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About Edward Farhi

Google Quantum AI, MIT (emeritus). Co-invented the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA, 2014) — the most studied near-term quantum optimization algorithm.

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  1. Tree Parameters Enable Near-Optimal QAOA Performance on Hundreds of Qubits Without Optimizationpaper · 2026-04-20
  2. QAOA Yields New Lower Bounds on MaxCut for High-Girth 3-Regular Graphspaper · 2026-04-20
  3. Summary of "Future of Quantum Computing" Panel at 8th International Conference on Quantum Techniques in Machine Learningpaper · 2025-06-24