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