Opportunities and challenges of quantum computing for engineering optimization

Y Wang, JE Kim, K Suresh - … of Computing and …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Quantum computing as the emerging paradigm for scientific computing has attracted
significant research attention in the past decade. Quantum algorithms to solve the problems …

Recent advances in quantum computing for drug discovery and development

PH Wang, JH Chen, YY Yang, C Lee… - IEEE Nanotechnology …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drug discovery and development is a time-consuming and cost-intensive process. Computer-
aided drug design can speed up the timeline and reduce costs by decreasing the number of …

Parameter setting in quantum approximate optimization of weighted problems

SH Sureshbabu, D Herman, R Shaydulin, J Basso… - Quantum, 2024 - quantum-journal.org
Abstract Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a leading candidate
algorithm for solving combinatorial optimization problems on quantum computers. However …

Constrained optimization via quantum zeno dynamics

D Herman, R Shaydulin, Y Sun, S Chakrabarti… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Constrained optimization problems are ubiquitous in science and industry. Quantum
algorithms have shown promise in solving optimization problems, yet none of the current …

Alignment between initial state and mixer improves QAOA performance for constrained optimization

Z He, R Shaydulin, S Chakrabarti, D Herman… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum alternating operator ansatz (QAOA) has a strong connection to the adiabatic
algorithm, which it can approximate with sufficient depth. However, it is unclear to what …

Designing microplastic-binding peptides with a variational quantum circuit–based hybrid quantum-classical approach

RC Vendrell, A Ajagekar, MT Bergman, CK Hall… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
De novo peptide design exhibits great potential in materials engineering, particularly for the
use of plastic-binding peptides to help remediate microplastic pollution. There are no known …

Resource analysis of quantum algorithms for coarse-grained protein folding models

H Linn, I Brundin, L García-Álvarez, G Johansson - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Protein folding processes are a vital aspect of molecular biology that is hard to simulate with
conventional computers. Quantum algorithms have been proven superior for certain …

Sampling a Rare Protein Transition Using Quantum Annealing

D Ghamari, R Covino, P Faccioli - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Simulating spontaneous structural rearrangements in macromolecules with classical
molecular dynamics is an outstanding challenge. Conventional supercomputers can access …

Quantum synergy in peptide folding: A comparative study of CVaR-variational quantum eigensolver and molecular dynamics simulation

A Uttarkar, V Niranjan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the technological fields that is developing the fastest is quantum computing in
biology. One of the main problems is protein folding, which calls for precise, effective …

A comparative insight into peptide folding with quantum CVaR-VQE algorithm, MD simulations and structural alphabet analysis

A Uttarkar, V Niranjan - Quantum Information Processing, 2024 - Springer
Quantum computing in biology is one of the most rapidly evolving fields of technology.
Protein folding is one of the key challenges which requires accurate and efficient algorithms …