Auditing Structured Randomness for Quantum Error Correction under a Bounded Cloud Fault Model
A new preprint examines how cloud quantum processors that compile and co-locate quantum error correction circuits with untrusted workloads could be vulnerable to fault injection. It notes that a fixed public encoder gives an adversary a reusable target, while per-run reseeding changes the physical-to-logical fault map and reduces that predictability. The work observes that exact Haar-random encoders are too costly and points to efficient random ensembles as an alternative.
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Efficient random encoder ensembles could let cloud providers add auditability to quantum error correction jobs without exponential compilation overhead, making multi-tenant QEC execution safer against fault injection within two years.
The abstract identifies the key obstacle as the exponential cost of Haar-random encoders and suggests efficient random ensembles as the path forward. Cloud QEC compilation is already performed in software, so an algorithmic change is near-term if it passes performance and security validation.
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