About Us

About Us#

The JUNIQ Benchmark Suite (JBS) is an open-source framework dedicated to tracking the performance of quantum processing units (QPUs) on application-driven problems. The project is developed by researchers at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) within Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), a member of the Helmholtz Association.

We Are a Research Facility#

The JSC operates some of the most powerful computing systems in Europe. Through the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ), we provide researchers with unified, user-friendly access to diverse quantum computers alongside classical high-performance computers.

Our core mission is to provide a vendor-agnostic infrastructure to evaluate quantum technology readiness, facilitating long-term progress tracking across different hardware modalities. We focus on real-world utility over abstract synthetic metrics.

How to Contribute#

We welcome and encourage contributions to the JUNIQ Benchmark Suite. Any input is highly valued. Here are the different ways in which you can get involved:

  • Submit New Benchmarks: Design and submit new problem generation scripts and validation tests using our standardized templates.

  • Execute and Verify: Run existing benchmarks on target QPUs and share the performance results to grow our longitudinal analysis archive.

  • Enhance the Framework: Contribute to our open-source codebase by addressing issues, expanding the CI/CD pipelines, or improving documentation.

  • Provide Feedback: Open an issue if you encounter bugs or want to request a new feature.

All contributions, source code, and discussions can be found on our Git repository: JUNIQ Benchmark Suite Repository

Acknowledgements#

We gratefully acknowledge the support, funding, and hardware access provided by:

  • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ)

  • Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

  • Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ)

  • Helmholtz Association

  • German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)

  • Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS)

  • EPIQ

  • HPCQS

  • QEC4QEA

  • Q-NEKO

  • AIDAS

  • OpenSuperQPlus

  • QSolid

  • Arque Systems

  • D-Wave

  • eleQtron

  • IQM

  • Pasqal

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