Presentation
An HPC-Inspired Blueprint for a Technology-Agnostic Quantum Middle Layer
DescriptionWe present a blueprint for a quantum middle layer that supports applications across various quantum technologies. Inspired by concepts and abstractions from HPC libraries and middleware, our design is backend-neutral and context-aware. A program only needs to specify its intent once, as typed data and operator descriptors. It declares what the quantum registers mean and which logical transformations are required. Such execution details are carried separately in a context descriptor and can change per backend without modifying the intent artifacts.
We develop a proof-of-concept implementation that uses JSON files for the descriptors and two backends: a gate-model path realized with IBM Qiskit Aer simulator and an annealing path realized with D-Wave Ocean’s simulated annealer. On a Max-Cut problem instance, the same typed problem runs on both backends by varying only the operator formulation (Quantum Approximated Optimization Algorithm formulation vs. Ising Hamiltonian formulation) and the context.
We develop a proof-of-concept implementation that uses JSON files for the descriptors and two backends: a gate-model path realized with IBM Qiskit Aer simulator and an annealing path realized with D-Wave Ocean’s simulated annealer. On a Max-Cut problem instance, the same typed problem runs on both backends by varying only the operator formulation (Quantum Approximated Optimization Algorithm formulation vs. Ising Hamiltonian formulation) and the context.
Event Type
Workshop
TimeFriday, 21 November 20259:00am - 9:15am CST
Location275