Dr. Zahra Raissi

University of Paderborn, Germany

Entangled-State Resources for Quantum Computing, Communication, and Error Correction

Entanglement is a practical resource for quantum technologies. I study multipartite entangled states—especially graph states, Absolutely Maximally Entangled (AME) states, and their qudit (d>2) generalizations—as building blocks for computing, communication, and error correction. I will show how ideas from graph theory and stabilizer methods help us design circuits with predictable entanglement and complexity, and build codes tailored to realistic noise and loss. I’ll also sketch how these ideas extend to scalable network protocols.
These directions motivate my project funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which develops qudit-based architectures and layered cryptographic primitives. I will also introduce Quditopia, an open-source toolkit for simulating qudit  circuits, with planned modules for entanglement metrics and dynamics. The talk is an accessible overview: I’ll highlight recent results and outline near-term milestones.