Research & Publications

Spanning the compilation stack.

Active Thrusts.

01
Domain-Level Optimization
Hamiltonian-level compilation (HATT), constant-depth TFIM circuits, and application-specific simulation circuit generation.
02
Gate-Set Independent Optimization
Hardware-agnostic transpilation, scalable synthesis (QSearch ≤4q, LEAP ≤6q, QFAST ≤8q, QGO to 60+ qubits), routing & mapping, classical optimizers for NISQ/VQE.
03
AI-Driven Scalability
Machine learning approaches to synthesis, plus QFactor — a tensor-network-based instantiation optimizer that processes 12+ qubit circuits directly and enables 100+ qubit optimization pipelines in BQSKit.
04
Fault-Tolerant Synthesis
High-precision Clifford+T synthesis via unitary diagonalization, and application-scale compilation with controlled error budgets.
05
Controlling Error & Approximation
Empirical evaluation of approximations on real noisy hardware (SC 2021), and QUEST — robust resource-efficient circuit approximation (ASPLOS 2022).
06
QEC Implementation
Lattice surgery compilation (TopoLS), magic state scheduling, and syndrome measurement scheduling (AlphaSyndrome, ASPLOS 2026).
P1
Multi-Device / Distributed Compilation
Communication-minimizing partitioning and scheduling for circuits that span multiple QPUs.
P2
Learning-Based Layout for Dynamic Architectures
Layout and routing that adapts to changing hardware topologies between calibration cycles without full recompilation.
P3
Scalable QEC Compilation Beyond Surface Codes
Efficient compilation for color codes, bivariate bicycle codes, and other QEC families beyond the well-studied surface code lattice surgery methods.
P4
Real-Time Compilation for Hybrid Loops
Low-latency adaptive compilation for variational algorithms, compatible with quantum coherence timescales. BQSKit is already used for real-time QITE optimization at AQT.
P5
Full-Stack Fault-Tolerant Compilation
End-to-end compilation from logical circuit to physical lattice surgery schedule — incorporating magic state management and syndrome scheduling — in one coherent pipeline.
Publications

Full publication list.

2021
Best Paper
Berkeley Quantum Synthesis Toolkit (BQSKit)
Younis, Iancu, Lavrijsen, Davis, Smith
LBNL 2021
2020
★ Towards Optimal Topology Aware Quantum Circuit Synthesis
Davis, Smith, Wu et al.
QCE 2020 · Best Paper Award
Best Paper
2019