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most citedBias-Field Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithm for Higher-Order Binary Optimization

15 citations · 46 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

quant-ph2026

Protein folding on a 64 qubit trapped-ion hardware via counterdiabatic quantum optimization

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Pavle Nikačević, Pranav Chandarana +11

We report the largest trapped-ion hardware demonstration of lattice protein-folding optimization to date, using bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization (BF-DCQO)…

quant-ph2026

The Quest for Quantum Advantage in Combinatorial Optimization: End-to-end Benchmarking of Quantum Solvers vs. Multi-core Classical Solvers

Pranav Chandarana, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Enrique Solano +3

We perform an end-to-end benchmark of a hybrid sequential quantum computing (HSQC) solver for higher-order unconstrained binary optimization (HUBO), executed on IBM Heron r3 quantu…

quant-ph2026

Large-scale portfolio optimization on a trapped-ion quantum computer

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Ananth Kaushik, Pranav Chandarana +10

We present an end-to-end pipeline for large-scale portfolio selection with cardinality constraints and experimentally demonstrate it on trapped-ion quantum processors using hardwar…

quant-ph2025

Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Sampling

Narendra N. Hegade, Nachiket L. Kortikar, Balaganchi A. Bhargava +9

We propose digitized counterdiabatic quantum sampling (DCQS), a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for efficient sampling from energy-based models, such as low-temperature Boltzman…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Combinatorial Reasoning for Large Language Models

Carlos Flores-Garrigos, Gaurav Dev, Michael Falkenthal +5

We design and implement a quantum combinatorial reasoning framework for large language models (QCR-LLM), integrating a real quantum computer in the hybrid workflow. QCR-LLM reformu…

quant-ph2025

Analog Quantum Feature Selection with Neutral-Atom Quantum Processors

Jose J. Orquin-Marques, Carlos Flores-Garrigos, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +5

We present a quantum-native approach to quantum feature selection (QFS) based on analog quantum simulation with neutral atom arrays, adaptable to a variety of academic and industri…

quant-ph2025

Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Feature Extraction

Anton Simen, Carlos Flores-Garrigós, Murilo Henrique De Oliveira +6

We introduce a Hamiltonian-based quantum feature extraction method that generates complex features via the dynamics of -local many-body spins Hamiltonians, enhancing machine lea…

quant-ph2025

Hybrid Sequential Quantum Computing

Pranav Chandarana, Sebastián V. Romero, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +3

We introduce hybrid sequential quantum computing (HSQC), a paradigm for combinatorial optimization that systematically integrates classical and quantum methods within a structured,…

quant-ph2025

Quenched Quantum Feature Maps

Anton Simen, Carlos Flores-Garrigos, Murilo Henrique De Oliveira +9

We propose a quantum feature mapping technique that leverages the quench dynamics of a quantum spin glass to extract complex data patterns at the quantum-advantage level for academ…

quant-ph2025

Sequential Quantum Computing

Sebastián V. Romero, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Enrique Solano +1

We propose and experimentally demonstrate sequential quantum computing (SQC), a paradigm that utilizes multiple homogeneous or heterogeneous quantum processors in hybrid classical-…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Protein folding with an all-to-all trapped-ion quantum computer

Sebastián V. Romero, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Pavle Nikačević +8

We experimentally demonstrate that the bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization (BF-DCQO) algorithm, implemented on IonQ's fully connected trapped-ion quantum proc…

quant-ph2025

Runtime Quantum Advantage with Digital Quantum Optimization

Pranav Chandarana, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Sebastián V. Romero +3

We demonstrate experimentally that the bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization (BF-DCQO) algorithm on IBM's 156-qubit devices can outperform simulated annealing (…

quant-ph2025

Branch-and-bound digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization

Anton Simen, Sebastián V. Romero, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +2

Branch-and-bound algorithms effectively solve combinatorial optimization problems, relying on the relaxation of the objective function to obtain tight lower bounds. While this is s…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library - The Intractable Decathlon

Thorsten Koch, David E. Bernal Neira, Ying Chen +24

Through recent progress in hardware development, quantum computers have advanced to the point where benchmarking of (heuristic) quantum algorithms at scale is within reach. Particu…

quant-ph2024★ 15 cited

Bias-Field Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithm for Higher-Order Binary Optimization

Sebastián V. Romero, Anne-Maria Visuri, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +3

Combinatorial optimization plays a crucial role in many industrial applications. While classical computing often struggles with complex instances, quantum optimization emerges as a…

quant-ph2024

Analog Counterdiabatic Quantum Computing

Qi Zhang, Narendra N. Hegade, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid +6

We propose analog counterdiabatic quantum computing (ACQC) to tackle combinatorial optimization problems on neutral-atom quantum processors. While these devices allow for the use o…

quant-ph2024★ 10 cited

Bias-field digitized counterdiabatic quantum optimization

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Archismita Dalal, Anton Simen +2

We introduce a method for solving combinatorial optimization problems on digital quantum computers, where we incorporate auxiliary counterdiabatic (CD) terms into the adiabatic Ham…

quant-ph2024★ 11 cited

Digitized Counterdiabatic Quantum Algorithms for Logistics Scheduling

Archismita Dalal, Iraitz Montalban, Narendra N. Hegade +7

We study a job shop scheduling problem for an automatized robot in a high-throughput laboratory and a travelling salesperson problem with recently proposed digitized counterdiabati…

quant-ph2023★ 7 cited

Efficient DCQO Algorithm within the Impulse Regime for Portfolio Optimization

Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Iraitz Montalban, Archismita Dalal +2

We propose a faster digital quantum algorithm for portfolio optimization using the digitized-counterdiabatic quantum optimization (DCQO) paradigm in the impulse regime, that is, wh…

physics.ed-ph2020

About the Teaching of Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies

Diego Luis Gonzalez, Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Yeinzon Rodriguez

The study of the motion of a rigid body on a plane (RBP motion) is usually one of the most challenging topics that students face in introductory physics courses. In this paper, we…