2024 IEEE Quantum Week

Technical paper presentations 

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Comparison of Atom Detection Algorithms for Neutral Atom Quantum Computing
Jonas Winklmann (Technical University of Munich), Andrea Alberti (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics), Martin Schulz (Technical University of Munich)

An Abstract Model and Efficient Routing for Logical Entangling Gates on Zoned Neutral Atom Architectures
Yannick Stade (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich), Ludwig Schmid (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich), Lukas Burgholzer (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich), Robert Wille (TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
Towards Equivalence Checking of Classical Circuits Using Quantum Computing
Nils Quetschlich (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Tobias Forster (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Adrian Osterwind (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility), Domenik Helms (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility), Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich & SCCH GmbH)

Workshop organization

WKS02: Quantum Machine Learning: From Research to Practice

WKS04: Quantum Algorithm Design Automation

Workshop contributions

1:20pm – 1:40pm EDT
"On the Quantum Impact in Hybrid Classical-Quantum Transfer Learning", Leo Sünkel, Philipp Altmann, Michael Kölle and Thomas Gabor

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT (in WKS05)
Talk by Lucas Berent in a Session on "Quantum error correction, towards modular quantum architecture"

3:00pm EDT
Comprehensive Library of Variational LSE Solvers

3:20pm – 3:40pm EDT
"Towards Less Greedy Quantum Coalition Structure Generation in Induced Subgraph Games", Jonas Nüßlein, Daniëlle Johanna Schuman, David Bucher, Naeimeh Mohseni, Kumar Ghosh, Corey O'Meara, Giorgio Cortiana and Claudia Linnhoff-Popien
 

Technical paper presentations

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Utilizing Resource Estimation for the Development of Quantum Computing Applications
Nils Quetschlich (Technical University of Munich), Mathias Soeken (Microsoft Quantum, Switzerland), Prakash Murali (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich & SCCH GmbH)

Qiskit-Torch-Module: Fast Prototyping of Quantum Neural Networks
Nico Meyer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Christian Ufrecht (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Maniraman Periyasamy (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Axel Plinge (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Christopher Mutschler (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Daniel D. Scherer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Andreas Maier (Pattern Recognition Lab, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
Predominant Aspects on Security for Quantum Machine Learning: Literature Review
Nicola Franco (Fraunhofer IKS), Alona Sakhnenko (Fraunhofer IKS), Leon Stolpmann (adesso Switzerlandb Presenter), Daniel Thuerck (Quantagonia GmbH), Fabian Petsch (Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)), Annika Rüll (Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)), Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer-Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS)

Certifiably Robust Encoding Schemes
Aman Saxena (Technical University of Munich), Tom Wollschläger (Technical University of Munich), Nicola Franco (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS), Stephan Günnemann (Technical University of Munich)

Tutorial

TUT08 – Building Efficient Software Stacks for Quantum Computers: Experiences from the Munich Quantum Software Stack
Lukas Burgholzer (Technical University of Munich), Jorge Echavarria (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre), Martin Schulz (Technical University of Munich), Laura Schulz (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre), Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich)
 

Technical paper presentations

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Unitary Synthesis of Clifford+T Circuits with Reinforcement Learning
Sebastian Rietsch (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Abhishek Y. Dubey (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS)), Christian Ufrecht (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS))

Hybrid Meta-Solving for Practical Quantum Computing
Domenik Eichhorn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Maximilian Schweikart (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Nick Poser (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Frederik Fiand (GAMS Software GmbH), Benedikt Poggel (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
QUACK: Quantum Aligned Centroid Kernel
Kilian Tscharke (Fraunhofer AISEC), Sebastian Issel (Fraunhofer AISEC), Pascal Debus (Fraunhofer AISEC)

Quadratic Advantage with Quantum Randomized Smoothing Applied to Time-Series Analysis
Nicola Franco (Fraunhofer IKS), Marie Kempkes (Volkswagen Group Innovation, Volkswagen AG), Jakob Spiegelberg (Volkswagen Group Innovation, Volkswagen AG), Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer-Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS)

3:00pm – 3:30pm EDT
A Comparative Analysis of Adversarial Robustness for Quantum and Classical Machine Learning Models
Maximilian Wendlinger (Fraunhofer AISEC, Technical University of Munich), Kilian Tscharke (Fraunhofer AISEC), Pascal Debus (Fraunhofer AISEC)

Tutorials 

1:00pm – 4:30pm EDT (TUT14)
"Quantum Annealing: Emerging Exploration for Database Optimization"
Nitin Nayak, Manuel Schoenberger, Valter Uotila, Zhengtong Yan, Sven Groppe, Jiaheng Lu, Wolfgang Mauerer
 

