Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers

Thien Nguyen; Lindsay Bassman; Dmitry Lyakh; Phillip C. Lotshaw; Alexander McCaskey; Ryan S. Bennink; Vicente Leyton-Ortega; Raphael C. Pooser; Travis S. Humble; Wibe A. De Jong

doi:10.1109/QCS54837.2021.00013

Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers

Thien Nguyen, Lindsay Bassman, Dmitry Lyakh, Phillip C. Lotshaw, Alexander McCaskey, Ryan S. Bennink, Vicente Leyton-Ortega, Raphael C. Pooser, Travis S. Humble, Wibe A. De Jong

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Abstract

Hybrid quantum-classical workflows have become standard methods for executing variational algorithms and other quantum simulation techniques, which are key applications for noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) computers. Validating these simulations is an important task which helps gauge the progress of quantum computer development, and classical simulation can serve as a tool to this end. Both exact and more scalable approximate methods with quantifiable error bounds can be used in validation tasks where the applicable metrics include the distance from a calculable ground truth, the quality of an error model fit to data, etc. Here we present a library extension that includes methods for validation of quantum simulations based on scalable hybrid workflows executable on high performance computers. We provide examples that use approximate methods based on tensor networks and stabilizer simulators to bound the error of quantum simulations on NISQ hardware.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of QCS 2021
Subtitle of host publication	2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	80-87
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728186740
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/QCS54837.2021.00013
State	Published - 2021
Event	2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, QCS 2021 - St. Louis, United States Duration: Nov 15 2021 → …

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Name	Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

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Conference	2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, QCS 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. Louis
Period	11/15/21 → …

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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program office Accelerated Research for Quantum Computing (ARQC) program. RCP acknowledgespartial support from the ARQC program and the Quantum Testbeds Pathfinder program under ERKJ332. This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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Nguyen, T., Bassman, L., Lyakh, D., Lotshaw, P. C., McCaskey, A., Bennink, R. S., Leyton-Ortega, V., Pooser, R. C., Humble, T. S., & De Jong, W. A. (2021). Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers. In Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (pp. 80-87). (Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/QCS54837.2021.00013

Nguyen, Thien ; Bassman, Lindsay ; Lyakh, Dmitry et al. / Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers. Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 80-87 (Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis).

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Nguyen, T, Bassman, L, Lyakh, D, Lotshaw, PC, McCaskey, A, Bennink, RS, Leyton-Ortega, V, Pooser, RC, Humble, TS & De Jong, WA 2021, Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers. in Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 80-87, 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, QCS 2021, St. Louis, United States, 11/15/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/QCS54837.2021.00013

Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers. / Nguyen, Thien; Bassman, Lindsay; Lyakh, Dmitry et al.
Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 80-87 (Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis).

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Nguyen T, Bassman L, Lyakh D, Lotshaw PC, McCaskey A, Bennink RS et al. Scalable Programming Workflows for Validation of Quantum Computers. In Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 80-87. (Proceedings of QCS 2021: 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, Held in conjunction with SC 2021: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis). doi: 10.1109/QCS54837.2021.00013

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