Public Profiles:
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=v-UffdMAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-2348
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad_Usman326
Peer-reviewed Publications and arXiv pre-prints:
2023:
Towards quantum-enhanced adversarial robustness in machine learning
Maxwell T. West, Shu-Lok Tsang, Jia Low, Charles Hill, Christopher Leckie, Lloyd Hollenberg, Sarah Erfani, Muhammad Usman
Nature Machine Intelligence (2023)
The Conversation Article Summary Here
CSIRO Media Hub Blog Post Here
Benchmarking adversarially robust quantum machine learning at scale
Maxwell T. West, Sarah M. Erfani, Christopher Leckie, Martin Sevior, Lloyd Hollenberg, Muhammad Usman
accepted for publication in Physical Review Research (2023); arXiv
Maxwell T. West, Martin Sevior, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2023); arXiv
Zeheng Wang, Liang Li, Ross Leon, Jinlin Yang, Junjie Shi, Timothy Laan, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2023); arXiv
iQuantum: A case for modeling and simulation of quantum computing enviornments
Hoa T. Nguyen, Muhammad Usman, Rajkumar Buyya
accepted for publication in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Quantum Software (2023); arXiv
Automated quantum circuit design with nested monte carlo tree search
Peiyong Wang, Muhammad Usman, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg, Casey Myers
accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering (2023); arXiv
Real-time decoding for fault-tolerant quantum computing: progress, challenges and outlook
F. Battistel, C. Chamberland, K. Johar, R.W.J. Overwater, F. Sebastiano, L. Skoric, Y. Ueno, M. Usman
submitted (2023); arXiv
2022:
Hybrid quantum-classical generative adversarial network for high resolution image generation
Shu Lok Tsang, Maxwell T. West, Sarah M. Erfani, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2022); arXiv
Reflection equivariant quantum neural networks for enhanced image classification
Maxwell T. West, Martin Sevior, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2022); arXiv
Direct observation of narrow electronic energy band formation in 2D molecular self-assembly
Jack Hellerstedt, Marine Castelli, Anton Tadich, ..., Muhammad Usman, Agustin Schiffrin
Nanoscale Advances 4, 3845, (2022); DOI
Shaobo Zhang, Charles D. Hill, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2022); arXiv
Performance analysis of coreset selection for quantum implementation of K-Means clustering problem
Fanzhe Qu, Sarah M. Erfani, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2022); arXiv
QFaaS: a serverless function-as-a-service framework for quantum computing
Hoa T. Nguyen, Muhammad Usman, Rajkumar Buyya
submitted (2022); arXiv
Framework for donor qubit spatial metrology in silicon with depths approaching the bulk limit
Maxwell T. West, Muhammad Usman
Physical Review Applied 17, 024070, (2022);
A fast and scalable artificial neural network syndrome decoder for surface codes
Spiro Gicev, Lloyd Hollenberg, Muhammad Usman
submitted (2022); arXiv
A silicon qubit platform for in situ single molecule structure determination
Viktor S. Perunicic, Muhammad Usman, Charles D. Hill, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
submitted (2022); arXiv
An exchange-based surface-code quantum computer in silicon
Charles D. Hill, Muhammad Usman, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
submitted (2022); arXiv
Valley population of donor states in highly strained silicon
Benoit Voisin, Kevin Ng, Joe Salfi, Muhammad Usman, C. Wong, ..., Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg, Sven Rogge
IOP Materials for Quantum Technology 2, 025002, (2022); arXiv
2021:
Influence of momentum space features on scanning tunnelling microscope measurements
Maxwell T. West, Muhammad Usman
Nanoscale (communications) 13, 16070, (2021); arXiv
Quantum computing: A taxonomy, systematic review and future directions
S. S. Gill, A. Kumar, H. Singh, M. Singh, K. Kaur, Muhammad Usman, Rajkumar Buyya
