RIFT-Quantum at The Catholic University of America develops hardware-aware quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning, and quantum-safe cryptography, advancing applications in chemistry, biomedical analytics, and secure computing while training the next generation of quantum scientists.

Featured Papers

Quantum Computing Optimization:
An Introduction

This work presents an introductory-level review of quantum optimization, bringing together the foundations of quantum computing and core concepts in classical optimization.

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A Teleportation Protocol Variant for Single-QPU Benchmarking

The paper proposes vTP, a teleportation-inspired benchmark for measuring single-QPU circuit reliability, and shows that payload size is the main factor reducing success rates.

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