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Applied Computing for Scientific Discovery

Ed Younis

Ed Younis
Ed Younis
Computer Systems Engineer 3
Computer Science Department
LBNL Office: 50F-1620N
Eastern Time
Atlanta, Georgia

Ed works as a developer and researcher in the area of quantum software systems. Primarily, his work is focused on quantum synthesis. He actively contributes towards several projects in this category:

BQSKit: Berkeley Quantum Synthesis Toolkit. A quantum software system centered around synthesis.

QFAST: Quantum Fast Approximate Synthesis Tool. An optimizer-based synthesis tool that hierarchically breaks down large problems into smaller ones. This is done by employing a continuous Pauli encoding of quantum circuits.

qFactor: Quantum Fast Circuit Optimizer. A domain-specific optimizer for quantum circuits. qFactor uses analytic methods to minimize the distance between a circuit structure and a target unitary matrix.

Conference Papers

Mathias Weiden, Justin Kalloor, John Kubiatowicz, Ed Younis, Costin Iancu, "Wide Quantum Circuit Optimization with Topology Aware Synthesis", Third International Workshop on Quantum Computing Software, November 13, 2022,

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Ethan H. Smith, Marc G. Davis, Jeffery M. Larson, Costin Iancu, "LEAP: Scaling Numerical Optimization Based Synthesis Using an Incremental Approach", International Workshop of Quantum Computing Software at Supercomputing, November 2020,

Others

Ed Younis, Koushik Sen, Katherine Yelick, Costin Iancu, QFAST: Quantum Synthesis Using a Hierarchical Continuous Circuit Space, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, March 2021,

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