Quantum Annealing and Optimization Algorithms

Presentations

• Lack of Reversibility for Adiabatic Annealing Protocols starting from Integrable Systems 

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Shahyad Khamnei

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Shahyad Khamnei

    • Boston University

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• Counterdiabatic driving for Reversible and Irreversible Processes in 2D Systems

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Rohan Banerjee

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Rohan Banerjee

    • Boston University

  • Shahyad Khamnei

    • Boston University

  • Stewart Morawetz

    • Boston University

  • Anatoli S Polkovnikov

    • Boston University

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• Adiabatic reverse annealing is robust to weak decoherence

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • An D Le

    • Michigan State University

  Authors

  • An D Le

    • Michigan State University

  • Christopher L Baldwin

    • Michigan State University

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• A Classical Analogue of Quantum Annealing: From Anharmonic Oscillators to Spin-Glass Optimization

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Rongfeng Xie

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Rongfeng Xie

    • University of Minnesota

  • Alex Kamenev

    • University of Minnesota

  • Evgenii levlev

    • University of Minnesota

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• Four-body interactions in Kerr parametric oscillator circuits

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Yohei Kawakami

    • NEC Corporation

  Authors

  • Yohei Kawakami

    • NEC Corporation

  • Tomohiro Yamaji

    • NEC Corporation

  • Aiko Yamaguchi

    • NEC Corporation

  • Yuya Kano

    • NEC Corporation

  • Kiyotaka Endo

    • NEC Corporation

  • Tetsuro Satoh

    • AIST

  • Ayuka Morioka

    • NEC Corporation

  • Yuichi Igarashi

    • NEC Corporation

  • Masayuki Shirane

    • NEC Corporation

  • Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

    • NEC Corporation

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• A coherent approach to quantum-classical optimization

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Josep Bosch

    • Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

  Authors

  • Ana Palacios

    • Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

  • Artur Garcia-Saez

    • Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

  • Marta Pascual Estarellas

    • Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

  • Josep Bosch

    • Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

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• Quantum annealing for materials science

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: A. Fiorentino and N. Marzari, Quantum annealing for materials science, manuscript in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Alfredo Fiorentino

    • Paul Scherrer Institute

  Authors

  • Alfredo Fiorentino

    • Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Nicola Marzari

    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    • Paul Scherrer Institute PSI

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• Polynomial-Time Classical Approximate Optimization of Wishart-Planted Spin Glasses

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Taozhi Guo

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Taozhi Guo

    • Princeton University

  • Adil Gangat

    • NTT Research, Inc.

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• Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Programming for Power System Optimization in the NISQ Era

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: [1] A. R. Ochi, S. G. Mahmud and M. Margala, "Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Programming: A Case Study on Optimum Power Generation Scheduling," 2025 IEEE 18th Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (DCAS), Arlington, TX, USA, 2025, pp. 1-5
  
  [2] A. R. Ochi, S. G. Mahmud, B. C. Ghosh and M. Margala, "Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Programming for Economic FACTS Allocation in Power Systems: Advancing Quantum Computing Applications," 2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Gijon, Spain, 2024, pp. 375-380.

  Presenters

  • Arman Riaz Ochi

    • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Authors

  • Arman Riaz Ochi

    • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  • Martin Margala

    • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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• Reduced scaling variational tensor network algorithm inspired by quantum information tools

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jiace Sun

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Jiace Sun

    • Caltech

  • Garnet Kin-Lic K Chan

    • California Institute of Technology
    • Caltech

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• Analyzing high-depth QAOA for MaxCut on d-regular graphs using infinite graph tensor networks

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Villalonga

    • Google LLC
    • Google Quantum AI

  Authors

  • Benjamin Villalonga

    • Google LLC
    • Google Quantum AI

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• A Matrix Product State Representation of Boolean Functions

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: arXiv:2505.01930

  Presenters

  • Umut Eren Usturali

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Umut Eren Usturali

    • Boston University

  • Claudio Chamon

    • Boston University

  • Andrei E Ruckenstein

    • Boston University

  • Eduardo R Mucciolo

    • University of Central Florida

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• Application of lattice gauge theory to the detection of money laundering

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Robert P Erickson

    • Wells Fargo

  Authors

  • Robert P Erickson

    • Wells Fargo

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• Random sampling of permutations on quantum computers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 20, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Adhikari, B., 2025. Random Sampling of Permutations Using Quantum Circuits. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.

  Presenters

  • Bibhas Adhikari

    • Fujitsu Research of America, Inc

  Authors

  • Bibhas Adhikari

    • Fujitsu Research of America, Inc

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