Wiley Software: Practice and Experience 52, 66-114, (2021); arXiv
Long-range surface-assisted molecule-molecule hybridisation
Marina Castelli, Jack Hellerstedt, Cornelius Krull, Spiro Gicev, Lloyd Hollenberg, Muhammad Usman, Agustin Schiffrin
Small 17, 2005974, (2021); arXiv
FLEET Press Release Article: Harnessing Socially-Distant Molecular-Interactions for Future Computing
Recent progress in atomistic modelling and simulations of donor spin qubits in silicon
Muhammad Usman
(2020 Rising Stars, Elsevier) Computational Materials Science, 193, 110280, (2021)
Bismuth-containing GaAs core-shell nanowires
Muhammad Usman
In proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2021 (DOI)
2020:
Muhammad Usman
Nanoscale, 12, 20973, (2020); arXiv
Pursuit Article: The Nanowires Building Greener Nanodevices
Epitaxial growth of SiC on (100) Diamond
A. Tsai, A. Aghajamali, N. Dontschuk, B.C. Johnson, M. Usman, ..., L. Hollenberg, J.C. McCallum, S. Rubanov, A. Tadich, N.A. Marks, A. Stacey
ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2, 2003, (2020); arXiv
Highlighted with Journal Cover Page: Volume 2, Issue 7, July 28, 2020
Valley interference and spin exchange at the atomic scale in silicon
Benoit Voisin+, Juanita Bocquel+, Archana Tankasala+, Muhammad Usman+, Joe Salfi, Rajib Rahman, Michelle Y. Simmons, Lloyd Hollenberg, Sven Rogge
(+These authors contributed equally)
Nature Communications 11, 6124 (2020); arXiv
Press release: Researchers map electrons to move one step closer to better quantum computers
Muhammad Usman, (2020); arXiv
Framework for atomic-level characterisation of quantum computer arrays by machine learning
Muhammad Usman, Yi Z. Wong, Charles D. Hill, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg,
(NPJ) Computational Materials 6, 19, (2020); arXiv
Pursuit Article: Machine learning to scale up the quantum computer
Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2020-03-machine-scale-quantum.html
Futurity.org: https://www.futurity.org/quantum-computers-machine-learning-2309802/
Engineers Australia: https://www.createdigitalmagazine.org.au/machine-learning-qubits/
Australian Online News: https://australianonlinenews.com.au/2020/03/16/machine-learning-to-scale-up-the-quantum-computer-pursuit/
2019:
Towards low-loss telecom-wavelength photonic devices by designing GaBiAs/GaAs core-shell nanowires
Muhammad Usman,
(RSC) Nanoscale, 11, 20133 (2019); arXiv
Atomistic tight binding study of quantum confined Stark effect in GaBiAs/GaAs quantum wells
Muhammad Usman
(IOP) J. Phys.:Condens. Matter. 31, 415503, (2019); arXiv
Saad M. Alqahtani, Muhammad Usman, Shaikh S. Ahmed
Special Topic on Highly Mismatched Semiconductors Alloys: from Atoms to Devices. (AIP) J. of Applied Physics 125, 235704, (2019)
2018:
Muhammad Usman, Hans Huebl, Andre Stegner, Charles D Hill, Martin S Brandt, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
(APS) Physical Review B 98, 035432, (2018); arXiv
Impact of disorder on the optoelectronic properties of GaBiNAs alloys and heterostructures
Muhammad Usman, Christopher A. Broderick, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(APS) Physical Review Applied 10, 044024, (2018); arXiv
Muhammad Usman
(APS) Physical Review Materials 2, 044602, (2018); arXiv
Valley filtering and spatial maps of coupling between silicon donors and quantum dots
Joe Salfi, Benoit Voisin, Archana Tankasala, Juanita Bocquel, Muhammad Usman, Michelle Y. Simmons, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg, Rajib Rahman, Sven Rogge
(APS) Physical Review X, 8, 031049, (2018); arXiv
Two-electron states of a group V donor in silicon from atomistic full configuration interaction
Archana Tankasala, Joe Salfi, Juanita Bocquel, Benoit Voisin, Muhammad Usman, Gerhard Klimeck, Michelle Y. Simmons, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg, Sven Rogge, Rajib Rahman
(APS) Physical Review B, 97, 195301, (2018); arXiv
2017:
Muhammad Usman, Benoit Voisin, Joe Salfi, Sven Rogge, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
