Communications of the ACM
Research Archive
The Research archive provides access to all Research articles published in past issues of Communications of the ACM.
March 2022
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Technical Perspective: Applying Design-Space Exploration to Quantum Architectures
"Toward Systematic Architectural Design of Near-Term Trapped Ion Quantum Computers" presents a study on scaling trapped-ion quantum architectures, and challenges the conventional wisdom of experimentalists in the field.
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Technical Perspective: How Do Experts Learn New Programming Languages?
"Here We Go Again: Why Is It Difficult for Developers to Learn Another Programming Language?" by Shrestha et al. provides insight into the difficulty of learning new languages and suggests paths forward to addressing it.
From Communications of the ACM
Here We Go Again: Why Is It Difficult for Developers to Learn Another Programming Language?
Our findings demonstrate that interference is a widespread phenomenon, forcing programmers to adopt suboptimal, opportunistic learning strategies.
From Communications of the ACM
Toward Systematic Architectural Design of Near-Term Trapped Ion Quantum Computers
Toward realizing QCCD-based trapped ion systems with 50-100 qubits, we perform an extensive application-driven architectural study evaluating the key design choices of trap sizing, communication topology, and operation implementation…