Technical paper presentations

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Guided-SPSA: Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation assisted by the
Parameter Shift Rule
Maniraman Periyasamy (Fraunhofer-IIS, Nuremberg), Axel Plinge (Fraunhofer-IIS, Nuremberg), Christopher Mutschler (Fraunhofer-IIS, Nuremberg), Daniel D. Scherer (Fraunhofer-IIS, Nuremberg), Wolfgang Mauerer (Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Regensburg)

The Questionable Influence of Entanglement in Quantum Optimisation Algorithms
Tobias Rohe (LMU Munich), Daniëlle Schuman (LMU Munich), Jonas Nüßlein (LMU Munich), Leo Sünkel (LMU Munich), Jonas Stein (LMU Munich), Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (LMU Munich)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
Warm-Start Variational Quantum Policy Iteration
Nico Meyer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Jakob Murauer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Alexander Popov (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Christian Ufrecht (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Axel Plinge (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Christopher Mutschler (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), Daniel D. Scherer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS)

Solving MAX-3SAT using QUBO approximation
Sebastian Zielinski (LMU Munich), Jonas Nüßlein (LMU Munich), Michael Kölle (LMU Munich), Thomas
Gabor (LMU Munich), Claudia Linnhof-Popien (LMU Munich), Sebastian Feld (TU Delft)

Model-based Offline Quantum Reinforcement Learning
Simon Eisenmann (Technical University of Munich (TUM)), Daniel Hein (Siemens AG, Technology), Steffen Udluft (Siemens AG, Technology), Thomas Runkler (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Siemens AG, Technology)

Identifying Bottlenecks of NISQ-friendly HHL algorithms
Marc Andreu Marfany (Fraunhofer IKS; Ludwig-Maximilian University; Technical University of Munich), Alona Sakhnenko (Fraunhofer IKS), Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer IKS; Ludwig-Maximilian University)

3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
Hamiltonian-based Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Neural Combinatorial Optimization
Georg Kruse (Fraunhofer IISB), Rodrigo Coelho (Fraunhofer IISB), Andreas Rosskopf (Fraunhofer IISB),
Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich & SCCH GmbH), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS)

Challenges for Reinforcement Learning in Quantum Circuit Design
Philipp Altmann (LMU Munich), Jonas Stein (LMU Munich), Michael Kölle (LMU), Adelina Bärligea (TU Munich), Maximilian Zorn (LMU Munich), Thomas Gabor (LMU), Thomy Phan (University of Southern California), Sebastian Feld (Delft University of Technology), Claudia Linnhof-Popien (LMU Munich)

Cohesive Quantum Circuit Layer Construction with Reinforcement Learning
Maximilian Zorn (LMU Munich), Jonas Stein (LMU Munich), Philipp Altmann (LMU Munich), Michael Kölle (LMU Munich), Claudia Linnhof-Popien (Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich), Thomas Gabor (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Towards Robust Benchmarking of Quantum Optimization Algorithms
David Bucher (Aqarios GmbH), Nico Kraus (Aqarios GmbH), Jonas Blenninger (Aqarios GmbH), Jonas Stein (Aqarios GmbH), Michael Lachner (Aqarios GmbH), Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (LMU Munich)

Workshop Organization

WKS24 – Integrating HPC with Quantum Computing (WIHPQC 2024)

Tutorial 

1:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
TUT24 b  Introduction and Application of Quantum Simulation-Based Optimization
Jonas Stein (LMU Munich), Leonhard Hölscher (BMW Group), Georgios Chnitids (BMW Group), Lukas Müller (BMW Group), Sebastian Feld (Delft University of Technology)

Workshop contributions

10:00am – 10:45am EDT (in WKS20)
"Keynote@WKS20: Quantum Software Engineering and Technology"
Wolfgang Mauerer

11:10am – 11:30am EDT (in WKS24)
CUAOA: A Novel CUDA-Accelerated Simulation Framework for the QAOA
Jonas Stein, Jonas Blenninger, David Bucher, Josef Peter Eder, Eilf C etiner, Maximilian Zorn, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

1:50pm – 2:10pm EDT (in WKS24)
QPI: A Programming Interface For Quantum Computers
Ercüment Kaya, Burak Mete, Laura Schulz, Muhammad Nufail Farooqi, Jorge Echavarria and Martin Schulz

3:00pm – 3:20pm EDT (in WKS24)
"Approximating under the Influence of Quantum Noise and Compute Power"
Simon Thelen, Hila Safi and Wolfgang Mauerer

3:40pm – 4:00pm EDT (in WKS24)
Achieving Pareto-Optimality in Quantum Circuit Compilation via a Multi-Objective Heuristic Optimization Approach
Aleksandra Ewierkowska, Jorge Echavarria, Laura Schulz and Martin Schulz

