6–11 Dec 2026
Stellenbosch University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Implementing Quantum Cell Automata on a real neutral atom device

Not scheduled
20m
Jan Mouton Learning Centre (Stellenbosch University)

Jan Mouton Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University

Poster Experimental/Hardware QML

Speaker

Rivan Rughubar (Forschungszentrum Julich)

Description

Quantum cellular automata (QCA) provide a compelling framework for distributed quantum computation and the simulation of many-body quantum dynamics through the application of local, translation-invariant update rules. These update rules can also be used in the context of machine learning. In this work, we implement a QCA framework designed to solve the Maximum Independent Set graph problem on a real neutral atom quantum processing unit. To achieve this, we adapt the QCA update rules to the constraints and native operations of the neutral-atom device's architecture. The objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of current neutral-atom quantum hardware for QCA-based computation, identify the practical limitations imposed by existing device constraints, and assess the feasibility of executing quantum cellular automata on near-term quantum processors

Topic Quantum algorithms for machine learning applications
Additional Topic Encoding and processing of data in quantum systems

Authors

Rivan Rughubar (Forschungszentrum Julich) Dr Tobias Stollenwerk (Forschungszentrum Julich)

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