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Machine Learning (ML) has been widely applied across numerous domains due to its ability to automatically identify informative patterns from data for various tasks. The availability of large-scale data and advanced computational power…

We present a quantum circuit optimization technique that takes into account the variability in error rates that is inherent across present day noisy quantum computing platforms. This method can be run post qubit routing or post-compilation,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Paul D. Nation , Matthew Treinish

Timing side channels have been used to extract cryptographic keys and sensitive documents, even from trusted enclaves. In this paper, we focus on cache side channels created by access to shared code or data in the memory hierarchy. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Divya Ojha , Sandhya Dwarkadas

Quantum Machine Learning (QML) has gathered significant attention through approaches like Quantum Kernel Machines. While these methods hold considerable promise, their quantum nature presents inherent challenges. One major challenge is the…

Highly privileged software, such as firmware, is an attractive target for attackers. Thus, BIOS vendors use cryptographic signatures to ensure firmware integrity at boot time. Nevertheless, such protection does not prevent an attacker from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-08 Ronny Chevalier , Maugan Villatel , David Plaquin , Guillaume Hiet

Quantum simulators are a foundational component of the quantum software ecosystem. They are widely used to develop and debug quantum programs, validate compiler transformations, and support empirical claims about correctness and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Krishna Upadhyay , Moshood Fakorede , Umar Farooq

High-fidelity mid-circuit measurements, which read out the state of specific qubits in a multiqubit processor without destroying them or disrupting their neighbors, are a critical component for useful quantum computing. They enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-23 Daniel Hothem , Jordan Hines , Charles Baldwin , Dan Gresh , Robin Blume-Kohout , Timothy Proctor

As a new research area, quantum software testing lacks systematic testing benchmarks to assess testing techniques' effectiveness. Recently, some open-source benchmarks and mutation analysis tools have emerged. However, there is insufficient…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Eñaut Mendiluze Usandizaga , Tao Yue , Paolo Arcaini , Shaukat Ali

Real-Time systems are essential for promptly responding to external stimuli and completing tasks within predefined time constraints. Ensuring high reliability and robust security in these systems is therefore critical. This requires…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Eliron Rahimi , Kfir Girstein , Roman Malits , Avi Mendelson

Quantum computing has garnered significant attention in recent years from both academia and industry due to its potential to achieve a "quantum advantage" over classical computers. The advent of quantum computing introduces new challenges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-09 Zhengping Jay Luo , Tyler Stewart , Mourya Narasareddygari , Rui Duan , Shangqing Zhao

As various quantum computing technologies continue to compete for quantum supremacy, several parameters have emerged as benchmarks for the quality of qubits. These include fidelity, coherence times, connectivity, and a few others. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Daniel Koch , Avery Torrance , David Kinghorn , Saahil Patel , Laura Wessing , Paul M. Alsing

Current technological advancements of quantum computers highlight the need for application-driven, practical and well-defined methods of benchmarking their performance. As the existing NISQ device's quality of two-qubit gate errors rate is…

Performance · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Krzysztof Kurowski , Piotr Rydlichowski , Konrad Wojciechowski , Tomasz Pecyna , Mateusz Slysz

This paper introduces a process framework for debugging quantum circuits, focusing on three distinct types of circuit blocks: Amplitude Permutation, Phase Modulation, and Amplitude Redistribution circuit blocks. Our research addresses the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-08 Sara Ayman Metwalli , Rodney Van Meter

Accurate methods of assessing the performance of quantum gates are extremely important. Quantum process tomography and randomized benchmarking are the current favored methods. Quantum process tomography gives detailed information, but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-08 Austin G. Fowler , D. Sank , J. Kelly , R. Barends , John M. Martinis

Quantum computing (QC) has the potential to revolutionize fields like machine learning, security, and healthcare. Quantum machine learning (QML) has emerged as a promising area, enhancing learning algorithms using quantum computers.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-23 Suryansh Upadhyay , Swaroop Ghosh

Present quantum computers are constrained by limited qubit capacity and restricted physical connectivity, leading to challenges in large-scale quantum computations. Distributing quantum computations across a network of quantum computers is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-14 Ranjani G Sundaram , Himanshu Gupta , C. R. Ramakrishnan

Unlike classical software, where logging and runtime tracing can effectively reveal internal execution status, quantum circuits possess unique properties, such as the no-cloning theorem and measurement-induced collapse, that prevent direct…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Ning Ma , Jianjun Zhao , Foutse Khomh , Shaukat Ali , Heng Li

Adversarial robustness in quantum classifiers is a critical area of study, providing insights into their performance compared to classical models and uncovering potential advantages inherent to quantum machine learning. In the NISQ era of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Pouya Kananian , Hans-Arno Jacobsen

Classical simulations of quantum circuits play a vital role in the development of quantum computers and for taking the temperature of the field. Here, we classically simulate various physically-motivated circuits using 2D tensor network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Manuel S. Rudolph , Joseph Tindall

Embedded neural-network inference can leak information through timing side channels, including leakage caused by the evaluation of activation functions. This work proposes a constant-time implementation methodology for activation functions…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Andrii Tyvodar , Andreas Rechberger , Dirmanto Jap , Shivam Bhasin , Bernhard Jungk , Jakub Breier , Xiaolu Hou
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