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most citedResource-efficient digital quantum simulation of -level systems for photonic, vibrational, and spin- Hamiltonians

153 citations · 1.1k across the 43 of their papers we have counts for

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44 papers

quant-ph2026

Discretization-Aware Fine-Tuning for Quantum Machine Learning with Chemical Foundation Models

Shunji Matsuura, Sonika Johri

A key challenge in practical quantum machine learning (QML), particularly for discriminative tasks such as classification, is the limited capacity of near-term quantum devices to e…

quant-ph2026

Benchmarking Quantum and Classical Machine Learning Models on Oncological Data

Sydney Leither, Thomas Lubinski, Michael Kubal +1

Machine learning is being increasingly used for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. However, models often struggle with biological data due to high dimensionality, l…

quant-ph2025

Platform-Agnostic Modular Architecture for Quantum Benchmarking

Neer Patel, Anish Giri, Hrushikesh Pramod Patil +6

We present a platform-agnostic modular architecture that addresses the increasingly fragmented landscape of quantum computing benchmarking by decoupling problem generation, circuit…

quant-ph2025

How many qubits does a machine learning problem require?

Sydney Leither, Michael Kubal, Sonika Johri

For a machine learning paradigm to be generally applicable, it should have the property of universal approximation, that is, it should be able to approximate any target function to…

quant-ph2025

A Quantum Platform for Multiomics Data

Michael Kubal, Sonika Johri

The complexity of biological systems, governed by molecular interactions across hierarchical scales, presents a challenge for computational modeling. While advances in multiomic pr…

quant-ph2025

A Practical Framework for Assessing the Performance of Observable Estimation in Quantum Simulation

Siyuan Niu, Efekan Kökcü, Sonika Johri +5

Simulating dynamics of physical systems is a key application of quantum computing, with potential impact in fields such as condensed matter physics and quantum chemistry. However,…

quant-ph2025

Bit-bit encoding, optimizer-free training and sub-net initialization: techniques for scalable quantum machine learning

Sonika Johri

Quantum machine learning for classical data is currently perceived to have a scalability problem due to (i) a bottleneck at the point of loading data into quantum states, (ii) the…

quant-ph2024★ 7 cited

A Comprehensive Cross-Model Framework for Benchmarking the Performance of Quantum Hamiltonian Simulations

Avimita Chatterjee, Sonny Rappaport, Anish Giri +5

Quantum Hamiltonian simulation is one of the most promising applications of quantum computing and forms the basis for many quantum algorithms. Benchmarking them is an important gau…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Quantum Algorithm Exploration using Application-Oriented Performance Benchmarks

Thomas Lubinski, Joshua J. Goings, Karl Mayer +11

The QED-C suite of Application-Oriented Benchmarks provides the ability to gauge performance characteristics of quantum computers as applied to real-world applications. Its benchma…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Tensor Network Based Efficient Quantum Data Loading of Images

Jason Iaconis, Sonika Johri

Image-based data is a popular arena for testing quantum machine learning algorithms. A crucial factor in realizing quantum advantage for these applications is the ability to effici…

quant-ph2023★ 66 cited

Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits

Pradeep Niroula, Christopher David White, Qingfeng Wang +5

Magic is a property of quantum states that enables universal fault-tolerant quantum computing using simple sets of gate operations. Understanding the mechanisms by which magic is c…

quant-ph2023★ 36 cited

Quantum State Preparation of Normal Distributions using Matrix Product States

Jason Iaconis, Sonika Johri, Elton Yechao Zhu

State preparation is a necessary component of many quantum algorithms. In this work, we combine a method for efficiently representing smooth differentiable probability distribution…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

Quantum computation: Efficient network partitioning for large scale critical infrastructures

Saikat Ray Majumder, Annarita Giani, Weiwei Shen +3

Quantum computers are emerging as a viable alternative to tackle certain computational problems that are challenging for classical computers. With the rapid development of quantum…

quant-ph2022★ 77 cited

Orbital-optimized pair-correlated electron simulations on trapped-ion quantum computers

Luning Zhao, Joshua Goings, Kenneth Wright +8

Variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE) are among the most promising approaches for solving electronic structure problems on near-term quantum computers. A critical challenge for VQ…

quant-ph2022

Copula-based Risk Aggregation with Trapped Ion Quantum Computers

Daiwei Zhu, Weiwei Shen, Annarita Giani +3

Copulas are mathematical tools for modeling joint probability distributions. Since copulas enable one to conveniently treat the marginal distribution of each variable and the inter…

quant-ph2021★ 148 cited

Application-Oriented Performance Benchmarks for Quantum Computing

Thomas Lubinski, Sonika Johri, Paul Varosy +6

In this work we introduce an open source suite of quantum application-oriented performance benchmarks that is designed to measure the effectiveness of quantum computing hardware at…

quant-ph2021

Low depth amplitude estimation on a trapped ion quantum computer

Tudor Giurgica-Tiron, Sonika Johri, Iordanis Kerenidis +6

Amplitude estimation is a fundamental quantum algorithmic primitive that enables quantum computers to achieve quadratic speedups for a large class of statistical estimation problem…

quant-ph2021★ 45 cited

Generative Quantum Learning of Joint Probability Distribution Functions

Elton Yechao Zhu, Sonika Johri, Dave Bacon +9

Modeling joint probability distributions is an important task in a wide variety of fields. One popular technique for this employs a family of multivariate distributions with unifor…

quant-ph2021★ 8 cited

Graph Optimization Perspective for Low-Depth Trotter-Suzuki Decomposition

Albert T. Schmitz, Nicolas P. D. Sawaya, Sonika Johri +1

Hamiltonian simulation represents an important module in a large class of quantum algorithms and simulations such as quantum machine learning, quantum linear algebra methods, and m…

quant-ph2021★ 3 cited

Optimizing Electronic Structure Simulations on a Trapped-ion Quantum Computer using Problem Decomposition

Yukio Kawashima, Erika Lloyd, Marc P. Coons +12

Quantum computers have the potential to advance material design and drug discovery by performing costly electronic structure calculations. A critical aspect of this application req…

quant-ph2020

Nearest Centroid Classification on a Trapped Ion Quantum Computer

Sonika Johri, Shantanu Debnath, Avinash Mocherla +4

Quantum machine learning has seen considerable theoretical and practical developments in recent years and has become a promising area for finding real world applications of quantum…

quant-ph2020★ 67 cited

Variational preparation of finite-temperature states on a quantum computer

R. Sagastizabal, S. P. Premaratne, B. A. Klaver +13

The preparation of thermal equilibrium states is important for the simulation of condensed-matter and cosmology systems using a quantum computer. We present a method to prepare suc…

quant-ph2020★ 10 cited

Generation of High-Resolution Handwritten Digits with an Ion-Trap Quantum Computer

Manuel S. Rudolph, Ntwali Bashige Toussaint, Amara Katabarwa +3

Generating high-quality data (e.g. images or video) is one of the most exciting and challenging frontiers in unsupervised machine learning. Utilizing quantum computers in such task…

quant-ph2020★ 1 cited

Many Body Thermodynamics on Quantum Computers via Partition Function Zeros

Akhil Francis, D. Zhu, C. Huerta Alderete +6

Interacting quantum systems illustrate complex phenomena including phase transitions to novel ordered phases. The universal nature of critical phenomena reduces their description t…