Patents by Inventor Joel Russell Huffman

Joel Russell Huffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240177036
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for visually depicting a topology of a quantum device. Quantum system calibration data is retrieved, which includes the number of qubits utilized by the quantum device and a coupling map, which provides connectivity data pertaining to how qubits of the quantum device are interconnected. Furthermore, the operational characteristics of the quantum device are retrieved. A topology diagram of the quantum device is then generated and displayed based on the quantum system calibration data and the operational characteristics of the quantum device, where the nodes in the topology diagram represent the qubits utilized by the quantum device and are interconnected in the topology diagram based on the coupling map. Furthermore, the distance of each line interconnecting two nodes is based on the operational characteristics of the quantum device, such as the value of the operational characteristic involving the qubits represented by the two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Francis Harkins, Stefan A. G. Van Der Stockt, Grace Lindsell
  • Publication number: 20240152790
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting users in creating quantum circuits. Quantum logic gates of a quantum circuit (being designed by a user) that are to be grouped together are identified. Upon identifying such quantum logic gates, those quantum logic gates are grouped together into a grouped set of quantum logic gates. Upon forming a grouped set of quantum logic gates, filters are displayed in connection with the quantum circuit being designed by the user, where each of these filters is configured to display particular information (e.g., which gates form the grouped set of quantum logic gates, illustrate how the grouped set of quantum logic gates is transpiled to a hardware system) regarding the grouped set of quantum logic gates. For example, such filters may be visually displayed on the top of the quantum circuit being built by the user in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Kristen Zelenka Lee, Frank Harkins
  • Patent number: 11720812
    Abstract: Systems and methods that address an optimized method to have a visual representation of qubit stochastic errors. A visual representation is generated of qubit stochastic errors that provides a platform to analyze impact on performance of a quantum circuit to facilitate understanding how noise and error impacts circuit results. Stochastic errors accumulated throughout a circuit are visualized using a gradient overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Julianna E. Murphy, Douglas Templeton McClure, III, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 11580286
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate electronic generation of three-dimensional quantum circuit diagrams are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a data component that can access qubit topology data characterizing a quantum computing device. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a rendering component that can render a three-dimensional quantum circuit diagram based on the qubit topology data. In various instances, the qubit topology data can indicate which qubits of the quantum computing device are coupled together. In various cases, the rendering component can render the three-dimensional quantum circuit diagram by generating a two-dimensional qubit configuration model of the quantum computing device based on which qubits of the quantum computing device are coupled together, by extruding one or more qubit lines three-dimensionally outward from the two-dimensional qubit configuration model, and by rendering one or more quantum gates on the one or more qubit lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Asier Arranz Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11556569
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for visualizing a machine learning model are provided. A confusion matrix and model performance metric data are received from a classification model. For each data point in the confusion matrix, a corresponding pixel is generated. The pixels are grouped into clusters. Each cluster represents a label in the confusion matrix. A centroid is generated for each cluster. Using the model performance metric data, a misclassification indicator arrow is generated for each misclassified data point. The misclassification indicator arrow indicates both the predicted class and the actual class. The clusters, the centroids, and the misclassification indicator arrow are displayed as a graphical visualization of the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ellen R. Kolsto, Mark Marrara, Joel Russell Huffman, Stefan A. G. Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20220391572
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate generation of a visualization scheme of noise in a quantum circuit are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise a calculation component that can calculate a noise state of a layer in a quantum circuit. The computer executable components can further comprise a visualization component that can render a visual representation of the noise state at the layer in the quantum circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Ellen R. Kolsto, Paul Gregory Kassebaum, Jennifer Ranae Glick, Mark Marrara
  • Publication number: 20220222412
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate electronic generation of three-dimensional quantum circuit diagrams are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a data component that can access qubit topology data characterizing a quantum computing device. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a rendering component that can render a three-dimensional quantum circuit diagram based on the qubit topology data. In various instances, the qubit topology data can indicate which qubits of the quantum computing device are coupled together. In various cases, the rendering component can render the three-dimensional quantum circuit diagram by generating a two-dimensional qubit configuration model of the quantum computing device based on which qubits of the quantum computing device are coupled together, by extruding one or more qubit lines three-dimensionally outward from the two-dimensional qubit configuration model, and by rendering one or more quantum gates on the one or more qubit lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Asier Arranz Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11310433
    Abstract: Gestural zoom operation of an imaging device is facilitated by receiving, by one or more processors, zoom configuration data of a user for configuring gestural zoom operation of the imaging device, where the imaging device includes a gestural zoom mode with a zoom function that is user-configurable, and by configuring for the user, by the one or more processors, the gestural zoom operation of the imaging device for the gestural zoom mode. The configuring uses the received zoom configuration data, and includes configuring the zoom function for the user and mapping a selected portion of the configured zoom function to a gestural range of the user of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Stefan A. G. Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20210357802
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for visualizing a machine learning model are provided. A confusion matrix and model performance metric data are received from a classification model. For each data point in the confusion matrix, a corresponding pixel is generated. The pixels are grouped into clusters. Each cluster represents a label in the confusion matrix. A centroid is generated for each cluster. Using the model performance metric data, a misclassification indicator arrow is generated for each misclassified data point. The misclassification indicator arrow indicates both the predicted class and the actual class. The clusters, the centroids, and the misclassification indicator arrow are displayed as a graphical visualization of the machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: ELLEN R. KOLSTO, Mark Marrara, Joel Russell Huffman, Stefan A. G. Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20210216898
    Abstract: Systems and methods that address an optimized method to have a visual representation of qubit stochastic errors. A visual representation is generated of qubit stochastic errors that provides a platform to analyze impact on performance of a quantum circuit to facilitate understanding how noise and error impacts circuit results. Stochastic errors accumulated throughout a circuit are visualized using a gradient overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Julianna E. Murphy, Douglas Templeton McClure, III, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 10893231
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which the approach initiates a video conference between a first user utilizing a first device and a second user utilizing a second device. The first device uses a camera positioned at a first set of coordinates to capture a first live video feed of the first user from a first alignment perspective, and also displays a second live video feed of the second user on the screen at a second set of coordinates. The approach manipulates the first live video feed such that the manipulated first live video feed captures the first user from a second alignment perspective corresponding to the second set of coordinates, and transmits the manipulated first live video feed to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Stefan A. G. van Der Stockt