{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7167917241","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252","title":"Computing Quantum, Not Quantum Computing: Through the Looking Glass of a Computer Scientist","display_name":"Computing Quantum, Not Quantum Computing: Through the Looking Glass of a Computer Scientist","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7167917241","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3801488.3806252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers: Workshops and Special Sessions","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058539554","display_name":"Wu-chun Feng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-0727"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","display_name":"Virginia Tech","ror":"https://ror.org/02smfhw86","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Wu-chun Feng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-0727","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5058539554"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"201","last_page":"204"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10048","display_name":"Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies","score":0.08829999715089798,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3106","display_name":"Nuclear and High Energy Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10048","display_name":"Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies","score":0.08829999715089798,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3106","display_name":"Nuclear and High Energy Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10224","display_name":"Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions","score":0.06279999762773514,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3106","display_name":"Nuclear and High Energy Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13726","display_name":"International Science and Diplomacy","score":0.03689999878406525,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.6531000137329102},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-chromodynamics","display_name":"Quantum chromodynamics","score":0.6262999773025513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-computer","display_name":"Quantum computer","score":0.566100001335144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/universe","display_name":"Universe","score":0.5180000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gluon","display_name":"Gluon","score":0.4934000074863434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum-field-theory","display_name":"Quantum field theory","score":0.4733000099658966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum","display_name":"Quantum","score":0.460999995470047}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.6531000137329102},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117137515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238170","display_name":"Quantum chromodynamics","level":2,"score":0.6262999773025513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.6189000010490417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58053490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176555","display_name":"Quantum computer","level":3,"score":0.566100001335144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33332235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18362","display_name":"Theoretical physics","level":1,"score":0.5633999705314636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84999194","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1","display_name":"Universe","level":2,"score":0.5180000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123579102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299","display_name":"Gluon","level":3,"score":0.4934000074863434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115047598","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54505","display_name":"Quantum field theory","level":2,"score":0.4733000099658966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84114770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46344","display_name":"Quantum","level":2,"score":0.460999995470047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7602139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6718","display_name":"Quark","level":2,"score":0.45899999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109214941","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18334","display_name":"Particle physics","level":1,"score":0.4219000041484833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102999125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43116","display_name":"Elementary particle","level":2,"score":0.39070001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2292967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733096","display_name":"Quark\u2013gluon plasma","level":3,"score":0.36800000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780146352","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169470","display_name":"Physicist","level":2,"score":0.3537999987602234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50335755","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483247","display_name":"Phenomenon","level":2,"score":0.3517000079154968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.30550000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.30329999327659607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169699857","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2122243","display_name":"Quantum information","level":3,"score":0.2824000120162964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53049638","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196291","display_name":"Color-glass condensate","level":4,"score":0.26249998807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61696701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770766","display_name":"Engineering physics","level":1,"score":0.26010000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C459310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117801","display_name":"Computational science","level":1,"score":0.25360000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96537103","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11415","display_name":"Strong interaction","level":2,"score":0.250900000333786}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3801488.3806252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers: Workshops and Special Sessions","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3801488.3806252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3801488.3806252","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers: Workshops and Special Sessions","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.48111414909362793,"display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7713826636","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE-SC0023472","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy","ror":"https://ror.org/01bj3aw27"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2153322267","https://openalex.org/W2554487826","https://openalex.org/W2996124648","https://openalex.org/W3112126290","https://openalex.org/W3208988069","https://openalex.org/W4221165118","https://openalex.org/W4280587536","https://openalex.org/W4409122646","https://openalex.org/W4409171813"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"manuscript":[1],"presents":[2],"a":[3,8,17],"computer":[4],"scientist\u2019s":[5],"perspective":[6],"of":[7,16,68],"multi-institutional":[9],"interdisciplinary":[10],"project":[11],"to":[12],"\u201creverse-engineer\u201d":[13],"the":[14,33],"inside":[15],"nucleon,":[18],"i.e.,":[19],"protons":[20],"and":[21,51,53],"neutrons.":[22],"While":[23],"physicists":[24],"now":[25],"understand":[26],"that":[27],"nearly":[28],"all":[29],"visible":[30],"matter":[31],"in":[32,56],"universe":[34],"is":[35,54],"an":[36,57],"emergent":[37],"phenomenon":[38],"resulting":[39],"from":[40],"femtometer":[41],"(10\u2212":[42],"15)":[43],"interactions":[44],"between":[45],"elementary":[46],"particles":[47],"known":[48],"as":[49],"quarks":[50],"gluons":[52],"encoded":[55],"elegant":[58],"theory":[59],"called":[60],"quantum":[61],"chromodynamics":[62],"(QCD),":[63],"accurate":[64],"high-fidelity":[65],"femtoscale":[66],"imaging":[67],"nuclei":[69],"remains":[70],"elusive.":[71]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2026-07-11T00:00:00"}