimizers for a Variational Quantum Linear Solver

Authors: Aidan Pellow-Jarman, Ilya Sinayskiy, Anban Pillay, Francesco Petruccione June 16, 2021

A variational quantum algorithm based on the minimum potential energy for solving the Poisson equation

Authors: Yuki Sato, Ruho Kondo, Satoshi Koide, Hideki Takamatsu, Nobuyuki Imoto June 17, 2021

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