TBD (in WKS19)
Applying an Evolutionary Algorithm to Minimize Teleportation Costs in Distributed Quantum Computing
Leo Sünkel, Manik Dawar and Thomas Gabor [exact schedule not available yet]
 

Technical paper presentations

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Hype or Heuristic? Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Join Order Optimisation
Maja Franz, Tobias Winker, Sven Groppe, Wolfgang Mauerer

Integration of Quantum Accelerators into HPC: Toward a Unified Quantum Platform
Amr Elsharkawy (Technical University of Munich), Xiaorang Guo (Technical University of Munich), Martin Schulz (Technical University of Munich)

Quantum Patch-Based Autoencoder for Anomaly Segmentation
Maria Francisca Madeira (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München), Alessandro Poggiali (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, University of Pisa), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
Using Compiler Frameworks for the Evaluation of Hardware Design Choices in Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers
Daniel Schoenberger (Technical University of Munich), Stefan Hillmich (Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH), Matthias Brandl (Infineon Technologies AG), Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH)

A Predictive Approach for Selecting the Best Quantum Solver for an Optimization Problem
Deborah Volpe (Politecnico di Torino), Nils Quetschlich (Technische Universität München), Mariagrazia Graziano (Politecnico di Torino), Giovanna Turvani (Politecnico di Torino), Robert Wille (Technische Universität München)

3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
Understanding the effects of data encoding on quantum-classical convolutional neural networks
Maureen Monnet (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Munich, Germany), Theodora-Augustina Dragan (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Munich, Germany), Balthasar Schachtner (LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS, Munich, Germany)

Workshop organization

WKS27: Quantum Computing and Reinforcement Learning (QCRL)

Workshop contributions

10:15am – 10:40am EDT (in WKS27)
"Optimizing Variational Quantum Circuits Using Metaheuristic Strategies in Reinforcement Learning"
Michael Kölle, Daniel Seidl, Maximilian Zorn, Philipp Altmann, Jonas Stein, Thomas Gabor

1:20pm – 2:05pm EDT (in WKS28) 
Lightning talk by Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich)

2:05pm – 2:30pm EDT (in WKS28) 
Panel discussion with Lukas Burgholzer (Technical University of Munich), Bettina Heim (NVIDIA), Pete Campora (Quantinuum)

BoF

3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
IEEE Quantum-HPC Working Group: Hybrid HPC-QCS Use Cases and Workflows

Technical paper presentations

10:00am – 11:30am EDT
Discrete Randomized Smoothing Meets Quantum Computing
Tom Wollschläger (Technical University of Munich), Aman Saxena (Technical University of Munich), Nicola Franco (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS), Jeanette Miriam Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS), Stephan Günnemann (Technical University of Munich)

1:00pm – 2:30pm EDT
Tantalum thin films sputtered on silicon and on different seed layers: material characterization and coplanar waveguide resonator performance
Moritz Singer (Technical University of Munich), Benedikt Schoof (Technical University of Munich), Harsh Gupta (Technical University of Munich), Daniela Zahn (Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT), Johannes Weber (Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT), Marc Tornow (Technical University of Munich, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT)

Development of TiN/AlN-based superconducting qubit components
Benedikt Schoof (Technical University Munich), Moritz Singer (Technical University Munich), Simon Lang (Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronische Mikrosysteme und Festkörper-Technologien), Harsh Gupta (Technical University Munich), Daniela Zahn (Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronische Mikrosysteme und Festkörper-Technologien), Johannes Weber (Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronische Mikrosysteme und Festkörper-Technologien), Marc Tornow (Technical University Munich, Fraunhofer-Institut für Elektronische Mikrosysteme und Festkörper-Technologien)

3:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
Reducing Mid-Circuit Measurements via Probabilistic Circuits
Yanbin Chen (Technical University of Munich), Innocenzo Fulginiti (Technical University of Munich), Christian Mendl (Technical University of Munich)

Redefining Lexicographical Ordering: Optimizing Pauli String Decompositions for Quantum Compiling
David Winderl (Technical University of Munich), Qunsheng Huang (Technical University of Munich), Arianne Meijer van de Griend (University of Helsinki), Richie Yeung (University of Oxford)

Tutorial

1:00pm – 4:30pm EDT
TUT31 – Qubits, Qudits, and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Mixed-Dimensional Quantum Computing
Kevin Mato (Technical University of Munich), Robert Wille (Technical University of Munich)

Workshop contributions

10:00am – 4:30pm EDT (in WKS32)
(Details still TBD)
Workshop Talk by Lukas Burgholzer (Technical University of Munich)

10:00am –4:30pm EDT (in WKS32)
(Details still TBD)
Workshop Panel Laura Schulz (LRZ)