Quantum processors in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era are severely constrained by spatial hardware asymmetries, temporal drift, and multi-qubit crosstalk. Traditional error suppression protocols apply static decoupling or phenomenological calibrations that struggle under continuous decoherence stress. Building upon the Entropic-Resistance framework—where spacetime is represented as a discrete, algorithmically expanding topological network and time is governed by recursive relaxation—we extend deterministic Causal-AI Taylor sensitivity operators (j1, j2) to multi-qubit topologies. We introduce a Just-In-Time (JIT) compensation engine that queries real-time QPU telemetry (qubit-specific dephasing T2 times and native two-qubit gate error rates) to dynamically compute non-commutative phase compensations. By decomposing physical microwave rotations inside logic gates, microscopic counter-rotations are embedded directly into hardware instructions. We validate this protocol on IBM Quantum's Heron processor (ibm_fez) by subjecting 3-qubit and 5-qubit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states to deliberate decoherence stress via calibrated temporal delays. On 3-qubit states, the Lasky-Tensor engine achieves an absolute fidelity improvement of +3.81% (32.5% relative error reduction). On fragile 5-qubit linear networks, it delivers a +3.42% absolute gain (17.2% relative error reduction). These results establish that recursive network stress models scale effectively, providing a deterministic, white-box quantum error mitigation paradigm without physical qubit overhead. Methodology & Hardware: Hardware: IBM Quantum (ibm_fez, Heron architecture) Framework: Qiskit Runtime SamplerV2 Underlying Theory: Entropic-Resistance Paradigm / Causal-AI What-If Engine
Quantum processors in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era are severely constrained by spatial hardware asymmetries, temporal drift, and multi-qubit crosstalk. Traditional error suppression protocols apply static decoupling or phenomenological calibrations that struggle under continuous decoherence stress. Building upon the Entropic-Resistance framework—where spacetime is represented as a discrete, algorithmically expanding topological network and time is governed by recursive relaxation—we extend deterministic Causal-AI Taylor sensitivity operators (j1, j2) to multi-qubit topologies. We introduce a Just-In-Time (JIT) compensation engine that queries real-time QPU telemetry (qubit-specific dephasing T2 times and native two-qubit gate error rates) to dynamically compute non-commutative phase compensations. By decomposing physical microwave rotations inside logic gates, microscopic counter-rotations are embedded directly into hardware instructions. We validate this protocol on IBM Quantum's Heron processor (ibm_fez) by subjecting 3-qubit and 5-qubit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states to deliberate decoherence stress via calibrated temporal delays. On 3-qubit states, the Lasky-Tensor engine achieves an absolute fidelity improvement of +3.81% (32.5% relative error reduction). On fragile 5-qubit linear networks, it delivers a +3.42% absolute gain (17.2% relative error reduction). These results establish that recursive network stress models scale effectively, providing a deterministic, white-box quantum error mitigation paradigm without physical qubit overhead. Methodology & Hardware: Hardware: IBM Quantum (ibm_fez, Heron architecture) Framework: Qiskit Runtime SamplerV2 Underlying Theory: Entropic-Resistance Paradigm / Causal-AI What-If Engine
This paper presents the first experimental validation of Causal-AI topological control on real superconducting quantum hardware. Addressing the fundamental bottleneck of ambient 1/f flicker noise and dephasing in quantum processors, we operationalize the Entropic-Resistance framework—modeling spacetime as a discrete network and time as a recursive relaxation process—to optimize transmon qubit performance. By extracting deterministic Taylor sensitivity operators (j1,j2) from real-time calibration data of IBM Quantum’s live ibm_fez processor, we compute and execute an analytically adjusted "Lasky-pulse" amplitude. Comparative hardware execution against standard factory baselines (validated across live QPU job execution logs: da294biein7c73bea68g and da29qpkdedkc73erutlg) demonstrates that topological network optimization successfully bridges discrete recursive spacetime theory with operational quantum control without requiring hardware modifications.
