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Quicopt ("Quick-opt") is part of the 2024 Batch of the Helmholtz Enterprise program.
We develop optimization software inspired by (quantum) physics to efficiently solve discrete as well as continuous optimization problems. Our technology aims to help companies in various industries improve business decisions and reduce costs.
Benchmarks
These exemplary results are for the "Maximum Independent Set" problems R_500_005_1 and R_1000_005_1 from the Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library (QOBLIB).
The runtimes for Quicopt and Gurobi are roughly comparable in both cases, even though Quicopt was executed on a laptop with fewer cores (check out the notebooks here and here).
For runtimes and technical details on the Gurobi results, see arXiv:2504.03832.
Related PGI-12 Research
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Mean-Field Approximate Optimization Algorithm
PRX Quantum, 4, 030335 (2023). -
Beyond-mean-field fluctuations for the solution of constraint satisfaction problems
arXiv:2507.10360 (2025). -
Quantum combinatorial optimization beyond the variational paradigm: simple schedules for hard problems
Phys. Rev. A, 111, 032411 (2025). -
Limitations of quantum approximate optimization in solving generic higher-order constraint-satisfaction problems
Phys. Rev. Res., 7, 023165 (2025). -
Adiabatic bottlenecks in quantum annealing and nonequilibrium dynamics of paramagnons
Phys. Rev. A, 110, 012611 (2024). -
QAOA.jl: Toolkit for the Quantum and Mean-Field Approximate Optimization Algorithms
Journal of Open Source Software, 8(86), 5364 (2023).
Talks
- May 2025 - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), Kaiserslautern, Quantum (-Inspired) Optimization.
- April 2025 - German Aerospace Center (DLR), Journal Club.
- April 2025 - William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, Quantum-Inspired Optimization: Lessons and Perspectives.
- March 2025 - NASA Ames, Mountain View, Quantum Optimization and Simulation.
- March 2025 - DPG March Meeting, University of Bonn, Quantum optimization beyond the variational paradigm.
- February 2025 - QOQMS Seminar, University of Strathclyde, Quantum optimization beyond the variational paradigm.
- January 2025 - FZJ Workshop on Bridging Neuromorphic and Quantum Computing, Jülich, Quantum-Inspired Optimization Algorithms.
- November 2024 - HQS Workshop on QC Applications Beyond the Variational Paradigm, Karlsruhe, Quantum Simulation of Electron-Phonin Interactions in Circuit QED.
- August 2024 - FZJ Workshop on the QAOA, Jülich, Mean-Field Approximate Optimization.
- April 2024 - International Network on Quantum Annealing (INQA), Adiabatic Bottlenecks in Quantum Annealing and Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Paramagnons | YouTube.
- Feb 2024 - Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6), Jülich, Mean-Field Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms.
- March 2022 - APS March Meeting, Chicago, Adaptive Numerical Solution of Kadanoff-Baym Equations.
- June 2020 - Closing Workshop SFB/TR 185, Bonn, Non-Markovian Dynamics of a Driven-Dissipative Photon Condensate.
- September 2018 - Intensive Week SFB/TR 185, Bonn, Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
- March 2018 - Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Collapse and revival of photon oscillations.
Contact
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