Ed Younis

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,
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,
- Download File: LEAP-Heuristics-for-Near-Optimal-Synthesis-Targeting-NISQ-Devices.pdf (pdf: 125 KB)