Research Thrusts
The project is structured around four interconnected research thrust:
Scientific Applications and Algorithm
Research Focus Areas:
- Simulations of Quantum Field Theory and Nuclear Physics
- Quantum Many-Body Physics
- Quantum Machine Learning
High-level Quantum-Classical (HLQC) Programming Language and Domain Specific Libraries (DSL)
Research Focus Areas:
- Memory and Execution Models for the HLQC Language
- Data Types and Data Structure Definitions
- Expressions and Statements Design in the HLQC language and DSLs
QCOR Compiler and Software Tools
Research Focus Areas:
- DSL Extensible Interface Design
- QCOR Compiler Intermediate Representation Design and Implementation
- QCOR Compiler Frontend and Backend Design and Implementation
Hardware-level Control and Optimization Libraries
Research Focus Areas:
- Quantum Hardware Control Protocols for Circuit Characterization and Error Mitigation (Analog and Digital)
- Data Structures for Describing the Lowest-level Analog Control Types Including Qubit Initializations, Parameterized Hamiltonian-based Evolution, Noise Channels, Timing Specifications, and Readout and Classifier Attributes
- Hardware Optimized Quantum Applications Demonstration