TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of noise on the resilience and the security of quantum computing
AU - Saki, Abdullah Ash
AU - Alam, Mahabubul
AU - Ghosh, Swaroop
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/4/7
Y1 - 2021/4/7
N2 - Qubits, which are building blocks of quantum computers, are fragile and prone to noise and error. Some prominent errors include decoherence/dephasing, gate error, readout error, leakage, and crosstalk. The computation quality degrades in the presence of errors. Therefore, even though quantum computing can theoretically speed-up certain classes of problems, the present-day Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers can only solve small-scale ones. In this work, we present an overview of various noise sources and their impact on the resilience and the security of quantum circuits. Our analysis indicates that noise sources (e.g., crosstalk) create a new attack surface (e.g., fault injection), especially for future largescale quantum computers that may employ a multi-programming compute model. We also propose countermeasures against the reliability and security issues.
AB - Qubits, which are building blocks of quantum computers, are fragile and prone to noise and error. Some prominent errors include decoherence/dephasing, gate error, readout error, leakage, and crosstalk. The computation quality degrades in the presence of errors. Therefore, even though quantum computing can theoretically speed-up certain classes of problems, the present-day Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers can only solve small-scale ones. In this work, we present an overview of various noise sources and their impact on the resilience and the security of quantum circuits. Our analysis indicates that noise sources (e.g., crosstalk) create a new attack surface (e.g., fault injection), especially for future largescale quantum computers that may employ a multi-programming compute model. We also propose countermeasures against the reliability and security issues.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISQED51717.2021.9424258
DO - 10.1109/ISQED51717.2021.9424258
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85106036678
T3 - Proceedings - International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED
SP - 186
EP - 191
BT - Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2021
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 22nd International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2021
Y2 - 7 April 2021 through 9 April 2021
ER -