Introduction to Quantum Resource Estimation

Developing useful applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers faces many challenges, and many of them revolve around making the most out of limited computational resources. This is where Quantum Resource Estimation (QRE) is helpful. In this talk, I’ll explain how developing algorithms for NISQ and FTQC is different, introduce some basic concepts and challenges associated with QRE, and also talk about software packages used for QRE.

Speaker: Michał Stęchły works as Senior Quantum Software Engineer at PsiQuantum. He is lead developer of Bartiq, a tool for performing symbolic QREs. Previously at Zapata Computing he was leading the efforts of developing Bench-Q, a resource estimation tool developed as part of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking program. His main interest is building better software tools for quantum computing, in particular through designing better abstractions. Apart from that he's also involved in various community initiatives and is an author of a blog: Musty Thoughts.