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Connecting the HPC and the Quantum Communities
DescriptionQuantum computing has the potential to revolutionize many fields in the 21st century. Over the past decade, numerous quantum computers have been made publicly available. However, the effectiveness of the hardware is heavily reliant on the software ecosystem—a lesson drawn from classical computing's evolution. Unlike classical systems, which benefit from mature electronic design automation and high performance computing (HPC) tools for handling complexity and optimizing performance, quantum software is still in its infancy. One of the goals of this tutorial is to educate the HPC community on quantum computing and to bring these two communities closer together. To this end, the tutorial intends to cover topics such as high-level support for users in realizing applications as well as efficient methods for the classical simulation, compilation, and verification of quantum circuits. Furthermore, the tutorial showcases how expertise in classical HPC can address key challenges in the quantum software stack, enhancing efficiency, scalability, and reliability. All of the above is accompanied by hands-on demonstrations based on the Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT), an open-source collection of high-performance software tools for quantum computing developed by the Chair for Design Automation at the Technical University of Munich and the Munich Quantum Software Company.
