Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering
Increasing evidence suggests quantum computing (QC) complements traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) by leveraging its unique capabilities, leading to the emergence of a new, hybrid paradigm, QHPC. However, this integration introduces new challenges, with dependability–defined by reproducibi...
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| author | Edoardo Giusto Santiago Núñez-Corrales Kaitlin N. Smith Phuong Cao Phuong Cao Ed Younis Paolo Rech Flavio Vella Betis Baheri Alessandro Cilardo Bartolomeo Montrucchio Weiwen Jiang Shuai Xu Samudra Dasgupta Ravishankar K. Iyer Travis S. Humble |
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| description | Increasing evidence suggests quantum computing (QC) complements traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) by leveraging its unique capabilities, leading to the emergence of a new, hybrid paradigm, QHPC. However, this integration introduces new challenges, with dependability–defined by reproducibility, resiliency, and security and privacy–emerging as a central concern for building trustworthy systems that provide an advantage to the users. This paper proposes a framework for dependable QHPC system design, organized around these three pillars. We identify integration challenges, anticipate roadblocks, and highlight productive synergies across QC, HPC, cloud platforms, and network security. Drawing from both classical computing principles and quantum-specific insights, we present a roadmap for co-design that supports robust hybrid architectures. Our approach offers concrete metrics for assessing dependability, provides design guidance for engineers working at the QC-HPC interface, and surfaces new engineering questions around complexity, scale, and fault tolerance. Ultimately, designing for dependability is key to realizing practical, scalable QHPC systems and accelerating the broader quantum ecosystem capable of translating quantum promises into actual application delivery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9ed58f042294ca68bd7953b424bb63a2025-08-20T03:27:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Computer Science2624-98982025-07-01710.3389/fcomp.2025.15209031520903Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineeringEdoardo Giusto0Santiago Núñez-Corrales1Kaitlin N. Smith2Phuong Cao3Phuong Cao4Ed Younis5Paolo Rech6Flavio Vella7Betis Baheri8Alessandro Cilardo9Bartolomeo Montrucchio10Weiwen Jiang11Shuai Xu12Samudra Dasgupta13Ravishankar K. Iyer14Travis S. Humble15Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalyNational Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United StatesDepartment of Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United StatesNational Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United StatesUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United StatesComputer Science Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Information Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United StatesDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy0Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States1Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States2Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United StatesUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States2Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United StatesIncreasing evidence suggests quantum computing (QC) complements traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) by leveraging its unique capabilities, leading to the emergence of a new, hybrid paradigm, QHPC. However, this integration introduces new challenges, with dependability–defined by reproducibility, resiliency, and security and privacy–emerging as a central concern for building trustworthy systems that provide an advantage to the users. This paper proposes a framework for dependable QHPC system design, organized around these three pillars. We identify integration challenges, anticipate roadblocks, and highlight productive synergies across QC, HPC, cloud platforms, and network security. Drawing from both classical computing principles and quantum-specific insights, we present a roadmap for co-design that supports robust hybrid architectures. Our approach offers concrete metrics for assessing dependability, provides design guidance for engineers working at the QC-HPC interface, and surfaces new engineering questions around complexity, scale, and fault tolerance. Ultimately, designing for dependability is key to realizing practical, scalable QHPC systems and accelerating the broader quantum ecosystem capable of translating quantum promises into actual application delivery.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2025.1520903/fullhybrid classical-quantum systemsHPCquantum computingdependabilityreliabilityresiliency |
| spellingShingle | Edoardo Giusto Santiago Núñez-Corrales Kaitlin N. Smith Phuong Cao Phuong Cao Ed Younis Paolo Rech Flavio Vella Betis Baheri Alessandro Cilardo Bartolomeo Montrucchio Weiwen Jiang Shuai Xu Samudra Dasgupta Ravishankar K. Iyer Travis S. Humble Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering Frontiers in Computer Science hybrid classical-quantum systems HPC quantum computing dependability reliability resiliency |
| title | Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering |
| title_full | Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering |
| title_fullStr | Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering |
| title_short | Dependable classical-quantum computing systems engineering |
| title_sort | dependable classical quantum computing systems engineering |
| topic | hybrid classical-quantum systems HPC quantum computing dependability reliability resiliency |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2025.1520903/full |
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