Dr. Lukas Burgholzer
Postdoc
Arcisstrasse 21, 3rd floor, room 3932Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 23552
lukas.burgholzer@tum.de
Publications
Books
- L. Burgholzer and R. Wille. Design Automation Tools and Software for Quantum Computing: Inside the Munich Quantum Toolkit. Springer, 2026. DOI.
Book Chapters
- R. Wille, S. Hillmich, and L. Burgholzer. Decision Diagrams for Quantum Computing. In R. O. Topaloglu, editor, Design Automation of Quantum Computers. Springer, 2023. arXiv:2302.04687, DOI, PDF.
- R. Wille and L. Burgholzer. Verification of Quantum Circuits. In A. Chattopadhyay, editor, Handbook of Computer Architecture. Springer, 2022. DOI.
Organized Tutorials, Workshops, Special Sessions, etc.
- Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, M. Reumann, D. Haag, D. Rovara, P. Hopf, and R. Wille. MLIR for Quantum-Classical Compilation: Building a Future-Proof Compilation Framework. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026.
- L. Burgholzer, J. Cong, Y. Ding, R. Haenel, P. Lopes, X. Luo, L. Schmid, Y. Stade, P. Weinberg, R. Wille, and J. Wurtz. Compilation, Emulation and Verification for Neutral Atom Computing. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026.
- L. Burgholzer, P. Hopf, and R. Wille. Connecting the HPC and the Quantum Communities. In International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC). 2025.
- M. Schulz, L. Schulz, R. Wille, J. Echavarria, and L. Burgholzer. Quantum Software Stacks: Overview, Requirements and Experiences. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2025.
- L. Burgholzer, N. Quetschlich, and R. Wille. Connecting the HPC and the Quantum Community: A Tutorial on High-Performance Software for Quantum Computing. In International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC). 2024.
- L. Burgholzer, J. Echavarria, M. Schulz, L. Schulz, and R. Wille. Building Efficient Software Stacks for Quantum Computers: Experiences from the Munich Quantum Software Stack. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2024.
Journals
- L. Burgholzer, Y. Stade, T. Peham, and R. Wille. MQT Core: The backbone of the Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT). Journal of Open Source Software, 2025. DOI.
- L. Burgholzer, A. Jimenez-Pastor, K. G. Larsen, M. Tribastone, M. Tschaikowski, and R. Wille. Forward and backward constrained bisimulations for quantum circuits using decision diagrams. ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing, 2025. DOI.
- L. Berent, L. Burgholzer, PJ. Derks, J. Eisert, and R. Wille. Decoding quantum color codes with MaxSAT. Quantum, 2024. DOI.
- N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. MQT Bench: Benchmarking Software and Design Automation Tools for Quantum Computing. Quantum, 2023. arXiv:2204.13719, DOI, PDF.
- S. Adarsh, L. Burgholzer, T. Manjunath, and R. Wille. SyReC Synthesizer: An MQT tool for synthesis of reversible circuits. Software Impacts, 2022. DOI.
- R. Wille, S. Hillmich, and L. Burgholzer. Tools for Quantum Computing Based on Decision Diagrams. ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing, 2021. DOI.
- L. Burgholzer and R. Wille. QCEC: A JKQ Tool for Quantum Circuit Equivalence Checking. Software Impacts, 2021. DOI.
Conferences, Workshops, etc. with Proceedings
- M. Reumann, Y. Stade, R. Wille, and L. Burgholzer. MLIR for Quantum Beyond Gate Cancellation: Quantum Circuit Mapping Reimagined. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026. PDF.
- T. Forster, Y. Stade, A. Fyrillas, J. Senellart, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Handling Imperfections in Subcircuit Compilation for Linear Optical Quantum Computing. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026. PDF.
- S. Hofmann, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Quantum Benchmark Generation for Software Evaluation, Hardware Design, and AI Training. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026. PDF.
- Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, L. Schmid, and R. Wille. Enabling neutral atom integration: redesigning device models for universal quantum ecosystems. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2026. arXiv:2607.20616, PDF.
- D. Rovara, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. A Framework for the Efficient Evaluation of Runtime Assertions on Quantum Computers. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2026. arXiv:2505.03885, DOI, PDF.
- Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Search Smarter, Not Harder: A Scalable, High-Quality Zoned Neutral Atom Compiler. In Design Automation Conference (DAC). 2026. Acceptance rate: 22.3%. URL, arXiv:2512.13790, DOI, PDF.
- L. Burgholzer, J. Echavarria, P. Hopf, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, L. Schmid, E. Kaya, B. Mete, M. N. Farooqi, M. Chung, M. De Pascale, L. Schulz, M. Schulz, and R. Wille. The Munich Quantum Software Stack: Connecting End Users, Integrating Diverse Quantum Technologies, Accelerating HPC. In Proceedings of the Supercomputing Asia and International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia Pacific Region. 2026. DOI, PDF.
