Jonathan Mark Baker

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow of the Advanced Micro Devices Chair in Computer Engineering, starting in August 2023. Currently, I am interested in a wide array of topics including quantum compilation, logic synthesis, and architectural design for near-term and fault tolerant quantum computers among others.

I am seeking graduate students interested in a broad range of quantum computing architecture subjects. Please email me here if interested. Please see UT Austin's admissions page here for more information. UT undergraduates are welcome to send me a message as well.

Prior to joining UT, I worked with the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) under Ken Brown as a research scientist. I earned my Ph.D in computer science at the University of Chicago where I was advised by Fred Chong studying quantum computer architectures. Prior to the University of Chicago, I received a B.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry and a B.S. in Computer Science both at the University of Notre Dame, where I worked with Graham Lappin and Peter Kogge.

All Research Publications

CAFQA: A Classical Simulation Bootstrap for Variational Quantum Algorithms
Gokul Subramanian Ravi, Pranav Gokhale, Yi Ding, William M. Kirby, Kaitlin N. Smith, Jonathan M. Baker, Peter J. Love, Henry Hoffmann, Kenneth R. Brown, Frederic T. Chong . ASPLOS (1) 2023: 15-29
Better Than Worst-Case Decoding for Quantum Error Correction.
Gokul Subramanian Ravi, Jonathan M. Baker, Arash Fayyazi, Sophia Fuhui Lin, Ali Javadi-Abhari, Massoud Pedram, Frederic T. Chong, ASPLOS (2) 2023, 88-102
Navigating the Dynamic Noise Landscape of Variational Quantum Algorithms with QISMET
Gokul Subramanian Ravi, Kaitlin N. Smith, Jonathan M. Baker, Tejas Kannan, Nathan Earnest, Ali Javadi-Abhari, Henry Hoffmann, Frederic T. Chong. ASPLOS (2) 2023: 515-529
Qompress: Efficient Compilation for Ququarts Exploiting Partial and Mixed Radix Operations for Communication Reduction
Andrew Litteken, Lennart Maximilian Seifert, Jason Chadwick, Natalia Nottingham, Frederic T. Chong, Jonathan M. Baker. ASPLOS (2) 2023: 646-659
Let Each Quantum Bit Choose Its Basis Gates
Sophia Fuhui Lin, Sara Sussman, Casey Duckering, Pranav S. Mundada, Jonathan M. Baker, Rohan S. Kumar, Andrew A. Houck, Frederic T. Chong. MICRO 2022: 1042-1058
Scaling Superconducting Quantum Computers with Chiplet Architectures.
Kaitlin N. Smith, Gokul Subramanian Ravi, Jonathan M. Baker, Frederic T. Chong. MICRO 2022: 1092-1109
Time-Efficient Qudit Gates through Incremental Pulse Re-seeding.
Lennart Maximilian Seifert, Jason Chadwick, Andrew Litteken, Frederic T. Chong, Jonathan M. Baker. QCE 2022: 304-313
Reducing Runtime Overhead via Use-Based Migration in Neutral Atom Quantum Architectures.
Andrew Litteken, Jonathan M. Baker, Frederic T. Chong. QCE 2022: 566-576
Communication Trade Offs In Intermediate Qudit Circuits
Andrew Litteken*, Jonathan M. Baker*, Frederic T. Chong. ISMVL 2022
Synthesizing Efficient Pulses for Practical Qudit Circuits
Jonathan M. Baker, Jason Chadwick, Lennart Maximilian Seifert, Andrew Litteken, Natalia Nottingham, Anders Petersson, Stefanie Guenther and Frederic T. Chong. QIP Poster 2022
Emerging Technologies for Quantum Computing
Jonathan M. Baker, Frederic T. Chong. IEEE Micro 2021.
Exploiting Long Distance Interactions and Tolerating Atom Loss in Neutral Atom Quantum Architectures
Jonathan M. Baker, Andrew Litteken, Casey Duckering, Hank Hoffman, Hannes Bernien, Frederic T. Chong. ISCA 2021.
Virtual Logical Qubits: A Compact Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, David I. Schuster, Frederic T. Chong. IEEE Micro Top Picks from the Computer Architecture Conferences
Error Mitigation in Quantum Computers Through Instruction Scheduling
Kate Smith, Gokul Ravi, Prakash Murali, Jonathan M. Baker, Nathan Earnest, Ali Javadi-Abhari, Frederic T. Chong. arXiv:2105.01760. May, 2021
Adapting Quantum Approximation Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) for Unit Commitment
Samathan Koretsky, Pranav Gokhale, Jonathan M. Baker, Joshua Viszlai, Honghan Zheng, Niroj Gurung, Ryan Berg, Esa Aleksi Paaso, Amin Khodaei, Rozhin Eskandarpour, Frederic T. Chong. IEEE QCE. Oct 2021,
Orchestrated Trios: Compiling for Efficient Communication in Quantum Programs with Three-Qubit Gates
Casey Duckering, Jonathan M. Baker, Andrew Litteken, Frederic T. Chong. ASPLOS 2021, April 2021
TILT: Achieving Higher Fidelity on a Trapped-Ion Linear-Tape Quantum Computing Architecture
Xin-Chuan Wu, Dripto M. Debroy, Yongshan Ding, Jonathan M. Baker, Yuri Alexeev, Kenneth R. Brown, Frederic T. Chong. HPCA '21
Virtualized Logical Qubits: A 2.5D Architecture for Error-Corrected Quantum Computing (Best Paper Award Runner Up, IEEE Top Pick)
Casey Duckering*, Jonathan M. Baker*, David I. Schuster, Frederic T. Chong. MICRO '20 , October 2020
Memory-Equipped Quantum Architectures: The Power of Random Access
Jonathan M. Baker, David I. Schuster, Frederic T. Chong. PACT'20, October 2020.
Improved Quantum Circuits via Intermediate Qutrits
Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Pranav Gokhale, Natalie C. Brown, Kenneth R. Brown, Frederic T. Chong. ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing.
Time-Sliced Quantum Circuit Partitioning for Modular Architectures.
Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Alex Hoover, Frederic T. Chong, CF'20, May 2020 https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12259
Efficient Quantum Circuit Decompositions via Intermediate Qudits.
Jonathan M. Baker*, Casey Duckering*, Frederic T. Chong, ISMVL'20. May 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10592
Extending the Frontier of Quantum Computers with Qutrits.
Pranav Gokhale, Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Natalie C. Brown , Kenneth R. Brown , Frederic T. Chong. IEEE Micro Top Picks from the Computer Architecture Conferences. May 2020.
Resource-Efficient Quantum Computing by Breaking Abstractions.
Yunong Shi, Pranav Gokhale, Prakash Murali, Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Yongshan Ding, Christopher Chamberland, Andrew W. Cross, David I. Schuster, Kenneth R. Brown, Margaret R. Martonosi, Diana Franklin, Frederic T. Chong. Proceedings of the IEEE. May 2020. (IEEE Xplore)
Asymptotic Improvements to Quantum Circuits via Qutrits. (IEEE Top Pick)
Pranav Gokhale, Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Natalie C. Brown, Kenneth R. Brown, Frederic T. Chong. ISCA in Phoenix, AZ. Jun 2019.
Decomposing Quantum Generalized Toffoli with an Arbitrary Number of Ancilla.
Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Alexander Hoover, Frederic T. Chong
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01671, 2019
Noise-Adaptive Compiler Mappings for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers.
Prakash Murali, Jonathan M. Baker, Ali Javadi-Abhari, Frederic T. Chong, Margaret R. Martonosi, Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems ASPLOS’19, 2019.
Improved Quantum Circuits via Qutrits (Best Poster Award).
Pranav Gokhale, Casey Duckering, Jonathan M. Baker, Frederic T. Chong, QIP Poster, 2018.
Improved Quantum Circuits with Qudits and Dirty Ancillae.
Pranav Gokhale, Jonathan M. Baker, Casey Duckering, Frederic T. Chong, MICRO’18 Student Poster Competition, 2018.