Abstract Quantum computing has recently emerged as a novel paradigm for solving problems otherwise intractable on classical computers, yet the practical progress of quantum computers is severely impacted by noise, decoherence, and imperfect gate operations in Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. Specific to IBM Quantum hardware, imperfections due to readout error, gate errors, and device drift, which depends on time, resolves limits for the accuracy of outputs from our algorithms. The mitigation strategies currently used, for example, Measurement Error Mitigation (MEM), Zero Noise Extrapolation (ZNE), and Clifford Data Regression (CDR), offer improvement over raw, unmitigated outputs, but they are static and not dynamic; the reduction of noise in within an NISQ device is temporal and can vary in patterns that are non-zero. In addition to this, using the conventional methods provides inconsistent and suboptimal results.This study will provide enhanced reliability with respect to performing quantum computation on IBM Quantum hardware with a unique mitigation framework that is adaptive and computationally efficient for a high-fidelity output. The problem taken on here is the failure of existing error mitigation strategies to provide adaptive noise compensation, as they assume a statically-distributed error, despite the performance-related characteristics already being documented in regards to calibration drift and variation over time.To achieve this, we propose a Hybrid Adaptive Error Mitigation (HAEM) approach that includes baseline measurement error mitigation and an additional correction layer that utilizes realtime calibration information, along with lightweight machine learning models. The approach can be broken down into three steps: (i) perform standard measurement error mitigation to reduce classical readout noise, (ii) execute compact calibration circuits, such as Bell states, GHZ states and Clifford benchmarks to capture then current error profile of the device, and (iii) use a lightweight machine learning model (having been trained on historical and newest calibration data) to dynamically change the mitigation weights applied for the target quantum algorithm. All implementation is done using Qiskit Runtime to ensure low-latency execution, and we completed experiments on both Qiskit Aer noisy simulators and IBM Quantum devices.Initial results suggest HAEM improved the outputs of quantum algorithms' fidelity compared to the unmitigated runs and the baseline measurement error mitigation (MEM) runs. On the noisy simulators, HAEM increased fidelity from a raw performance of 0.65 to 0.87, nearly a 34% improvement. In fairer hardware-like scenarios, fidelity-on-average was persistently 12% better than MEM, with nearly equal time duration for the additional adaptive measurements. The adaptive aspect of HAEM consistently supported subsequent calibration cycles of the device and was effective to continue providing fidelity improvements despite the static mitigation performance degrading.To sum up, the proposed HAEM framework is a modern and viable alternative for error mitigation which brings together the benefits of baseline approaches with corrections that are driven by fixed-function error-corrective, adaptive learning. As both learning-based and standard baseline approaches can only achieve fixed levels of performance, HAEM, through its use of noise mitigation both at execution time and through correlating it with standard data, provides a route towards reliable quantum computations on current IBM hardware. HAEM also presents a contribution to the NISQ error-resilient landscape, and however it is intended that it will continue to improve future applications of hybrid workflows of quantum and classical computation where error mitigation and resilience is important.
Quantum error correction (QEC) faces a significant challenge in realistic noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices: correlated decoherence. Building upon the foundational QEC-C protocol, we introduce QEC-C II, a scalable framework that delivers robust fault tolerance against spatially and temporally correlated noise. By integrating decoherence-free subspace (DFS) principles and correlation-aware adaptive feedback, QEC-C II achieves exponential error suppression in simulation under correlated noise models, with fewer physical qubits than typical topological baselines for the same target error in our benchmarks. The protocol leverages an enhanced scaling law, β(n) = 0.788 e 0.360n , and efficiently suppresses noise with minimal computational overhead. We validate QEC-C II on 28-qubit GHZ states, extend it to 56-qubit subspaces, and conduct 84-qubit stress-test simulations under correlated noise models. The results demonstrate sustained fidelities exceeding 99.99 % in simulations under realistic dephasing, amplitude-damping, burst-error, and correlated decoherence scenarios, with rapid convergence (typically ≤ 2 iterations in our simulations). QEC-C II significantly reduces both resource and control complexity, simplifying hardware integration and improving performance with increasing system size. This work provides a practical pathway toward resource-efficient fault tolerance in quantum processors operating in real-world correlated environments.