(RSC) Nanoscale 9, 17013, (2017); arXiv
2016:
Spatial metrology of dopants in silicon with exact lattice site precision
Muhammad Usman, Juanita Bocquel, Joe Salfi, Benoit Voisin, Archana Tankasala, Rajib Rahman, Michelle Y. Simmons, Sven Rogge, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
Nature Nanotechnology 11, 763-768, (2016); arXiv [Highlighted by editor in TOC of Nature Nanotechnology September 2016 Issue]
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2015:
Muhammad Usman
(RSC) Nanoscale 7, 16516, (2015); arXiv
Strain and electric field control of hyperfine interactions for donor spin qubits in silicon
Muhammad Usman, Charles D. Hill, Rajib Rahman, Gerhard Klimeck, Michelle Y. Simmons, Sven Rogge, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
(APS) Physical Review B 91, 245209, (2015); arXiv
Donor hyperfine Stark shift and the role of central-cell correction in tight-binding theory
Muhammad Usman, Rajib Rahman, Joe Salfi, Juanita Bocquel, Benoit Voisin, Sven Rogge, Gerhard Klimeck, Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
INVITED Special Issue Article: (IOP) Journal of Physics: Condensed-Matter, 27, 154207, (2015); arXiv
Link to the special issue (Single Dopants in Semiconductors) is here
Shaikh S. Ahmed, Sasi Sundaresan, Hoon Ryu, Muhammad Usman
(Springer) Journal of Computational Electronics, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp 543-556, (2015);
S. Ahmed, N. Kharche, R. Rahman, M. Usman, S. Lee, H. Ryu, H. Bae, ..., F. Saied, M. Korkusinski, R. Kennel, M. McLennan, T. Boykin, and G. Klimeck
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg) Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, pp. 1-69, (2015). [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_343-2]
2014:
Electronic and optical properties of [110]-tilted InAs/GaAs quantum dot stacks
Muhammad Usman
Rapid Communications: (APS) Physical Review B, 89, 081302(R), (2014); arXiv
Vittorianna Tasco*, Muhammad Usman*, Milena De Giorgi, Adriana Passaseo - (*Authors with equal contributions)
(IOP) Nanotechnology, 25, 055207, (2014); arXiv
Anisotropic electron g-factor as a probe of the electronic structure of GaBiAs/GaAs epilayers
Christopher A. Broderick, Simone Mazzucato, Helene Carrere,Thierry Amand, ..., Muhammad Usman, Eoin P. O'Reilly, Xavier Marie
(APS) Physical Review B 90, 195301, (2014); arXiv
Muhammad Usman and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(AIP) Applied Physics Letters, 104, 071103, (2014); arXiv
Electrically Injected GaAsBi Quantum Well Lasers
SJ Sweeney, IP Marko, SR Jin, K Hild, Z Batool, P Ludewig, ..., M Usman, PE Harnedy, EP OReilly, R Butkute, V Pacebutas, A Geiutis, A Krotkus
in proceedings of 24th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), September 2014, Melia Palas Atenea, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2013:
Impact of alloy disorder on the band structure of compressively strained GaBiAs
Muhammad Usman, Christopher A. Broderick, Zahida Batool, Konstanze Hild, Jeff Hosea, Stephen Sweeney, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(APS) Physical Review B, 87, 115104, 2013; arXiv
Derivation of 12 and 14-band k.p Hamiltonians for dilute bismide and bismide-nitride semiconductors
Christopher A. Broderick, Muhammad Usman, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(IOP) Semicond. Sci. Technol., 28, 125025, (2013); arXiv
12-band k.p model for dilute bismide alloys of (In)GaAs derived from supercell calculations
Christopher A. Broderick, Muhammad Usman, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(INVITED PAPER @ E-MRS 2012)(Wiley) Physica Status Solidi (b) 250, 773-778, (2013); arXiv
Analysis of the influence of IJEEE on electrical engineering and electrical engineering education
Sadia Nawaz, Muhammad Usman, and Johannes Strobel
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (IJEEE), 50th Anniversary Special Issue, Vol. 50, No. 3, Pages: 316-340, 2013, Manchester University Press.
