About RoaRQ
RoaRQ (Robust and Reliable Quantum) is a vibrant, cross-disciplinary UK community of research scientists with backgrounds in quantum computing and traditional computer science. Funded by a £3m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, we have come together to create a broad programme of fundamental research that addresses the global challenge of making quantum computing robust, reliable, and trustworthy.
The RoaRQ alliance currently comprises 49 directly funded research scientists at 13 UK universities, joined by a growing number of associate members carrying out 11 investigations.
Research
Researchers from across the UK’s scientific community have created a portfolio of 9 cross-disciplinary investigations that are tackling different facets of the challenges facing the development of robust and reliable quantum computing. In addition, 2 more preliminary explorations are underway with the aim of developing ideas into further investigations.
Quantum circuit cutting using quantum error correction
Feasibility of robust and reliable quantum computation for quantum field theories on NISQ devices
Verified compiling in the presence of error
Structure and symmetry in quantum verification
Scalable simulation of quantum computers on heterogeneous computing clusters
QUENCH: Quantum emulation with cloud heterogeneity
Model-based monitoring and calibration of quantum computations
Quantum error mitigation and quantum coding
Automated synthesis of robust quantum programs on limited resource hardware
A unified noise-aware compiler stack for NISQ
Formal verification of machine-learned quantum protocols and algorithms (ForMLQ)
Founding Investigators
Prof Simon Benjamin
Professor of Quantum Technologies
University of Oxford
Prof Dan Browne
Professor of Physics
University College London
Prof Paul Kelly
Professor of Software Technology
Imperial College London
Dr Bálint Koczor
Associate Professor in Quantum Information Theory, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Prof Noah Linden
Professor of Theoretical Physics
University of Bristol
Prof Tom Melham
Principal Investigator, Professor of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Dr Zhenyu Cai
Junior Research Fellow in Physics
University of Oxford