Other Publications

An X-ray investigation of stereoselectivity in the interactions of [Co (en) 3] 3+ with [Co (ox) 3] 3−(en is ethane-1, 2-diamine and ox is oxalate)
M. K. Gallagher, Jonathan M, Baker, R. Black, A. G. Oliver and A. G. Lappin
Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MET Interactome and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Partners at the Developing Synapse.
Zhihui Xie, Jing Li, Jonathan M. Baker, Kathie L. Eagleson, Marcelo P. Coba, and Pat Levitt, Biological Psychiatry, 2016

* Indicates equal authorship

Teaching Experience

Instructor
- CS229 / CS329 - S21 (Quantum Computer Systems), University of Chicago
  - EdX: Quantum Computation , Quantum Computer Architecture , Noisy Quantum Systems
Teaching Assistant
- CS16200-W19, University of Chicago
- CS16200-W20, University of Chicago
- CS 30151-F17, University of Notre Dame
- CS 30151-S18, University of Notre Dame
- CS 40175-F17, University of Notre Dame
- CS 40175-S17, University of Notre Dame
- BIOS 10161-F16, University of Notre Dame
High School Educator
- Visual Basic I/II - Spring 2016, Nolan Catholic High School

Service

External Review Committee, MICRO 2021, 2022
Referee, APS
Reviewer, npj Quantum Information journal
Reviewer, IEEE Internet Computing

Talks & Presentations

Exploiting Long Distance Interactions and Tolerating Atom Loss in Neutral Atom Quantum Architecture
ISCA 2021 Virtual Conference Talk, June 2021
Efficient Quantum Circuit Decompositions via Intermediate Qudits
ISMVL 2020 Virtual Conference Talk, November 2020
Memory-Equipped Quantum Architectures: The Power of Random Access
PACT 2020 Virtual Conference Talk, October 2020
Time-Sliced Quantum Circuit Partitioning for Modular Architectures.
Computing Frontiers 2020 Conference Talk, May 2020
Quantum Computing: The Why and How
Argonne Training Program on Extreme Scale Computing, July 2019
Youtube
Multivalued and Mixed Radix Quantum Computing
Oak Ridge National Lab, Quantum Computing Users Forum, April 2020
Slides
Efficient Quantum Circuit Decompositions via Intermediate Qudits
Fermilab Quantum Seminar, April 2020
Abstract + Slides
Introduction to Multivalued Quantum Computation
ASPLOS 2020 Tutorial, Lausanne Switzerland
(Postponed due to COVID-19)