2012:
Band engineering in dilute nitride and bismide semiconductor Lasers
Christopher A. Broderick, Muhammad Usman, Stephen J. Sweeney, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(INVITED REVIEW ARTICLE) (IOP) Semicond. Sci. Technol. 27, 094011 (2012); arXiv
Selected by IOP Editors as a highlighted research article of Year 2012: http://iopscience.iop.org/0268-1242/page/2012%20Highlights
Muhammad Usman, Vittorianna Tasco, Maria T. Todaro, Melina D. Giorgi, Eoin P. O'Reilly, Gerhard Klimeck, Adriana Passaseo
(IOP) Nanotechnology 23, 165202, (2012); arXiv
Selected by the editor to be spotlighted on nanotechweb.org website: Quantum dot model analyses the influence of intermixing and segregation effects on polarization properties
Spotlighted in lab/fab talk on compoundsemiconductor.net website: Multi-million atom simulations and polarisation measurements enable QD metrology
Muhammad Usman
(APS) Physical Review B 86, 155444, (2012); arXiv
Muhammad Usman, Christopher A. Broderick, Eoin P. O'Reilly
in proceedings of 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), July 29 - August 2012, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Understanding polarisation properties of InAs QDs by atomistic modeling of growth dynamics
Vittorianna Tasco, Muhammad Usman, Maria T. Todaro, M. De Giorgi, and Adriana Passaseo
in proceedings of 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), July 29 - August 2012, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
2011:
Tight-binding analysis of the electronic structure of dilute bismide alloys of GaP and GaAs
Muhammad Usman, Christopher A. Broderick, Andrew Lindsay, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
(APS) Physical Review B 84, 245202 (2011); arXiv
Muhammad Usman, Tomoya Inoue, Yukihiro Harda, Gerhard Klimeck, and Takashi Kita
(APS) Physical Review B 84, 115321 (2011); arXiv
In-plane polarisation anisotropy of ground state optical intensity in InAs/GaAs quantum dots
Muhammad Usman
(AIP) Journal of Applied Physics 110, 094512, (2011)
Muhammad Usman, Susannah Heck, Edmund Clarke, Peter Spencer, Hoon Ryu, Ray Murray, Gerhard Klimeck
(AIP) J. of Applied Physics 109, 104510 (2011); arXiv
Muhammad Usman*, Yui H.M. Tan*, Hoon Ryu, Sheikh Ahmed, Hubert J. Krenner, Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck - (*Authors with equal contributions)
(IOP) Nanotechnology 22, 315709 (2011); arXiv
Highlighted on nanotechweb as Editor's chioce: Supercomputers model real-world quantum dot devices atom-by-atom
Tight Binding Analysis of the Electronic Structure of Dilute Bismide and Nitride Alloys of GaAs
Christopher A. Broderick, Muhammad Usman, Andrew Lindsay, and Eoin P. O'Reilly
in proceedings of 13th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), June 26-30, (2011), KTH Stockholm, Sweden;
2010 and earlier:
Moving Toward Nano-TCAD Through Multimillion-Atom Quantum-Dot Simulations Matching Experimental Data
Muhammad Usman, Hoon Ryu, Insoo Woo, David Ebert, Gerhard Klimeck
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 8, 330, (2009); arXiv
Atomistic Simulation of Realistically Sized Nanodevices Using NEMO 3-D Part II: Applications
Gerhard Klimeck, Sheikh Ahmed, Neerav Kharche, Marek Korkusinski, Muhammad Usman, Marta Parda, and Timothy Boykin
(INVITED ARTICLE) IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 54, No. 9, 2090-2099, (2007)
Atomistic Simulation of Non-Degeneracy and Optical Polarisation Anisotropy in Pyramidal Quantum Dots
Sheikh Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Rajib Rahman, Andrei Schliwa, Gerhard Klimeck
in Technical Proceedings of IEEE Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) 2008
Muhammad Usman, Sheikh Ahmed, Gerhard Klimeck
in Technical Proceedings of IEEE Nanotechnology (NANO) 2008, Arlington TX
Quantum Confined Stark Effect in Biased InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots
Muhammad Usman, Hoon Ryu, Sunhee Lee, Yui M.H. Tan, and Gerhard Klimeck
in proceedings of 13th International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE), Tsinghua University, Beijing, May 27-29 2009.
Strain-engineered self-organised InAs/GaAs quantum dots for long wavelength applications
Muhammad Usman, Dragica Vasileska, and Gerhard Klimeck
in proceedings of ICPS 2008 (International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 27-Aug 1, 2008.
Shaikh Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Clemens Heitzinger. Rajib Rahman, Andrei Schliwa, and Gerhard Klimeck
in proceedings of 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006, Vienna, Austria, July 24-28 2006, AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 893, pg 849.
Strain and electronic structure interactions in realistically scaled quantum dot stacks
Muhammad Usman, Shaikh Ahmed, Marek Korkusinski, Clemens Heitzinger, and Gerhard Klimeck
in proceedings of 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006, Vienna, Austria, July 24-28 2006, AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 893, pg. 847.
Performance analysis of adaptive source rate control (ASRC) algorithm for VoIP
Muhammad Usman and Noor M. Sheikh
in proceedings of IEEE TENCON 2005 conference Melbourne Australia, November 2005 Pages:1-7