Publications (8)
Standardizing Access to Heterogeneous Quantum Backends: A Case Study on Cloud Service Integration with QDMI
Patrick Hopf, Sebastian Stern, Robert Wille +1
With an increasingly diverse portfolio of quantum backends, the adoption of standardized interfaces has become a key prerequisite for scalable access and interoperability within qu…
QuTiP 5: The Quantum Toolbox in Python
Neill Lambert, Eric Giguère, Paul Menczel +15
QuTiP, the Quantum Toolbox in Python, has been at the forefront of open-source quantum software for the past 13 years. It is used as a research, teaching, and industrial tool, and…
Practical HPCQC Integration with QDMI: A Real-Hardware Case Study with IQM Systems
Lukas Burgholzer, Marcel Walter, Patrick Hopf +7
Quantum computers are moving into HPC centers, and the main challenge is now integration rather than pure hardware access. Many current software paths still depend on vendor-specif…
Integrating Quantum Software Tools with(in) MLIR
Patrick Hopf, Erick Ochoa Lopez, Yannick Stade +6
Compilers transform code into action. They convert high-level programs into executable hardware instructions - a crucial step in enabling reliable and scalable quantum computation.…
Improving Figures of Merit for Quantum Circuit Compilation
Patrick Hopf, Nils Quetschlich, Laura Schulz +1
Quantum computing is an emerging technology that has seen significant software and hardware improvements in recent years. Executing a quantum program requires the compilation of it…
The Munich Quantum Software Stack: Connecting End Users, Integrating Diverse Quantum Technologies, Accelerating HPC
Lukas Burgholzer, Jorge Echavarria, Patrick Hopf +11
Quantum computing is advancing rapidly in hardware and algorithms, but broad accessibility demands a comprehensive, efficient, unified software stack. Such a stack must flexibly sp…
The MQT Compiler Collection: A Blueprint for a Future-Proof Quantum-Classical Compilation Framework
Lukas Burgholzer, Daniel Haag, Yannick Stade +3
As the capabilities of quantum computing hardware continue to rise, algorithms that exploit them are becoming increasingly complex. These developments increase the need for sophist…
Transpiler Autotuning with Predictive Models for Quantum Circuit Optimization
Piotr Malkowski, Domenik Eichhorn, Joshua Ammermann +4
Quantum software engineering is an emerging research field focusing on efficiently embedding the quantum programming paradigm into existing software ecosystems. A key aspect of thi…