{"id":2,"date":"2020-02-17T19:10:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:56:28","slug":"quantum-computing-and-optimization-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Computing and Optimization Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lehigh University, Quantum Computing and Optimization Lab (QCOL)\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bXJQg7tDMQc?list=PLGVe6BxyFHNXjnQVsj-SxybENHzJ3Azhw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quantum Computing has the potential to solve problems faster than classical supercomputers. This capability can change our world by enabling new methods to decrypt data, faster molecular analysis to design better drug treatments and solve complex optimization problems rapidly. The Quantum Computing and Optimization Lab (QCOL), at the Industrial and System Engineering Department of Lehigh University, was established in 2019 to accelerate the development of quantum computing optimization methodology. Mathematical optimization has critical applications in many disciplines, including physics, biology, engineering, economics, business, and finance. Quantum speed-up has the potential to lead to transformative, revolutionary advances and fundamentally impact society. The QCOL\u2019s research focus is on developing novel QC methodologies to solve complex optimization problems.&nbsp; Current research topics include<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quantum Interior Point Methods for solving Linear Optimization, Semi-definite Optimization, and Second-order Cone Optimization problems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantum methods to solve Combinatorial optimization problems such as the Stable Set Problem in Graph theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantum Errors and Their Models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> QCO Lab is supported by a recently awarded $2,128,658 research grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.lehigh.edu\/news\/article\/21m-darpa-grant-puts-ise-faculty-vanguard-quantum-computing\">https:\/\/engineering.lehigh.edu\/news\/article\/21m-darpa-grant-puts-ise-faculty-vanguard-quantum-computing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lab is led by three faculty members <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Tam\u00e1s Terlaky<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Luis Zuluaga<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Xiu Yang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pouya-sampourmahani-761602147\">Pouya Sampourmahani<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrian-harkness\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adrian-harkness\">Adrian Harkness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/junkaiyou\/?originalSubdomain=tw\">Jun-Kai You<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dongwei-shi-833a512b4\/\">Dongwei Shi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-papadopoulos-3145371b2\/\">Michael Papadopoulos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergrad Students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katesaltovets\/?trk=public_post-text\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katesaltovets\/?trk=public_post-text\">Kate Saltovets<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jason-roberts123\/\">Jason Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/griffin-e-moore\/\">Griffin Moore<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kyle-smith1818\/\">Kyle Smith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>QCOL Alumni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohammad-pirhooshyaran-a8470688\/\">Mohammad Pirhooshyaran<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ka-wa-yip-19a3418b?trk=people-guest_people_search-card\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ka-wa-yip-19a3418b?trk=people-guest_people_search-card\">Ka-Wa Yip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brandon-augustino-45aa0a169\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brandon-augustino-45aa0a169\">Brandon Augustino<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ramin-fakhimi-14998562\/\">Ramin Fakhimi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zhengmq\" data-type=\"URL\">Muqing Zheng<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zeguan-wu\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zeguan-wu\">Zeguan Wu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohammad-mhms.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mhmohammadi372.wixsite.com\/mhms-1\">Mohammadhossein&nbsp;Mohammadisiahroudi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rodolfo-alexander-quintero-ospina-58116b252\/\">Rodolfo Alexander\u00a0Quintero Ospina<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborating partners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\\\">Arielle Carr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Giacomo Nannicini<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Alain Sarlette<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Stefan Wild<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Illya V. Hicks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Savo Gilisic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">David Santiago<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Andr\u00e1s Gily\u00e9n<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Hamidreza Validi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">David E. Bernal Neira<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Ruslan Shaydulin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Carleton Coffrin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quantum-computing.lehigh.edu\/index.php\/faculty\/\">Sam Stein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 2025: Awarded grant NSF CBET ENG-QUANT: Hybrid Quantum Algorithms<br>for Structured Optimization Problems in Process Systems Engineering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 2025: PhD group member Zeguan Wu<br>accepted position as NASA Postdoc Fellow in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 2025: PhD group member Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi<br>accepted position as Assistant Professor at the Department of<br>Mathematics and Statistics at University of Maryland Baltimore County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 2025: PhD group member Rodolfo Quintero accepted<br>postdoctoral position at Department of Chemical Engineering, Purdue<br>University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/QCOL-LU\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/QCOL-LU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QCOL GitHub Repository <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-quaternary-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-51df3394ea875503493bcdf8fc9a03a2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/lehigh.edu\/qiskit-fest-lehigh\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lehigh Quantum Computing Club<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum Computing has the potential to solve problems faster than classical supercomputers. 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