Recent Publications

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “Fixed Polarity Pascal Transforms with Computer Algebra Applications,” IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing (PacRim), August 21 - 23, 2019.

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “Quantum Logic Synthesis with Formal Verification,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 73 – 76, August 4-7, 2019.

M. A. Thornton and J. Medellin, “A Discussion on Blockchain Software Quality Attribute Design and Tradeoffs,” International Conference on Emerging Topics in Computing (iCETiC), August 19-20, 2019, Springer Nature, LNICST Vol. 285, pub. date: July 14, 2019, pp. 19-28.

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “A Quantum Computational Compiler and Design Tool for Technology-Specific Targets,” ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), pp. 579 – 588, June 22-26, 2019.

K. N. Smith, M. Soeken, B. Schmitt, G. De Micheli and M. A. Thornton, “Using ZDDs in the Mapping of Quantum Circuits,” Quantum Physics and Logic Conference (QPL), pp. 1 – 11, June 10-14, 2019, arXiv:1901.02406.

T. W. Manikas and M. A. Thornton, “Model Checking for Security Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems,” International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS), South Padre Island, TX, June 2019.

K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “Entanglement in Higher-Radix Quantum Systems,” IEEE Symposium on Multiple Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 162-167, May 21-23, 2019, arXiv:1906.00491.

M. A. Thornton, T. Giallanza, E. Gabrielsen, M. A. Taylor and E. C. Larson, “Task Value Calculus: Multi-Objective Tradeoff Analysis using Multiple-valued Decision Diagrams,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 126-131, May 21-23, 2019.

M. A. Thornton and D. L. MacFarlane, “Quantum Photonic TRNG with Dual Extractor,” International Conference on Networked Systems/Workshop on Quantum Technology and Optimization Problems (NetSys/QTOP), Springer-Verlag LNCS 11413, pp. 171-182, March 18-21, 2019, presentation video.

M. A. Thornton and J. Medellin, “Performance Characteristics of Two Blockchain Consensus Algorithms in a VMware Hypervisor,” in proc. International Conference on Grid, Cloud, and Cluster Computing (GCC), July 30, 2018.

M. A. Thornton and J. Medellin, “Simulating Resource Consumption in Three Blockchain Consensus Algorithms,” in proc. International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV), July 30, 2018.

M. A. Thornton, X. Wang, T. Liu, S. Guo and P. Gui, “A 2.56 Gbps Asynchronous Serial Transceiver with Embedded 80 Mbps Secondary Data Transmission Capability in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), pp. 360-363, June 10-12, 2018.

M. A. Thornton and Micah A. Thornton, “Multiple-Valued Random Digit Extraction,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 162-167, May 16-18, 2018.

K. N. Smith, T. P. LaFave Jr., D. L. MacFarlane and M. A. Thornton, “A Radix-4 Chrestenson Gate for Optical Quantum Computation,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), pp. 260-265, May 16-18, 2018.

	K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “Higher Dimension Quantum Entanglement Generators,” ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing (JETC), 2019 (to appear).
	M. A. Thornton, X. Wang, T. Liu, S. Guo and P. Gui, “A 2.56 Gbps Serial Wireline Transceiver that Supports an Auxiliary Channel in 65 nm CMOS,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI, 2019 (to appear).
	M. A. Thornton, T. Giallanza, T. Siems, E. Sharp, E. Gabrielsen, I. Johnson and E.C. Larson, “Keyboard Snooping from Mobile Phone Arrays with Mixed Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks,” Proc. of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 45-1 - 45-22, June 2019.
	K. N. Smith, T. P. LaFave Jr., D. L. MacFarlane and M. A. Thornton, “Higher-Radix Chrestenson Gates for Photonic Quantum Computation,” Journal of Applied Logics, Vol. 5, Issue 9, pp. 1781-1798, December 2018.

	M. A. Thornton and K. N. Smith, “Fixed Polarity Pascal Transforms with Computer Algebra Applications,” Reed-Muller Workshop (RM 2019), Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of the Reed-Muller Expansion in Circuit Design (RMW), pp. 34-45, May 24, 2019 (unpublished workshop proceedings, abstract provided only).
	K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “Automated Mapping Methods for the IBM Transmon Devices,” International Workshop on Post-Binary ULSI Systems (ULSI-WS), pp. 12-17, May 15, 2018.
	M. A. Thornton and E. Gabrielsen, “Minimizing Ancilla and Garbage Qubits in Reversible Functions,” Southwest Quantum Information and Technology Annual SQuInT Workshop (SQuInT), February 22-24, 2018.
	K. N. Smith, M. A. Thornton, D. L. MacFarlane, T. P. LaFave Jr. and W. V. Oxford, “Single Qubit Quantum Ring Structures and Applications,” Southwest Quantum Information and Technology Annual SQuInT Workshop (SQuInT), February 22-24, 2018 (refereed abstract).

Journal Articles

Conferences

Workshops

Articles, Interviews, Opinion Pieces and Media

Abstracts

	M. A. Thornton and T. W. Manikas, “Model Checking for Security Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems,” International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS), June 28-30, 2019 (poster).
	K. N. Smith and M. A. Thornton, “An Open-Source General Compiler for Quantum Computers,” Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM), February 3, 2019 (refereed abstract).
	M. A. Thornton, W. V. Oxford, D. L. MacFarlane and T. P. LaFave, Jr., “Single Qubit Quantum Ring Oscillator and Applications for Storage and True Random Number Generation,” Quantum Simulation & Computation Conference (QSC), February 12-16, 2018 (poster).