Hadfield, Stuart

From the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to a Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz

Hadfield, S., Wang, Z., O’Gorman, B., Rieffel, E. G., Venturelli, D., & Biswas, R. (2019) · Algorithms

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum many-body systems

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Quantum approximate optimization algorithm for MaxCut: A fermionic view

Wang, Z., Hadfield, S., Jiang, Z., & Rieffel, E. G. (2018) · Physical Review A

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum many-body systems

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Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization

Abbas, A., Ambainis, A., Augustino, B., Bärtschi, A., Buhrman, H., Coffrin, C., Cortiana, G., Dunjko, V., Egger, D. J., Elmegreen, B. G., et al. (2024) · Nature Reviews Physics

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

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Optimizing quantum heuristics with meta-learning

Wilson, M., Stromswold, R., Wudarski, F., Hadfield, S., Tubman, N. M., & Rieffel, E. G. (2021) · Quantum Machine Intelligence

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

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Optimizing quantum heuristics with meta-learning

Wilson, M., Stromswold, S., Wudarski, F., Hadfield, S., Tubman, N. M., & Rieffel, E. (2019) · arXiv

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

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Characterizing local noise in QAOA circuits

Marshall, J., Wudarski, F., Hadfield, S., & Hogg, T. (2020) · IOP SciNotes

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum many-body systems

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Quantum Approximate Optimization with Hard and Soft Constraints

Hadfield, S., Wang, Z., Rieffel, E. G., O'Gorman, B., Venturelli, D., & Biswas, R. (2017) · Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Post Moores Era Supercomputing

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

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Toward Quantum Gate-Model Heuristics for Real-World Planning Problems

Stollenwerk, T., Hadfield, S., & Wang, Z. (2020) · IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum many-body systems

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Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz (QAOA) Phase Diagrams and Applications for Quantum Chemistry

Kremenetski, V., Hogg, T., Hadfield, S., Cotton, S. J., & Tubman, N. M. (2021) · arXiv

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum many-body systems

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Improving Quantum Approximate Optimization by Noise-Directed Adaptive Remapping

Maciejewski, F. B., Biamonte, J., Hadfield, S., & Venturelli, D. (2025) · Quantum

Quantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

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