Lehrstuhl für Technische Informatik - Rechnernetze

Reviewing Quantum Advantage

In 2019, Google researchers claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy. A few days later, IBM researchers refuted this claim. This has been repeated several times since then. Some researchers claimed a quantum advantage; other researchers showed that they could simulate the claimed quantum advantage in a reasonable amount of time.

The goal of this work is to do a literature review of the back and forth of the claim of a quantum advantage and the disproof of this claim.

Tasks:

1. Find Claims of Quantum Supremacy/Advantage.
2. Classify Claims. What problem was solved? What hardware was used?
3. Check how long the claim has been held or if it still holds.

Prerequisites:

• Quantum computing knowledge is helpful, but not absolutely necessary.
• You need to bring the willingness to learn about quantum computing.
• Good understanding of linear algebra.
• You need to bring the willingness to search for and read scientific papers independently.

Aufgabensteller:
Prof. Dr. D. Kranzlmüller

Duration:

• Bachelorarbeit 3 month

Supervisor:

• Florian Krötz