Advanced Simulations of Quantum Computations

About Workshop

Summary — The workshop will provide an in-depth highlight into the state-of-the-art techniques and software for challenging classical simulations of quantum computations at both the digital-gate and analog-pulse levels. A particular emphasis will be given to scalability of the underlying simulation algorithms and their ability to leverage large-scale GPU-accelerated high-performance computing platforms to push the simulation boundaries to an extreme.

Abstract — This workshop will bring together participants from academia, national labs and industry to share recent results in advanced techniques, algorithms and software focused on scalable classical simulations of quantum computing processes at both the gate and pulse levels, which includes approaches based on the state vector, tensor network, graphical model, stabilizer state, and quantum master equation formalisms. As quantum computing hardware is steadily evolving towards the quantum advantage regime, classical simulation of quantum computations is becoming more and more challenging, yet crucial for the verification, validation and improved design of the new quantum hardware and algorithms. As such, in recent years we observed a fast progress in new advanced classical techniques which have enabled more efficient simulations of an increasingly large number of qubits/qudits. Importantly, these techniques and algorithms are able to take better advantage of modern classical high-performance computing platforms based on the heterogeneous GPU-accelerated node architectures. We seek to provide an open platform for sharing the state-of-the-art development efforts, exchanging ideas and best practices, and fostering research discussion and collaboration between all interested parties to stimulate the formation of an inclusive research community focused around this important topic.

Keywords — Quantum Computing, Quantum Simulation, Pulse-Level Simulation, Tensor Network, GPU Computing.

Target Audience — Broad research community from national labs, academia, and industry who deal with any aspects of quantum simulation and quantum algorithm development. The invited speakers will represent all mentioned quantum simulation research modalities in a balanced way. We expect workshop attendees with diverse backgrounds ranging from general computer science, especially scientific and high-performance computing, to quantum information science specialists.