munich-quantum-toolkit / munich-quantum-toolkit/qmap

✨ Scalable Clifford (sub-)circuit optimizer

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Description

What's the problem this feature will solve?

Currently, a depth-optimal Clifford synthesis is implemented. Usually, depth-optimal approaches scale poorly and are thus limited by the number of qubits.

A first heuristic is already implemented. However this implementation is not suited to optimize Clifford sub-circuits in a non-Clifford circuit (Issue: https://github.com/cda-tum/mqt-qmap/issues/365).

Describe the solution you'd like

To tackle the scaling problem, we can make use of scalable heuristics, such as peephole optimization.

We can do this by identifying blocks of Clifford gates and optimizing each block within a non-Clifford Circuit.
While doing this, we can implement different strategies for performing the (peephole) optimization. Such as horizontal circuit splitting (Issue: https://github.com/cda-tum/mqt-qmap/issues/305).

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by examining the existing depth-optimal Clifford synthesis and the first heuristic mentioned in the issue. Review Issues #365 and #305 for the non-Clifford sub-circuit and horizontal circuit-splitting context. Done means identifying Clifford blocks within non-Clifford circuits and supporting scalable peephole optimization strategies for those blocks.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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