collaborators

8 papers

quant-ph2026

Absence of quantum advantage for approximate spin glass optimization

Dries Sels, Flaviano Morone

We perform a semiclassical, large-spin S, analysis of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) on the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model, using the truncated Wigner ap…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Fundamental Limits of Stability Inference in High-Dimensional Complex Systems

Michela Costa, Kentaro Hoshisashi, Flaviano Morone +2

Many complex systems, including ecosystems, neural circuits, and financial markets, are inferred to operate close to a threshold of instability, at which a small perturbation can p…

math.PR2026

Exact Variance and Fano Factor for Arbitrary Level Crossings in Stationary Gaussian Processes

Shivang Rawat, Flaviano Morone, David J. Heeger +1

Understanding the statistics of level crossings in stochastic processes is crucial across many scientific disciplines. The traditional Kac-Rice formula gives the mean rate of level…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Variational Iterative Rotation Algorithm: Combinatorial Optimization with Classical Kicked Tops

Flaviano Morone, Andrew D. Kent, Dries Sels

We investigate a classical formulation of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), realized as a Hamiltonian dynamical system of classical kicked tops, which we call…

cs.ET2026

Probabilistic approximate optimization using single-photon avalanche diode arrays

Ziyad Alswaidan, Abdelrahman S. Abdelrahman, Md Sakibur Sajal +9

Combinatorial optimization problems are central to science and engineering and specialized hardware from quantum annealers to classical Ising machines are being actively developed…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Switching Characteristics of Electrically Connected Stochastically Actuated Magnetic Tunnel Junction Nanopillars

Dairong Chen, Ahmed Sidi El Valli, Jonathan Z. Sun +3

We investigate the stochastic dynamics of nanoscale perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions (pMTJs) and the correlations that arise when they are electrically coupled. Individual j…