The 2021 Open Quantum Hardware Workshop is hosted by IEEE's Quantum Week, the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). Registration.
The virtual workshop will be held online on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021, 10:45 AM - 4:45 PM (Mountain Time).
The past 5 years has witnessed an explosion of open-source tools for programming quantum computers. The open nature of these software tools has substantially increased the number of users of quantum computers, and created a whole new genre of programmer: the “quantum software engineer”. In turn, this has accelerated the development of quantum computing as a whole.
Much less attention has been paid to the tools and components actually used to build quantum computers and make them accessible. From electronic design and analysis, to control systems, to the “bare metal” itself, much work has gone on behind the scenes. These tools and components are relevant to the day-to-day work of electrical engineers, designers of quantum hardware, and researchers investigating co-design between hardware and software. However, these (and other) tools for “open quantum hardware” are not widely discussed, nor their applicability as well-appreciated in the open-source and academic quantum computing communities.
This workshop will bring together experts building these tools, and provide a clear overview of the state-of-the-art in open quantum hardware across design, control, and access to quantum computing systems. It will focus the conversation for the community of quantum engineers and software engineers on open challenges, including interoperability of these tools. In doing so, this workshop advances the development of quantum hardware — by accelerating the development of quantum technology solutions in open hardware — which, in turn, will produce an impact on the quantum technology ecosystem similar to that which has taken place in open quantum software.
The abstract of the workshop can also be found on IEEE Quantum Week's website.
- Carmen G. Almudever, Technical University of Valencia
- Sébastien Bourdeauducq, M-Labs
- Susan Clark, Sandia National Lab
- Anna Grassellino, Fermilab
- Zlatko Minev, IBM Research
- Loic Henriet, PASQAL
- Sarah Kaiser, Unitary Fund
- Guen Prawiroatmodjo, Microsoft
- Anurag Saha Roy, Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Irfan Siddiqi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Gary Steele, TUDelft
- Jacob Taylor, University of Maryland/JQI
Jacob Taylor, University of Maryland/JQI - "Enabling the quantum ecosystem" (keynote)
Carmen G. Almudever, Technical University of Valencia - "Closing the Gaps Between Open Quantum Software and Hardware"
Zlatko K. Minev, IBM Research - "To design & analyze superconducting qubits"
Panel with the speakers of Session 1. Moderator: Gary Steele, TUDelft
Guen Prawiroatmodjo, Microsoft – “Using QCoDeS for Automated Quantum Device Characterization and Control”
Loic Henriet, PASQAL – “Pulser: An open-source package for the design of pulse sequences in programmable neutral-atom arrays”
Anurag Saha Roy, Forschungszentrum Jülich – “Automated quantum device bring-up using the open-source C3 toolset”
Panel with the speakers of Session 2. Moderator: Sarah Kaiser, Unitary Fund
Susan Clark, Sandia National Lab - "QSCOUT: A “White-Box” Quantum Testbed Based on Trapped Ions at Sandia National Laboratories"
Irfan Siddiqi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab – "Advancing Deep Collaborative Research in Superconducting Quantum Computing @ LBNL"
Sébastien Bourdeauducq, M-Labs – "Control and data acquisition with ARTIQ (Advanced Real-Time Infrastructure for Quantum physics)"
Panel with the speakers of Session 3. Moderator: Anna Grassellino, Fermilab
A full or compact view of the full QCE21 Program.
Carmen G. Almudever, Technical University of Valencia - "Closing the Gaps Between Open Quantum Software and Hardware"
In this talk, we will address the challenges and opportunities towards open hardware and its implications for building full-stack quantum computing systems. We will first revisit full-stack quantum computing architectures focusing on its higher layers (quantum software). We will then highlight the diversity in alternatives across the stack and need for tight cross-layer co-design. We will introduce structured design space exploration methodologies as a predecessor for automated design. We will finalize the talk by discussing the attributes that the community needs to pursue to achieve open quantum hardware, namely, modularity and abstraction, interoperability, standardized libraries, and optimal design.
We will overview the design and analysis of superconducting qubits and some recent progress in the field.
Loic Henriet, PASQAL – “Pulser: An open-source package for the design of pulse sequences in programmable neutral-atom arrays”
Abstract Programmable arrays of hundreds of Rydberg atoms have recently enabled the exploration of remarkable phenomena in many-body quantum physics. In addition, the development of high-fidelity quantum gates are making them promising architectures for the implementation of quantum circuits. We present here Pulser, an open-source Python library for programming neutral-atom devices at the pulse level. The low-level nature of Pulser makes it a versatile framework for quantum control both in the digital and analog settings. The library also contains simulation routines for studying and exploring the outcome of pulse sequences for small systems.
Anurag Saha Roy, Forschungszentrum Jülich “Automated quantum device bring-up using the open-source C3 toolset”
Abstract Scaling up quantum computation is currently limited not by the number of qubits, but the entangling gate infidelity. However, the highly detailed system characterization required to understand the underlying error sources is an arduous process and impractical with increasing chip size. Open-loop optimal control techniques allow for the improvement of gates but are limited by the models they are based on. To rectify the situation, an integrated open-source tool-set for Control, Calibration and Characterization, capable of open-loop pulse optimization, model-free calibration, model fitting and refinement is presented here. In this talk we highlight the major capabilities of this library as well as some interesting applications and future plans.
Irfan Siddiqi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - "Advancing Deep Collaborative Research in Superconducting Quantum Computing @ LBNL"
Abstract With recent advances in state-of-the-art superconducting quantum computing platforms, research in all areas of Quantum Information Science and Technology (QuIST) has advanced at an accelerated pace over the last few years. Access to hardware platforms remains a critical enabling factor in the continued development and evolution of quantum computing. At the Advanced Quantum Testbed, we have built a multidisciplinary science and technology environment, providing access to the full stack of software and hardware to our collaborative Users from Academia, National Labs, and Industry. The pre-existing multidisciplinary tradition of advanced, customized hardware development and design at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has been of particular advantage in our ongoing expanding efforts. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the AQT experimental platform, and highlight intra- and inter-Lab collaborations involved in making this platform possible. I will also address the potential for our published and open-sourced hardware designs, both existing and planned, to lower the barrier-to-entry for early-career researchers to engage in experimental research in QuIST.
An open-access, open-source list of open quantum hardware projects can be found here.
Nathan Shammah, Unitary Fund
Travis Scholten, IBM Quantum