🔐 Security, policy, and reality checks in quantum tech

Beyond the Mathematics, Deploying Advanced Crypto Successfully (unmitigatedrisk​.com) . Operational security first: outside-in model, MPC basics, HSMs, tiered access, and real-world threat framing

Best quantum computing paper of 2025 (scottlocklin​.wordpress​.com) . Gutmann and Neuhaus replicate quantum factoring with an 8-bit computer, abacus, and dog, challenging claims of quantum factorisation

Strengthening Enterprise Quantum Security (cacm​.acm​.org) . Quantum threats loom; adopt PQC, hybrid cryptography, modern key management, network security, and supply-chain readiness now

Quantum Computing Export Controls: Implications for the Health Care Sector (petrieflom​.law​.harvard​.edu) . Quantum computing export controls shape health care innovation, international collaboration, and governance across hardware, software, and supply chains

⚛️ Quantum foundations and superconducting hardware

Dispelling Maxwell's demon (randomwalking​.org) . Maxwell's demon explored through Szilard engine, Landauer's principle, information theory, and quantum constraints

The Basic Ideas of Quantum Mechanics (ellerman​.org) . Contemporary intuition on quantum mechanics via category theory, information theory, partition logic, and logical entropy with Rota-inspired insights

Universal scheme efficiently generates arbitrary two-qubit gates in superconducting quantum processors (phys​.org) . Universal scheme enables universal two-qubit gates in superconducting processors using SU(4) control with exchange interaction and microwave steering

Single device amplifies signals while shielding qubits from unwanted noise (phys​.org) . Single device amplifies signals and isolates qubits from backaction using a traveling-wave parametric amplifier and converter

📚 Academic Research

Scaling Hybrid Quantum-HPC Applications with the Quantum Framework (arxiv:cs) . Hybrid Q-HPC orchestration extends Quantum Framework to integrate Qiskit Aer, NWQ-Sim, QTensor, TN-QVM, and IonQ for scalable, backend-agnostic quantum workloads

Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Networks for Few-Shot Credit Risk Assessment (arxiv:cs) . Hybrid quantum-classical workflow with ensemble feature engineering and a QNN classifier for few-shot credit risk on Quafu hardware

Quantum Reinforcement Learning with Dynamic-Circuit Qubit Reuse and Grover-Based Trajectory Optimization (arxiv:cs) . Quantum reinforcement learning with dynamic-circuit qubit reuse and Grover-based trajectory optimization on IBM hardware

Geometric optimization for quantum communication (arxiv:math) . Riemannian optimization for quantum capacity and distillable entanglement via Stiefel and unitary manifolds

Decoded Quantum Interferometry Requires Structure (arxiv:cs) . Decoded Quantum Interferometry cannot outperform classical AMP on MAX-k-XOR-SAT due to OGP and chaos; QAOA also underperforms at large k

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