Majid Haghparast

Majid Haghparast (Senior Member, IEEE)

Researcher
Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, P.O.Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Phone: +358 50 473 4823
E-mail:
majid.m.haghparast AT jyu.fi
info@quirk-e.dev


Visiting Address: Mattilanniemi 2, Agora Building, Ag C422.3


News

April 11-12, 2025: Simon Devitt, gaves us a visit - Click here.

April 11, 2025: We are organizing Resonate - Quantum Day 2025.

March 11, 2025: Our PhD student will present a poster at the QDOC Meeting in Helsinki. Click here.

March 11, 2025: Researchers are using our Quirk-E Quantum Circuit Composer. See this example.

January 14-15, 2025: We launched DEQSE Quantum IDE Extension.

January 10-11, 2025: We launched Quirk-E Quantum Circuit Simulator.

December 4-5, 2024: We are organizing the JQUEST workshop at JYU. JQUEST Workshop.

October 2024: My course on Quantum Computer Programming will be open to all in Finland through FiTech. Click here.

August 2024: Our project "Securing the Quantum Software Stack – SeQuSoS" has been accepted by Business Finland and will receive €1.4 million in funding for JYU and the University of Oulu.

May 14-15, 2024: I participated in the Lakeside Quantum Dialogue (LQD) 2024.

September 3, 2023: Our partnership with Xanadu Company for PennyLane was announced. Click here.



Projects

I have contributed to or currently contribute to the following projects:
3- Securing the Quantum Software Stack (SeQUSoS)
2- Developer Experience in Iterative Quantum Software Engineering (DEQSE)
1- Towards Reliable Quantum Software Development: Approaches and Use Cases (TORQS)

Courses/Teaching

2024-2025

Quantum Algorithms (TIES4525) SISU - Study Guide
      - Spring 2025: Lectures 13.01.2025 - 16.03.2025

Quantum Computer Programming (TIES4523) SISU - Study Guide
      - Spring 2025: Lectures 17.03.2025 - 22.5.2025

2023-2024

Introduction to Quantum Computing and Reversible Computation (TIES5480) SISU - Study Guide
      - Spring 2024: Lectures 08.01.2024 - 12.03.2024       

Quantum Computer Programming (TIES4523) SISU - Study Guide
      - Spring 2024: Lectures 18.03.2024 - 24.5.2024       

2022-2023

Introduction to Quantum Computing and Reversible Computation (TIES5480) SISU - Study Guide
      - Spring 2023: Lectures 09.01.2023 - 19.03.2023       


Recent Visits

Compuatex, Spain
University of Extremadura, Spain
University of Siegen, Germany

List of Publications

For an updated list, please check my scholar google page: Click Here

Book

Computing with Multi-Value Logic in Quantum Dot Cellular Automata, Wiley website
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press (8 Oct. 2024)
ISBN-10: 139425394X
ISBN-13: 978-1394253944

Services

Editorial Board Member of Optical and Quantum Electronics, Springer; Please consider submitting your best papers to The Journal of Optical and Quantum Electronics.

Associate Editor of Journal of Computational Electronics, Springer; Please consider submitting your best papers to The Journal of Computational Electronics.

Associate Editor of Cluster Computing-The Journal of Network Software Tools and Applications, Springer; Please consider submitting your best papers to Cluster Computing.

Associate Editor of IET Quantum Communication Journal, Wiley; Please consider submitting your best papers to the IET Quantum Communication Journal.

Programme Committee Member Workshop on Services and Quantum Software,
Co-located with 22nd International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2024). December 3-6, 2024, Tunis, Tunisia.

Programme Committee Member 4th International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology,
Co-located with IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (IEEE Quantum Week). September 15-20, 2024, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Abstract

Track Chair, Organizer 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology,
Co-located with IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (IEEE Quantum Week). September 17-22, 2023, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Abstract

Research Interests

High Performance Computing; Quantum Computing; Quantum Simulations; Quantum Algorithms; Quantum Software Development; Quantum Applications and Emerging Topics; Qudits; Fault-Tolerant Systems; Reversible Computation; Quantum dot Cellular Automata; Multiple-Valued Logic; Distributed Systems and Cluster Computing.

Brief Bio

Majid Haghparast is an IEEE senior member and a researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. From April 2017 to January 2018, he has conducted his sabbatical with Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, where he was also a Research Fellow. He is an Associate Editor of the Cluster Computing (Springer) and Journal of Computational Electronics (Springer). Majid is also an Editorial Board Member of the Optical and Quantum Electronics (Springer). He has been a supervisor/advisor of more than 10 Ph.D. theses. Majid is the invited referee for more than 30 prestigious journals, including IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Computer, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering. His focus is on quantum computing, where he has been involved in different projects.

Keywords

Software Engineering; Quantum Software Development; Quantum Programming; Quantum Computing; Quantum Technology; Quantum Simulations; Quantum Algorithms; Quantum Applications and Emerging Topics; Finnish Qudits; Fault-Tolerant Systems; Reversible Computation.

Useful Links

My web-page on Faculty of Information Technology
My web-page on Converis
My personal web-page on Google
Last Updated: February 2025