Processor scheduling Archives - IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

Hardware-Aware and Resource-Efficient Circuit Packing and Scheduling on Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers

November 14, 2025Miguel Palma, Shuwen Kan, Wenqi Wei, Juntao Chen, Kaixun Hua, Sara Mouradian, Ying MaoQuantum SoftwareCloud computing, Computer architecture, Computers, Hardware, Logic gates, Processor scheduling, Quantum circuit, Qubit, Resource management, Throughput

Abstract: The rapid expansion of quantum cloud services has led to long job queues due to single-tenant execution models that underutilize hardware resources. Quantum multiprogramming (QMP) mitigates this by executing multiple circuits in parallel on a single device, but existing methods target superconducting systems with limited connectivity, high crosstalk, and lower gate fidelity. Trapped-ion architecture, […]

A Modular Quantum Network Architecture for Integrating Network Scheduling with Local Program Execution

October 23, 2025Thomas R. Beauchamp, Hana Jirovská, Scarlett Gauthier, Stephanie WehnerEarly Access, Open AccessComputer architecture, Hardware, Network architecture, Operating systems, Performance evaluation, Processor scheduling, Quantum entanglement, Quantum networks, Qubit, Schedules

Abstract: We propose an architecture for scheduling network operations enabling the end-to-end generation of entanglement according to user demand. The main challenge solved by this architecture is to allow for the integration of a network schedule with the execution of quantum programs running on processing end nodes in order to realise quantum network applications. A […]

Hybrid Classical-Quantum Optimization Techniques for Solving Mixed-Integer Programming Problems in Production Scheduling

November 2, 2022Akshay AjagekarOpen Access, Quantum ComputingAnnealing, Computers, Job shop scheduling, Optimal scheduling, Processor scheduling, Quantum annealing, Qubit

Quantum computing (QC) holds great promise to open up a new era of computing and has been receiving significant attention recently. To overcome the performance limitations of near-term QC, utilizing the current quantum computers to complement classical techniques for solving real-world problems is of utmost importance. In this article, we develop QC-based solution strategies that […]

Deep Space Network Scheduling Using Quantum Annealing

November 2, 2022Alexandre GuillaumeOpen Access, Quantum ComputingAnnealing, Optimal scheduling, Optimization, Processor scheduling, Quantum annealing, Qubit, Schedules

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Deep Space Network (DSN) is responsible for communication and navigation for several NASA and international missions. The DSN comprises three complexes located in Goldstone (California, USA), Cambera (Australia), and Madrid (Spain). This distribution in longitude guarantees a full sky coverage. Each complex has one 70-m and several 34-m […]

Hybrid Classical-Quantum Optimization Techniques for Solving Mixed-Integer Programming Problems in Production Scheduling

June 29, 2022Akshay Ajagekar; Kumail Al Hamoud; Fengqi YouOpen Access, Quantum InformationAnnealing, Computers, Job shop scheduling, Optimal scheduling, Processor scheduling, Quantum annealing, Qubit