Quantum computers are expected to break today’s public key cryptography within a few decades. New cryptosystems are being designed and standardized for the post-quantum era, and a significant proportion of these rely on the hardness of problems like the Shortest Vector Problem to a quantum adversary. In this paper, we describe two variants of a quantum Ising algorithm to solve this problem. One variant is spatially efficient, requiring only O(N log N) qubits where N is the lattice dimension, while the other variant is more robust to noise. Analysis of the algorithms’ performance on a quantum annealer and in numerical simulations show that the more qubit-efficient variant will outperform in the long run, while the other variant is more suitable for near-term implementation.
Scientific Publications
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2021
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Community Detection in Electrical Grids Using Quantum Annealing
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Quantum Permutation Synchronization
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Multi-qubit Correction for Quantum Annealers
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Computing Molecular Excited States on a D-Wave Quantum Annealer
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Quantum Computing in Green Energy Production
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Two Quantum Ising Algorithms for the Shortest Vector Problem: One for Now and One for Later
2020
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De-Signing Hamiltonians for Quantum Adiabatic Optimization
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Coupler-Induced Errors for Flux-qubit Quantum Annealer: Measurements for One-Dimensional Ising Model with Twisted Boundary Fields
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Hybrid Quantum Annealing via Molecular Dynamics
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Accuracy and Minor Embedding in Subqubo Decomposition with Fully Connected Large Problems
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Traffic Signal Optimization on a Square Lattice using the D-Wave Quantum Annealer
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Designing Metamaterials with Quantum Annealing and Factorization Machines
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Reinforcement Quantum Annealing: A Quantum-Assisted Learning Automata Approach
2019
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Unconventional Machine Learning of Genome-Wide Human Cancer Data
2018
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Flight Gate Assignment with a Quantum Annealer
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Mathematical Methods for a Quantum Annealing Computer
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Quantum-Assisted Cluster Analysis on a Quantum Annealing Device
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Quantum Annealing Versus Classical Machine Learning Applied to a Simplified Computational Biology Problem
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Leveraging Adiabatic Quantum Computation for Election Forecasting
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Efficient Combinatorial Optimization Using Quantum Annealing
2017
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Traffic Flow Optimization using a Quantum Annealer
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A Deceptive Step Towards Quantum Speedup Detection
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Solving a Higgs Optimization Problem with Quantum Annealing for Machine Learning
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Graph Partitioning using Quantum Annealing on the D-Wave System
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Nonnegative/Binary Matrix Factorization with a D-Wave Quantum Annealer
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A Study of Complex Deep Learning Networks on High Performance, Neuromorphic, and Quantum Computers
2016
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Not Magic…Quantum
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Spanning Tree Calculations on D-Wave 2 Machines
2015
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Adiabatic Quantum Computing Challenges
2014
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Reexamining Classical and Quantum Models for the D-Wave One Processor
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Quantum Annealing Correction for Random Ising Problems
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A Quantum Annealing Approach for Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Graph-Based Systems
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Quantum Optimization of Fully-Connected Spin Glasses
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Consistency Tests of Classical and Quantum Models for a Quantum Annealer
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Glassy Chimeras Could be Blind to Quantum Speedup: Designing Better Benchmarks for Quantum Annealing Machines
2013
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Experimental Determination of Ramsey Numbers
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Error Corrected Quantum Annealing with Hundreds of Qubits
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MAX 2-SAT with up to 108 Qubits
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Hearing the Shape of Ising Models: On the Distinguishability Power of Physics
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Experimental Signature of Programmable Quantum Annealing
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Quantum Annealing with More Than One Hundred Qubits
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How Fast Can Quantum Annealers Count?
2012
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Construction of Energy Functions for Lattice Heteropolymer Models: A Case Study in Constraint Satisfaction Programming and Adiabatic Quantum Optimization
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Solving the Graph Isomorphism Problem with a Quantum Annealer
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Robust Classification with Adiabatic Quantum Optimization
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A Near-Term Quantum Computing Approach for Hard Computational Problems in Space Exploration
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Quantum Speedup by Quantum Annealing
2009
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Training a Large Scale Classifier with the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm
2008
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Training a Binary Classifier with the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm
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