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Research area
Optimization & Machine Learning
Quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms for constrained optimization, sampling, learning, and autonomous reasoning problems.
Open area Research / programs / publications
Research on Theory, Design and Applications of Quantum Systems
Explore the RIACS Quantum capability map, funding sources, active project descriptions, project-related publications, and the complete publication archive in one place.
Quantum hardware record
Hardware platforms represented in applied quantum computing R&D
Our team benchmarked, or reported applied R&D results tied to multiple commercial hardware platform. We stand ready to work with anyone that wants to engage for challenging stress-tests, middleware advances, quantum information experiments, and use cases.
6 hardware platforms / 45 platform-linked publications
Capability map
Research areas
Open area 02
Research area
Quantum Simulation
Digital and analog approaches to simulate static and dynamical aspects of materials, chemistry, field theories.
Open area 03
Research area
Hardware Physics & Co-design
Research at the interface of device physics, architecture, control, error handling, algorithms.
Open area 04
Research area
HPC, Benchmarking & Software
High-performance simulation, open research software, verification, and evidence-based benchmarking across platforms.
Open area 05
Research area
Quantum Sensing
Theory, protocols, and system concepts for quantum-enhanced sensing and measurement, and its intersection with computing and quantum information transduction.
Open area Funding sources / research support
Research Sponsors
NASA 2012-2026 
DOE 2020-2026 
NSF 2015-2026 
AFRL 2018-2026 
DARPA 2020-2024 
Oxford Ionics 2025 
Pasqal 2024-2026 
Standard Chartered Bank 2021-2024 
STFC Hartree 2025 Active programs
Projects, support, and related output
active / 2020–2026
Expeditions: Coherent Ising Machines for Optimization, Machine Learning and Neuromorphic Computing
An NSF Expeditions program on coherent Ising machines and their role in optimization, machine learning, and neuromorphic computing research.
- Award
- NSF 1918549
- Funding / support
- National Science Foundation
- Reference
- NSF Award 1918549
Project publications
Latest 3 of 8 Staff involved
A fully parallel densely connected probabilistic Ising machine with inertia for real-time applications
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.17109
arXiv Academy
Setting angles in quantum approximate optimization at utility-scale
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.05311
arXiv Academy
active / 2025–2028
Functional Exploitation of Noise in Utility-Scale Quantum Optimization
An AFRL-funded project exploring how noise and nonideal dynamics can be characterized, modeled, and potentially exploited for utility-scale quantum optimization.
- Award
- AFRL FA875025CB040
- Funding / support
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Reference
- QIS BAA FA8750-23-S-7001
Project publications
Latest 3 of 3 Staff involved
Selected highlight
Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28234
Selected highlight
Quantum Approximate Optimization via Noise-Directed Adaptive Warm-Starting
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09368
active / 2025–2027
STTR Fast-Track: Combinatorial Reasoning
A funded effort on combinatorial reasoning methods for optimization-relevant decision pipelines and emerging computing workflows.
- Award
- NSF 2528318
- Funding / support
- National Science Foundation
- Reference
- NSF Award 2528318
Project publications
Latest 1 of 1 Staff involved
Combinatorial Reasoning: Selecting Reasons in Generative AI Pipelines via Combinatorial Optimization
arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.00071
active / 2025–2030
Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS 2.0)
A DOE SQMS collaboration through Fermilab spanning superconducting quantum systems, materials, algorithms, and co-design.
- Award
- DOE SQMS (via Fermilab)
- Funding / support
- DOE SQMS / Fermi National Laboratory
- Reference
- SQMS Center
Project publications
Latest 3 of 25 Staff involved
Selected highlight
Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28234
Primitive Quantum Gates for an SU(3) Discrete Subgroup: Sigma(72x3)
arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17437
active / 2025–2027
Thermodynamical Effects for Quantum Approximate Optimization
A DOE-supported research project studying thermodynamic mechanisms and performance-relevant effects in Quantum Approximate Optimization.
- Award
- DOE DE-SC0026126
- Funding / support
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Reference
- DE-FOA-0003432 solicitation
Project publications
Latest 2 of 2 Staff involved
Selected highlight
Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28234
active / 2012–present
NASA QuAIL Contracted Work
NASA QuAIL and USRA contracted research supporting quantum algorithms, benchmarking, simulation, optimization, and mission-oriented advanced computing.
- Award
- NASA / QuAIL contracted work
- Funding / support
- NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory / NASA Ames Research Center / USRA
- Reference
- NASA QuAIL
Project publications
Latest 3 of 125
Iterative warm-start optimization with quantum imaginary time evolution
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26047
Partitioned Iterative Quantum Scheduling of Satellites for Urgent Disaster Response: Case study of Wildfire
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.12310
active / 2023–2028
NC A&T QISE Research Workforce Programs
An NSF-supported workforce and research program advancing QISE participation, training, and project-based research engagement.
- Award
- NSF 2329097
- Funding / support
- National Science Foundation
- Reference
- NSF Award 2329097
Project publications
Curation in progress Staff involved
No linked publications yet.
