Academic Articles & Research Papers

The state of quantum computing applications in health and medicine

Abstract Quantum computing hardware and software have made enormous strides over the last years1. Questions around quantum computing’s impact on research and society have changed from “if” to “when/how”. The 2020s have been described as the...

Trapped-ion quantum computing: Progress and challenges

Trapped ions are among the most promising systems for practical quantum computing (QC). The basic requirements for universal QC have all been demonstrated with ions, and quantum algorithms using few-ion-qubit systems have been implemented. ...

Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware

Quantum computing hardware technologies have advanced during the past two decades, with the goal of building systems that can solve problems that are intractable on classical computers. The ability to realize large-scale systems depends on ...

Review of Distributed Quantum Computing: From single QPU to High Performance Quantum Computing

The emerging field of quantum computing has shown it might change how we process information by using the unique principles of quantum mechanics . As researchers continue to push the boundaries of quantum technologies to unprecedented level...

Quantum computing for energy systems optimization: Challenges and opportunities

Quantum computing with atomic qubits and Rydberg interactions: progress and challenges

Abstract We present a review of quantum computation with neutral atom qubits. After an overview of architectural options and approaches to preparing large qubit arrays we examine Rydberg mediated gate protocols and fidelity for two- and mul...

Towards a distributed quantum computing ecosystem

The Quantum Internet, by enabling quantum communications among remote quantum nodes, is a network capable of supporting functionalities with no direct counterpart in the classical world. Indeed, with the network and communications functiona...

The prospects of quantum computing in computational molecular biology

Abstract Quantum computers can in principle solve certain problems exponentially more quickly than their classical counterparts. We have not yet reached the advent of useful quantum computation, but when we do, it will affect nearly all sci...

Introduction to Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a modern way of computing that is based on the science of quantum mechanics and its unbelievable phenomena. It is a beautiful combination of physics, mathematics, computer science and information theory. It provides hig...

Quantum computing: A taxonomy, systematic review and future directions

Abstract Quantum computing (QC) is an emerging paradigm with the potential to offer significant computational advantage over conventional classical computing by exploiting quantum‐mechanical principles such as entanglement and superposition...

Quantum Computing

There are signs that we are approaching a technical revolution that might take humankind’s computational capabilities to a new level. Quantum Computing leverages the principles of quantum mechanics, enabling the computational power to solve...

Commercial applications of quantum computing

Despite the scientific and engineering challenges facing the development of quantum computers, considerable progress is being made toward applying the technology to commercial applications. In this article, we discuss the solutions that som...

The engineering challenges in quantum computing

Quantum computers may revolutionize the field of computation by solving some complex problems that are intractable even for the most powerful current supercomputers. This paper first introduces the basic concepts of quantum computing and de...

Quantum computing: An IBM perspective

Quantum physics provides an intriguing basis for achieving computational power to address certain categories of mathematical problems that are completely intractable with machine computation as we know it today. We present a brief overview ...

Quantum computing and chemistry

As the year-to-year gains in speeds of classical computers continue to taper off, computational chemists are increasingly examining quantum computing as a possible route to achieve greater computational performance. Quantum computers, built...

Quantum computing: vision and challenges

Quantum Computing Circuits and Devices

Editor's note: As an emerging technology, quantum computing brings unique promises in creating a fundamentally different paradigm of information processing. This article reviews introductory concepts and building blocks-quantum logic gates ...

Layered Architecture for Quantum Computing

We develop a layered quantum computer architecture, which is a systematic framework for tackling the individual challenges of developing a quantum computer while constructing a cohesive device design. We discuss many of the prominent techni...

Quantum computing in power systems

Electric power systems provide the backbone of modern industrial societies. Enabling scalable grid analytics is the keystone to successfully operating large transmission and distribution systems. However, today's power systems are suffering...

Quantum Computing for Finance: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects

This article outlines our point of view regarding the applicability, state-of-the-art, and potential of quantum computing for problems in finance. We provide an introduction to quantum computing as well as a survey on problem classes in fin...