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23 citations · 92 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

quant-ph2026

Trajectree - A quantum trajectory-based quantum circuit simulator

Ansh Singal, Allen Zang, Jordan Thomas +5

We introduce Trajectree, a quantum trajectory-based quantum circuit simulator that uses a novel, state-saving partial execution of the quantum circuits to simulate broad and deep n…

cs.CV2026

Pooling Representation Autoencoders for Efficient Diffusion

Ramón Calvo-González, Youssef Saied, François Fleuret

Representation Autoencoders (RAEs) generate images from pre-trained visual fea- tures, but their dense token grids make generative modeling expensive. Motivated by local feature co…

cs.AI2026

Artificial intelligences and human scientists exhibit complementary strengths in theory building

Ke Li, Spyros I. Zoumpoulis, Phanish Puranam +80

We investigate the effectiveness of artificial intelligences (AI)-specifically large language models (LLMs)-relative to human scientists at high-level cognitive tasks in social sci…

quant-ph2026

Entanglement Distillation and Swapping Scheduling in Quantum Repeaters with Noisy Memories

Siddharth Chander, Xinan Chen, Allen Zang

Entanglement distillation and entanglement swapping have been extensively studied assuming perfect quantum memories. However, near-term quantum networks will be fundamentally limit…

quant-ph2026

Enhancing Entanglement Purification with Shared Randomness

Allen Zang, Bikun Li, Xinan Chen +4

Entanglement purification protocols (EPPs) are essential for improving entanglement fidelity to support fault-tolerant distributed quantum information processing. Practical entangl…

quant-ph2026

Magic Gate Teleportation: Structure, Useful Resource States, and Simpler Feedforward

Yunzhe Zheng, Allen Zang, Aleksander Kubica

Quantum gate teleportation is a key technique in fault-tolerant quantum computation that uses resource states to implement logical gates. Here, we develop a theory of magic gate te…

quant-ph2026

Realistic Simulation of Quantum Repeater with Encoding and Classical Error Correction

Sagar Patange, Caitao Zhan, Bikun Li +4

Quantum repeaters are essential for scalable long-distance quantum networking. As quantum information processing moves toward fault-tolerant and error-corrected operations, it beco…

quant-ph2025

Optimal scheme for distributed quantum metrology

Zhiyao Hu, Allen Zang, Jianwei Wang +4

Optimal strategies for local quantum metrology -- including the preparation of optimal probe states, implementation of optimal control and measurement strategies, are well establis…

cs.AI2025

Probing the Critical Point (CritPt) of AI Reasoning: a Frontier Physics Research Benchmark

Minhui Zhu, Minyang Tian, Xiaocheng Yang +61

While large language models (LLMs) with reasoning capabilities are progressing rapidly on high-school math competitions and coding, can they reason effectively through complex, ope…

quant-ph2025

PhotonIDs: ML-Powered Photon Identification System for Dark Count Elimination

Karl C. Linne, Sho Uemura, Yue Ji +6

Reliable single photon detection is the foundation for practical quantum communication and networking. However, today's superconducting nanowire single photon detector(SNSPD) inher…

quant-ph2025

SQuaD: Smart Quantum Detection for Photon Recognition and Dark Count Elimination

Karl C. Linne, Sho Uemura, Yue Ji +5

Quantum detectors of single photons are an essential component for quantum information processing across computing, communication and networking. Today's quantum detection system,…

quant-ph2025

Enhancing Noisy Quantum Sensing by GHZ State Partitioning

Allen Zang, Tian-Xing Zheng, Peter C. Maurer +3

Presence of harmful noise is inevitable in entanglement-enhanced sensing systems, requiring careful allocation of resources to optimize sensing performance in practical scenarios.…

quant-ph2025

Quantum secret sharing in a triangular superconducting quantum network

Haoxiong Yan, Allen Zang, Joel Grebel +11

We present a three-node quantum communication testbed with a triangular topology, each side of the triangle formed by a 1.3-meter-long transmission line. We demonstrate state trans…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Entanglement Purification in Quantum Networks: Guaranteed Improvement and Optimal Time

Allen Zang, Xin-An Chen, Eric Chitambar +2

While the concept of entanglement purification protocols (EPPs) is straightforward, the integration of EPPs in network architectures requires careful performance evaluations and op…

quant-ph2025★ 5 cited

Cross-Validating Quantum Network Simulators

Joaquin Chung, Michal Hajdušek, Naphan Benchasattabuse +7

We present a first cross-validation of two open-source quantum network simulators, QuISP and SeQUeNCe, focusing on basic networking tasks to ensure consistency and accuracy in simu…

quant-ph2025

Hardware-Software Co-design for Distributed Quantum Computing

Ji Liu, Allen Zang, Martin Suchara +2

Distributed quantum computing (DQC) offers a pathway for scaling up quantum computing architectures beyond the confines of a single chip. Entanglement is a crucial resource for imp…

cs.NI2025

Design and Simulation of the Adaptive Continuous Entanglement Generation Protocol

Caitao Zhan, Joaquin Chung, Allen Zang +2

Generating and distributing remote entangled pairs (EPs) is a primary function of quantum networks, as entanglement is the fundamental resource for key quantum network applications…

cs.LG2025★ 23 cited

Humanity's Last Exam

Long Phan, Alice Gatti, Ziwen Han +1168

Benchmarks are important tools for tracking the rapid advancements in large language model (LLM) capabilities. However, benchmarks are not keeping pace in difficulty: LLMs now achi…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Quantum Advantage in Distributed Sensing with Noisy Quantum Networks

Allen Zang, Alexander Kolar, Alvin Gonzales +5

We show that quantum advantage in distributed sensing can be achieved with noisy quantum networks which only distribute noisy entangled states. We derive a closed-form expression o…

quant-ph2024★ 14 cited

No-Go Theorems for Universal Entanglement Purification

Allen Zang, Xinan Chen, Eric Chitambar +2

An entanglement purification protocol (EPP) aims to transform multiple noisy entangled states into a single entangled state with higher fidelity. In this work we consider EPPs that…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Analytical Performance Estimations for Quantum Repeater Network Scenarios

Allen Zang, Joaquin Chung, Rajkumar Kettimuthu +2

Quantum repeater chains will form the backbone of future quantum networks that distribute entanglement between network nodes. Therefore, it is important to understand the entanglem…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Provable Optimality of the Square-Tooth Atomic Frequency Comb Quantum Memory

Allen Zang, Martin Suchara, Tian Zhong

Atomic frequency comb (AFC) quantum memories are a promising technology for quantum repeater networks because they enable multi-mode, long-time, and high-fidelity storage of photon…

quant-ph2023★ 18 cited

Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Repeater with Purification and Optimized Buffer Time

Allen Zang, Xinan Chen, Alexander Kolar +4

Quantum repeater networks that allow long-distance entanglement distribution will be the backbone of distributed quantum information processing. In this paper we explore entangleme…

quant-ph2022★ 9 cited

Simulation of Entanglement Generation between Absorptive Quantum Memories

Allen Zang, Alexander Kolar, Joaquin Chung +3

Quantum entanglement is an essential resource for quantum networks. However, the generation of entanglement between physical devices at remote network nodes is a challenging task t…