Publication-to-project relationships are curated through the owner review dashboard.
active / 2025-2026
Rydberg Quantum Reservoir Computing
Collaborate with Pasqal on elucidating and exploiting the power of neutral atom analog processors as a quantum reservoir computer
- Funding / support
- RIACS Quantum
Project publications
Latest 1 of 1 Staff involved
From quantum feature maps to quantum reservoir computing: perspectives and applications
arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.01797
Scholarly output / complete record
All publications over the years
A fully parallel densely connected probabilistic Ising machine with inertia for real-time applications
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.17109
arXiv Academy
Iterative warm-start optimization with quantum imaginary time evolution
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26047
Selected highlight
Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping for Integer Optimization: from qubits to (encoded) qudits
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28234
Partitioned Iterative Quantum Scheduling of Satellites for Urgent Disaster Response: Case study of Wildfire
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.12310
Physics-Inspired Probabilistic Computing for Extremely Large-Scale MIMO Detection in Future 6G Wireless Systems
arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.07884
arXiv Academy
Preparing Fermions via Classical Sampling and Linear Combinations of Unitaries
arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22422
Selected highlight
Quantum Approximate Optimization via Noise-Directed Adaptive Warm-Starting
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09368
Sequential Reservoir Computing for Efficient High-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Forecasting
arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00172
Setting angles in quantum approximate optimization at utility-scale
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.05311
arXiv Academy
From quantum feature maps to quantum reservoir computing: perspectives and applications
arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.01797
Kernpiler: Compiler optimization for quantum hamiltonian simulation with partial trotterization
arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.07214
Primitive Quantum Gates for an SU(3) Discrete Subgroup: Sigma(72x3)
arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17437
Quantum DPLL and Generalized Constraints in Iterative Quantum Algorithms
arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.02689
Quantum Sensing using Geometrical Phase in Qubit-Oscillator Systems
arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.21983
The USRA Feynman Quantum Academy: If You Give a Student a Quantum Internship
arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.04641
arXiv Academy
Applications and resource estimates for open system simulation on a quantum computer
arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.06281
Assessing and advancing the potential of quantum computing: A NASA case study
Future Generation Computer Systems, 160, 598-618
DOI Academy
Classical and Quantum Distributed Algorithms for the Survivable Network Design Problem
arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.10748
arXiv Academy
Combinatorial Reasoning: Selecting Reasons in Generative AI Pipelines via Combinatorial Optimization
arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.00071
How to Build a Quantum Supercomputer: Scaling Challenges and Opportunities
Publication venue not recorded
Hybrid quantum-classical reservoir computing for simulating chaotic systems
arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.14105
arXiv Hardware: OQC
Imposing Constraints on Driver Hamiltonians and Mixing Operators: From Theory to Practical Implementation
arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.01975
arXiv Academy
Optimized quantum simulation algorithms for scalar quantum field theories
arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13819
Primitive Quantum Gates for an SU(3) Discrete Subgroup: Sigma(36x3)
arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05973
Quantum Hardware-Enabled Molecular Dynamics via Transfer Learning
arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08554
arXiv Academy
Quantum Resources Required for Binding Affinity Calculations of Amyloid beta
arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.18744
Syncopated Dynamical Decoupling for Suppressing Crosstalk in Quantum Circuits
arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.07836
Asymptotically Faster Quantum Distributed Algorithms for Approximate Steiner Trees and Directed Minimum Spanning Trees
arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.02825
arXiv Academy
Design and execution of quantum circuits using tens of superconducting qubits and thousands of gates for dense Ising optimization problems
arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.12423
Iterative Quantum Algorithms for Maximum Independent Set: A Tale of Low-Depth Quantum Algorithms
arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.13110
On Commutative Penalty Functions in Parent-Hamiltonian Constructions
arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17249
Pre-optimizing variational quantum eigensolvers with tensor networks
arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.12965
arXiv Academy
Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz (QAOA) beyond low depth with gradually changing unitaries
arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.04455
arXiv Academy
Quantum Enhanced Greedy Solver for Optimization Problems
arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.05509
arXiv Hardware: Rigetti
Quantum Image Denoising: A Framework via Boltzmann Machines, QUBO, and Quantum Annealing
arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.06542
arXiv Academy
Simulating lattice gauge theory on a quantum computer
arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.02361
arXiv Hardware: IBM
3-regular three-XORSAT planted solutions benchmark of classical and quantum heuristic optimizers
Quantum Science and Technology, 7, (2), 025008
DOI Academy
Logical shadow tomography: Efficient estimation of error-mitigated observables
Publication venue not recorded
arXiv Academy
Self-consistent Quantum Iteratively Sparsified Hamiltonian method (SQuISH): A new algorithm for efficient Hamiltonian simulation and compression
arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16522
arXiv Academy
Towards solving the Fermi-Hubbard model via tailored quantum annealers
arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.14374
arXiv Academy
Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz (QAOA) Phase Diagrams and Applications for Quantum Chemistry
arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13056
arXiv Academy
Simulations of state-of-the-art fermionic neural network wave functions with diffusion Monte Carlo
arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12570
Observation of separated dynamics of charge and spin in the Fermi-Hubbard model
arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.07965
arXiv Hardware: Google
TensorFlow Quantum: A Software Framework for Quantum Machine Learning
arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02989
arXiv Academy
Quantum Hamiltonian-Based Models and the Variational Quantum Thermalizer Algorithm
arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02071
arXiv Academy
A Performance Estimator for Quantum Annealers: Gauge selection and Parameter Setting
arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.01083
arXiv Hardware: D-Wave
Quantum annealing implementation of job-shop scheduling
arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.08479
arXiv Hardware: D-Wave