This work demonstrates real-time predictive classical-quantum feedback control on the IBM Kingston superconducting quantum processor, characterizing the hardware latency bottleneck of dynamic Hamiltonian shaping. Decoherence in quantum systems is traditionally viewed as a technical obstacle arising from environmental noise; this paper interprets decoherence as the coupling of a localized system to a dissipative, high-entropy environmental field. An ancilla-based modular sensor architecture is introduced to facilitate real-time error syndrome extraction without collapsing the target state. A software-defined controller, implemented via a quantized Variational Autoencoder-Feed-Forward Network (VAE-FFN) pipeline and optimized via empirical threshold calibration under strict 4-bit latency constraints, provides predictive Hamiltonian control to stabilize the system boundary. The integration of a 3D volumetric topological complex outlines a geometric architecture designed to mitigate spatial error cascades. Through temporal delay sweeps, empirical telemetry demonstrates that the volumetric lattice achieves localized containment of non-commuting phase defects, dynamically exploiting coherent Larmor precession to constrain spatial error propagation. Furthermore, rigorous statistical repetition mapping reveals a critical Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) latency bottleneck. The empirical data establishes that the temporal cost of classical-quantum feed-forward routing incurs a marginal macroscopic fidelity reduction (-1.01%). Crucially, this study reframes this differential not as a systemic regression, but as an explicit architectural trade-off: prioritizing rigorous variance suppression and operational stability over unmitigated peak fidelity. By establishing a highly predictable, predictively controlled baseline, this framework explores practical control strategies consistent with Approximate Quantum Error Correction (AQEC) approaches, bounding the operational consequences of the Eastin-Knill constraint within an addressable temporal control protocol.
Quantum decoherence, thermal bath fluctuations, parasitic inter-qubit cross-talk, and heavy-tailed dynamical shocks represent the fundamental physical barriers to scaling fault-tolerant quantum computing registers. Traditional mitigation strategies focus entirely on passive external isolation or massive physical-to-logical qubit overheads, which fail under non-Markovian noise regimes or substrate aging. This paper presents a definitive, internal architectural solution: an Active Error-Suppressing Topological Quantum Core governed by Realized Active Integrated Information (Φ_TAI) metrics. By injecting real-time thermodynamic feedback loops into a highly integrated, 3D cross-coupled quantum network, we mathematically throttle environmental dephasing. We validate this framework through a multi-stage credibility gauntlet, testing the system against:1. Non-Markovian 1/f colored noise (Stabilizing a QFI survival floor of 0.8277 through 100 cycles).2. Severe thermal ramps (Preserving a room-temperature quantum coherence of 0.6741 at 300 K).3. Intense capacitive cross-talk (χ = 0.80, achieving an over 77% drop in error to 0.2066).4. Compound heavy-tailed non-Gaussian dynamical shocks (Retaining a peak QFI floor of 0.9054). Furthermore, we outline the structural translation of this architecture into industry-standard Qiskit compiler layouts, expanding realized circuit integration from a fragile 0.2308 to an unassailable 2.6585. This layout natively insulates quantum phase data without logical qubit overheads, opening an asset-level path toward manufacturing ambient-temperature quantum hardware.
Quantum error mitigation (QEM) provides a practical route for estimating reliable observables on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. Traditional QEM strategies, including zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE) and Clifford data regression (CDR), rely on noise scaling or global regression, and their performance is constrained by the exponential growth of the system degrees of freedom. We construct a graph-enhanced mitigation (GEM) framework, which incorporates physical information into the model representation. In this work, quantum circuits are encoded as attributed graphs. Hardware-level physical information is mapped to node and edge features: local noise parameters such as calibration parameters T1, T2, and readout errors are encoded at nodes, while coupling-related information such as two-qubit gate errors is encoded as edge features. Graph neural networks are used to model how errors propagate along the physical coupling structure and build up into non-local correlations. This allows the model to capture local interactions and part of the resulting non-local correlations across qubits. A dual-branch affine correction is applied to maintain consistency with physical constraints. Experiments on 10-qubit and 16-qubit random circuits executed on superconducting quantum processors show that GEM provides a level of accuracy comparable to CDR at small scales, while yielding lower mean absolute error and improved stability in zero-shot transfer to larger systems. Results of the traditional QEM strategy indicate that global regression methods remain effective in low-dimensional settings but become less reliable as system degrees of freedom grow. In contrast, GEM makes use of local physical structures to show better scalability and generalization, while preserving the overall error propagation patterns. This work provides a practical scalable approach to QEM for NISQ devices.