3 papers
quant-ph2020
Computational Phase Transitions: Benchmarking Ising Machines and Quantum Optimisers
Hariphan Philathong, Vishwa Akshay, Ksenia Samburskaya +1
While there are various approaches to benchmark physical processors, recent findings have focused on computational phase transitions. This is due to several factors. Importantly, t…
quant-ph2019
Computational Phase Transition Signature in Gibbs Sampling
H. Philathong, V. Akshay, I. Zacharov +1
Gibbs sampling is fundamental to a wide range of computer algorithms. Such algorithms are set to be replaced by physics based processorsbe it quantum or stochastic annealing dev…
quant-ph2019
Reachability Deficits in Quantum Approximate Optimization
V. Akshay, H. Philathong, M. E. S. Morales +1
The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) has rapidly become a cornerstone of contemporary quantum algorithm development. Despite a growing range of applications, only…