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Quantum Research Task Force

Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science / Quantum Team

Mission-Driven Applied Quantum Information Science.

Foundamental and applied research across quantum algorithms, numerical simulation, hardware physics, benchmarking, and theory and design of quantum sensors.

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Locations USRA DC HeadquartersNASA Ames Research CenterNASA Marshall Space Flight CenterDOE SQMS Fermi National Laboratory

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Five connected research areas

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Optimization & Machine Learning

Quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms for constrained optimization, sampling, learning, and autonomous reasoning problems.

02

Quantum Simulation

Digital and analog approaches to simulate static and dynamical aspects of materials, chemistry, field theories.

04

HPC, Benchmarking & Software

High-performance simulation, open research software, verification, and evidence-based benchmarking across platforms.

05

Quantum Sensing

Theory, protocols, and system concepts for quantum-enhanced sensing and measurement, and its intersection with computing and quantum information transduction.

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Figure-derived visual banner for Quantum Approximate Optimization via Noise-Directed Adaptive Warm-Starting PUBLICATION / 2026

Quantum Approximate Optimization via Noise-Directed Adaptive Warm-Starting

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Filip B. Maciejewski, Stuart Hadfield, Oscar Wallis, George Pennington, Sebastian Brandhofer, Stefan Woerner, Daniel J. Egger, Davide Venturelli arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09368

Noise-Directed Adaptive Warm-StartingQuantum approximate optimizationNoise-aware quantum algorithmsWarm-start QAOA
Figure-derived visual banner for Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits PUBLICATION / 2026

Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits

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Stuart Hadfield, Filip B. Maciejewski, Davide Venturelli arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28234

Noise-Directed Adaptive RemappingInteger optimizationQudits

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July 1, 2026

Panel at UIDP London Conference

Dr. Venturelli to talk at the UIDP London conference on Frontier Technologies and the New Conditions for International Collaboration.

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