Noise-Aware Quantum Circuit Simulation with Decision Diagrams
暫譯: 考慮噪聲的量子電路模擬與決策圖

本書提供了一個易於閱讀的量子計算入門介紹，以及對量子電路的經典模擬，並考慮了常見的錯誤影響。作者展示了在使用決策圖進行這些模擬時所能釋放的巨大潛力——這是一種在設計自動化社群中常見的數據結構，經常用於量子計算設計任務。所描述的算法和方法在某些情況下可以超越先前提出的解決方案，為既有方法提供了一種互補的解決方案。最後，通過一個實際的使用案例——量子錯誤更正碼的評估，展示了噪聲感知的經典量子電路模擬的必要性。

Thomas Grurl is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Austria) and completed his PhD in 2023 at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Before that, he received his BSc and MSc in Secure Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in 2015 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include secure information systems, design automation for quantum computing and in this domain specifically noise-aware classical quantum circuit simulation and efficient data structures. In this area, he has published several peer-reviewed papers at international conferences and journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference, the International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), the conference on VLSI Design, and the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD). For his work, he has won the Best Student Paper Award at the VLSI Design 2023.

Jürgen Fuß studied Mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, where he has been working as a researcher at the Department of Algebra in group theory for several years after having completed his doctorate. In 2003 he became a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Cryptography at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria at Hagenberg, Austria. He was a guest lecturer at Karlstads Universitet in Sweden in 2008 and 2013. He worked in the field of cryptanalytic applications of high performance computing technology and started a research group for quantum computing, quantum computing simulation and post-quantum cryptography in 2017. He loves to work with people from different fields and to contribute, he has thus published in a variety of journals from the International Journal of Algebra and Computation, the Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society, the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and more.

Robert Wille is a Full and Distinguished Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and Chief Scientific Officer at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Austria. From 2002 to 2006, Robert Wille studied Computer Science (Diploma) at the University of Bremen. After successfully completing his doctorate in 2009 (summa cum laude), he worked as postdoc at the University of Bremen and, since 2013, as Senior Researcher in the Cyber-Physical Systems department of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Besides that, he served as lecturer at the University of Applied Science Bremen from 2010 to 2012 and was guest professor at the University of Potsdam in 2012 as well as the Technical University of Dresden in 2013/2014. From 2015 to 2022, he was Full Professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and head of the Institute for Integrated Circuits (at the age of 32 and as one of the youngest full professors in the field). In 2019, he founded the LIT Secure and Correct Systems Lab at JKU and, in 2020, he additionally became Chief Scientific Officer at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH. Since 2022, he works in Munich--appointed through a "Leuchtturm"-procedure (i.e., direct appointment) and, additionally, through the "Distinguished Professorship"-program. His research interests are in the design of circuits and systems for both conventional and emerging technologies. In these areas, he published more than 400 papers and served in editorial boards as well as program committees of numerous journals/conferences such as TCAD, ASP-DAC, DAC, DATE, and ICCAD. For his research, he was awarded, e.g., with Best Paper Awards, e.g., at TCAD and ICCAD, an ERC Consolidator Grant, a Distinguished and a Lighthouse Professor appointment, a Google Research Award, and more.

Thomas Grurl 是奧地利上奧地利應用科技大學的博士後研究員，並於2023年在林茨約翰·開普勒大學完成博士學位。在此之前，他於2015年和2017年分別在奧地利上奧地利應用科技大學獲得安全資訊系統的學士和碩士學位。他的研究興趣包括安全資訊系統、量子計算的設計自動化，特別是在此領域中的噪聲感知經典量子電路模擬和高效數據結構。在這方面，他在國際會議和期刊上發表了多篇經過同行評審的論文，例如《IEEE集成電路與系統計算輔助設計期刊》（TCAD）、歐洲設計、自動化與測試會議（DATE）、多值邏輯國際研討會（ISMVL）、VLSI設計會議以及計算機輔助設計國際會議（ICCAD）。因其工作，他在2023年VLSI設計會議上獲得最佳學生論文獎。

Jürgen Fuß 在林茨約翰·開普勒大學學習數學，並在完成博士學位後在代數系的群論研究部門工作了幾年。2003年，他成為奧地利哈根堡上奧地利應用科技大學的應用數學和密碼學教授。他在2008年和2013年曾擔任瑞典卡爾斯塔德大學的客座講師。他在高性能計算技術的密碼分析應用領域工作，並於2017年成立了一個量子計算、量子計算模擬和後量子密碼學的研究小組。他喜歡與不同領域的人合作並貢獻，因此他在多個期刊上發表了文章，包括《國際代數與計算期刊》、《ACM電子社會隱私研討會會議錄》、《可用性、可靠性與安全性國際會議》（ARES）、《IEEE移動計算期刊》等。

Robert Wille 是德國慕尼黑工業大學的全職及傑出教授，並擔任奧地利哈根堡軟體能力中心的首席科學官。從2002年到2006年，Robert Wille 在不來梅大學學習計算機科學（文憑）。他於2009年成功完成博士學位（優等），隨後在不來梅大學擔任博士後研究員，自2013年起在德國人工智慧研究中心（DFKI）的網路物理系擔任高級研究員。此外，他在2010年至2012年期間擔任不來梅應用科技大學的講師，並於2012年擔任波茨坦大學的客座教授，以及2013/2014年擔任德累斯頓工業大學的客座教授。從2015年到2022年，他是林茨約翰·開普勒大學的全職教授，並擔任集成電路研究所所長（當時年僅32歲，是該領域最年輕的全職教授之一）。2019年，他在JKU創立了LIT安全與正確系統實驗室，並於2020年成為奧地利哈根堡軟體能力中心的首席科學官。自2022年起，他在慕尼黑工作，通過「燈塔」程序（即直接任命）和「傑出教授」計劃被任命。他的研究興趣在於設計傳統和新興技術的電路和系統。在這些領域，他發表了超過400篇論文，並在多個期刊和會議的編輯委員會及程序委員會中任職，例如TCAD、ASP-DAC、DAC、DATE和ICCAD。因其研究，他獲得了多項最佳論文獎，例如在TCAD和ICCAD上，還獲得了ERC整合者獎、傑出教授和燈塔教授任命、Google研究獎等。