17 December 2021

QST Master’s Student Receives Grant to Develop Open-Source Quantum Compiler

Varun Seshadri, a student in the QST Master’s program, along with two undergraduate students from Simon Fraser University, has received a grant from the Unitary Fund to develop a lattice surgery quantum error correction compiler. To cater to beginners, advanced users, and researchers, the compiler is accessible through a public web interface and developed as an open-source package.

A prototype is available on https://latticesurgery.com. A visualization tool for the surface code patches is available on the website, to help understand how the logical states (patches) evolve during the execution of the quantum circuit.

You can read more about their work on the Simon Fraser University website here:

Photo: Varun Seshadri.