Research Topics in High Performance and Quantum Computing
- [University of California at Berkeley]
1. High Performance Computing, Technology, and Applications
-- Supercomputing
- Commodity cluster supercomputing
- Super computing capability for big data modeling
- HPC and Big Data application studies on large-scale clusters
- New applications for converged HPC/big data clusters
- Big data processing in parallel and distributed computing
- Novel algorithms on clusters and performance evaluation tools
- Application-level libraries on clusters
- Effective use of clusters in novel applications
- Node and system architecture for HPC and Big Data clusters
- Architecture for converged HPC/Big Data clusters
- Energy-efficient cluster architectures
- Accelerators/ManyCore and heterogeneous clusters
- Interconnect/memory architectures
- Single system/distributed image clusters
- Accelerators/ManyCore and heterogeneous clusters
- Cluster system software/operating systems
- Fault-tolerant computing
- Programming models for converged HPC/Big Data systems
- System software supporting the convergence of HPC and Big Data processing
- Cloud-enabling cluster technologies and virtualization
- Cluster system-level protocols and APIs, middleware for Big Data management
- Cluster security, resource and job management, fault tolerance and high-availability
- Programming and software development environments on clusters
- Cluster architectures for Big Data storage and processing
- Cluster-based cloud architectures for Big Data
- Storage systems supporting the convergence of HPC and Big Data processing
- Big data visualization tools
- Programming models for big data processing
- Big data application studies on cluster architectures
-- Optical Computing
- The physics of optical computing
- Optical processing architecture
- Nonlinear processing with linear optics
- Photonic integrated circuits
- Spatial light modulators
- Artificial intelligence acceleration using photonic computing
- Field computation
- Analog optical computing for AI
- Quantum computing integration with optics
- Photonic in-memory computing
- Optical, photonics and quantum neural networks, machine learning, reservoir computing
- Optical and photonics logic components, processors and optimisers
- Optical, photonics and quantum data storage and encryption
- Enabling materials and devices
- Computing architectures, e.g., Ising machines, free-space optics, programmable photonic circuits
- Challenges in the practical implementation and integration of platforms for optical computing
- Novel optical computing applications in image processing, signal processing, radio communications, fiber transmission, cryptography, sensing and more.
2. Quantum Science and Engineering
- Research Topics in New Materials
- High Energy Physics
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Quantum Mechanics
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Quantum Entanglement
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Quantum Superposition
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Quantum Tunnelling
- Quantum Algorithms & Applications
- Quantum Systems in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Quantum Computing Systems & Architecture
- Quantum Information Hardware and Devices
- Quantum Information Theory
- Quantum Materials (Experiments)
- Quantum Materials (Theory)
- Quantum Optics
- Quantum Sensing
- Quantum Simulation
3. Quantum Computing, Technology and Communications
- Quantum supremacy, quantum primacy or quantum advantage
- Quantum computing
- Hybrid quantum computing
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Distributed quantum computing
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Qubit-photon interface
- Programmable quantum processors
- Quantum processors
- Quantum sensors
- Quantum simulation
- Quantum metrology
- quantum imaging
- Quantum security technologies
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum error-correcting codes
- Fault-tolerant quantum computation
- Quantum information theory
- Quantum communications and Internet
- Quantum cloud computing
- Programmable quantum processors
- Quantum entanglement distillation
- Quantum simulations and computing
- Quantum communication networks
- Quantum Technology for 5G/6G
- Quantum-based secure communication schemes
- Quantum authentication protocols
- Quantum blockchain
- Quantum technology for big data analytics
- Quantum technology for secure IoT applications
- Quantum machine learning for secure communications
- Quantum image processing and enhancements (image encoding, edge detection, image segmentation, etc.)
- Development of classical software for simulating and testing quantum communication techniques
- Novel AI and quantum-based architectures, frameworks, and testbeds for 6G
- Intelligent spectrum management in 5G/6G using quantum technology
- Breakthrough technologies and concepts
- Reconfigurable antennas and devices for the next generation
- Innovative AI, quantum technology and 6G-enabled user applications
- AI and quantum applications for the physical layer of wireless communications
- Space-based quantum computing
4. Quantum Information Science
- Quantum and Quantum mechanics
- Quantum physics
- Quantum chemistry
- Quantum computational chemistry
- Quantum biology
- Quantum field theory
- Quantum theory
- Quantum system
- Isolated quantum system
- Quantum effects
- Quantum resource
- Quantum state
- Wave function
- Linear algebra
- Quantum information
- Quantum bit — qubit
- Logical qubit
- Stationary, flying, and shuttling qubits
- Measurement / observation
- Observable
- Quantum phenomena
- Macroscopic quantum phenomena
5. Quantum Artificial Intelligence
- The synergy between quantum computing and AI
- Artificial intelligence and quantum physics
- Quantum machine learning
- Quantum-inspired soft computing
- Hybrid classical-quantum neural network models
- Qubit- and qutrit-based quantum-inspired neural network models
- Quantum optimization
- Hybrid classical-quantum algorithms
- Variational quantum algorithms
- Quantum metaheuristics
6. Applications of Quantum Simulation
- Understanding large quantum systems
- Understanding protein folding
- Developing high-temperature superconductors
- Finding chemical catalysts to remove CO from the atmosphere
- Developing materials for practical applications of spintronics
- Drug discovery, design, and development
- Electronic materials design and development
- Better batteries