- P. Hopf, E. Ochoa Lopez, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, N. Quetschlich, I. A. Florea, J. Izaac, R. Wille, and L. Burgholzer. Integrating Quantum Software Tools with(in) MLIR. In Proceedings of the Supercomputing Asia and International Conference on High Performance Computing in Asia Pacific Region. 2026. DOI, PDF.
- Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Towards Supporting QIR: Steps for Adopting the Quantum Intermediate Representation. In Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC). 2025. Acceptance rate: 41%. arXiv:2411.18682, DOI, PDF.
- Jorge Echavarria, Muhammad Nufail Farooqi, Amit Devra, Santana Lujan, Léo Van Damme, Hossam Ahmed, Mart\‘ın Letras, Ercüment Kaya, Adrian Vetter, Max Werninghaus, Martin Knudsen, Felix Rohde, Albert Frisch, Eric Mansfield, Rakhim Davletkaliyev, Vladimir Kukushkin, Noora Färkkilä, Janne Mäntylä, Nikolas Pomplun, Andreas Spörl, Lukas Burgholzer, Yannick Stade, Robert Wille, Laura B. Schulz, and Martin Schulz. Tackling the Challenges of Adding Pulse-level Support to a Heterogeneous HPCQC Software Stack: MQSS Pulse. In Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC). 2025. Acceptance rate: 41%. arXiv:2510.26565, DOI, PDF.
- Y. Stade, L. Schmid, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Optimal State Preparation for Logical Arrays on Zoned Neutral Atom Quantum Computers. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 2025. Acceptance rate: 32%. arXiv:2411.09738, DOI, PDF.
- E. Kaya, J. Echavarria, M. N. Farooqi, A. Swierkowska, P. Hopf, B. Mete, L. Burgholzer, R. Wille, L. Schulz, and M. Schulz. A software platform to support disaggregated quantum accelerators. In Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. 2024. DOI.
- Y. Stade, L. Schmid, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. An Abstract Model and Efficient Routing for Logical Entangling Gates on Zoned Neutral Atom Architectures. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2024. arXiv:2405.08068, DOI, PDF.
- S. Jiang, T.-W. Huang, R. Fu, L. Burgholzer, R. Wille, and T.-Y. Ho. FlatDD: A High-Performance Quantum Circuit Simulator using Decision Diagrams and Flat Array. In International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP). 2024. DOI.
- R. Wille, L. Berent, T. Forster, J. Kunasaikaran, K. Mato, T. Peham, N. Quetschlich, D. Rovara, A. Sander, L. Schmid, D. Schoenberger, Y. Stade, and L. Burgholzer. The MQT Handbook: A Summary of Design Automation Tools and Software for Quantum Computing. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2024. Invited Paper. arXiv:2405.17543, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, F. J. Kiwit, M. A. Wolf, C. A. Riofrio, L. Burgholzer, A. Luckow, and Robert Wille. Towards Application-Aware Quantum Circuit Compilation. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2024. arXiv:2404.12433, DOI, PDF.
- A. Sander, L. Burgholzer, and Robert Wille. Stripping Quantum Decision Diagrams of Their Identity. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2024. Received Best Student Paper Award. arXiv:2406.11959, DOI, PDF.
- A. Sander, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Towards Hamiltonian Simulation with Decision Diagrams. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2023. arXiv:2305.02337, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, V. Koch, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. A Hybrid Classical Quantum Computing Approach to the Satellite Mission Planning Problem. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2023. arXiv:2308.00029, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Reducing the Compilation Time of Quantum Circuits Using Pre-Compilation on the Gate Level. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE). 2023. arXiv:2305.04941, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Compiler Optimization for Quantum Computing Using Reinforcement Learning. In Design Automation Conference (DAC). 2023. Acceptance rate: 23%. arXiv:2212.04508, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Predicting Good Quantum Circuit Compilation Options. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2023. arXiv:2210.08027, DOI, PDF.
- B. Poggel, N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, R. Wille, and J. Lorenz. Recommending Solution Paths for Solving Optimization Problems with Quantum Computing. In IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (QSW). 2023. arXiv:2212.11127, DOI, PDF.
- N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Towards an Automated Framework for Realizing Quantum Computing Solutions. In International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL). 2023. arXiv:2210.14928, DOI, PDF.
- L. Berent, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Software Tools for Decoding Quantum Low-Density Parity Check Codes. In Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC). 2023. Acceptance rate: 31%. arXiv:2209.01180, DOI.
Conferences, Workshops, etc. without Proceedings
- P. Hopf, E. Ochoa Lopez, Y. Stade, D. Rovara, N. Quetschlich, I. A. Florea, J. Izaac, R. Wille, and L. Burgholzer. Integrating Quantum Software Tools with(in) MLIR. In Software Engineering 2026 Companion Proceedings. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2026.
- Y. Stade, L. Schmid, L. Burgholzer, W.-H. Lin, J. Cong, and R. Wille. Compilation Support for Zoned Neutral Atom-based Quantum Computers. In European Quantum Technologies Conference. 2025.
- L. Schmid, Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Compiler Development for Neutral Atom-based Quantum Computing. In APS Global Physics Summit. 2025.
- L. Schmid, Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Compiler Development for Neutral Atom-based Quantum Computing. In Munich Conference on Quantum Science and Technology. 2025.
- Y. Stade, L. Burgholzer, P. Hopf, D. Rovara, and R. Wille. Learning from the Classical Realm: Leveraging MLIR for a Modular Quantum Compilation Infrastructure. In Gesellschaft für Informatik Quantum Computing Workshop (GI QC). 2025.
- L. S. Herzog, L. Burgholzer, C. Ufrecht, D. D. Scherer, and R. Wille. Joint Cutting for Hybrid Schrödinger-Feynman Simulation of Quantum Circuits . In Quantum Computing Theory in Practice. 2025.
- T. Peham, L. Schmid, N. Brandl, L. Berent, L. Burgholzer, R. Kueng, M. Müller, and R. Wille. Classical Design Techniques for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Circuits. In Quantum Computing Theory in Practice. 2025.
- T. Peham, L. Schmid, N. Brandl, L. Berent, L. Burgholzer, R. Kueng, M. Müller, and R. Wille. Classical Design Techniques for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Circuits. In Quantum Information Processing. 2025.
- Y. Stade, L. Schmid, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Efficient Compilation Strategies for Zoned Neutral Atom Architectures. In European Quantum Technologies Conference. 2024.
- Y. Stade, J. Echavarria, R. Wille, L. Schulz, M. Schulz, and L. Burgholzer. QDMI – Quantum Device Management Interface: Hardware-Software Interface for the Munich Quantum Software Stack. In European Quantum Technologies Conference. 2024.
- Y. Stade, L. Schmid, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Compiler Development for Neutral Atom Quantum Computers. In International Workshop on Quantum Compilation (IWQC). 2024.
- L. Burgholzer and R. Wille. MQT: The Munich Quantum Toolkit. In Gesellschaft für Informatik Quantum Computing Workshop (GI QC). 2024.
- D. Rovara, N. Quetschlich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Supporting End-Users in Realizing Quantum Computing Applications. In Workshop on Quantum Software (WQS). 2024.
- Robert Wille, Stefan Hillmich, and Lukas Burgholzer. MQT: The Munich Quantum Toolkit. In Gesellschaft für Informatik Quantum Computing Workshop (GI QC). 2022.
- R. Wille, S. Hillmich, and L. Burgholzer. JKQ: JKU Tools for Quantum Computing. In International Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC). 2021. PDF.
- L. Burgholzer and R. Wille. Verifying the Results of Quantum Circuit Compilation Flows. In International Workshop on Quantum Compilation (IWQC). 2020.
- S. Hillmich, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Efficient and Correct Compilation of Quantum Circuits. In International Workshop on Quantum Compilation (IWQC). 2019.
Preprints
- D. Rovara, D. Haag, M. Koch, J. Izaac, S. Sivarajah, R. Wille, A. Borgna, L. Burgholzer, B. Chase, O. Di Matteo, and D. Ittah. Why Are We Unrolling? The Importance of Structured Quantum Programs for Compilation. 2026. arXiv:2609.16171, DOI, PDF.
- Lukas Burgholzer, Marcel Walter, Patrick Hopf, Álvaro Caride-Tabarés Sánchez, Teemu Mattsson, Bernd Hoffmann, Noora Färkkilä, Daniel Bulmash, Robert Wille, and Eric Mansfield. Practical HPCQC Integration with QDMI: A Real-Hardware Case Study with IQM Systems. 2026. arXiv:2604.19869, DOI, PDF.
- Patrick Hopf, Sebastian Stern, Robert Wille, and Lukas Burgholzer. Standardizing Access to Heterogeneous Quantum Backends: A Case Study on Cloud Service Integration with QDMI. 2026. arXiv:2603.05138, DOI, PDF.
- D. Rovara, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. Qubit Reuse Beyond Reorder and Reset: Optimizing Quantum Circuits by Fully Utilizing the Potential of Dynamic Circuits. 2025. arXiv:2511.22712, DOI, PDF.
- K. Mato, M. Ringbauer, L. Burgholzer, and R. Wille. MQT Qudits: A Software Framework for Mixed-Dimensional Quantum Computing. 2024. arXiv:2410.02854, DOI, PDF.
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
| Name: | Lukas Burgholzer |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
Education
| 09/2008–07/2012 | High School, Linz, Austria |
| 10/2013–12/2016 | Bachelor's Degree in Technical Mathematics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| Bachelor’s Thesis: "Structure-Acoustic Coupling" | |
| 01/2017–10/2018 | Master's Degree in Industrial Mathematics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| Master’s Thesis: "Predictive Control for Trucks" | |
| 10/2016–07/2019 | Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
| Bachelor’s Thesis: "Optimal Mapping of Quantum Circuits to the IBM QX Architectures" |