Qiskit-aer

Change Log

Added
* add code-formatting with black for python and with clang-format for c++ by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1630
* Add git blame ignore file by mtreinish in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1745
* Add Tutorials to Documentation Page by hitomitak in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1768
* Add API docs for QuantumCircuit methods by hitomitak in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1753
* Activate jQuery in docs by Eric-Arellano in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1802
* Support `SwitchCaseOp` that will be released in qiskit-terra 0.24.0 by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1778
* Add Getting Started page by hitomitak in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1780
* Support parameterized global phase by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1814
* Batch QuantumCircuit with multiple parameter_binds by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1840
* Support `QuantumCircuit.initialize(int, qubits[])` by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1841
* Support save_statevector for QuantumCircuit from QASM3 string by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1846
* New GPU binaries with cuQuantum support by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1854
* Support u3 gate application in Aer runtime API by ibm-wakizaka in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1876
* Adding circuit executor classes and shot-branching by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1766
* Implemented ecr for stabilizer simulator. by MarcMaussner in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1892
* Enable ROCm target based on existing CUDA/Thrust implementation. by sfantao in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1914
* Add rotation gates to stabilizer by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1938
* Improve performance of sampler experiment by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1935
* Implementing runtime parameter binding by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1901
* Implementation and test of QuantumError.from_dict. by MarcMaussner in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1942
* enable `c_if` for reset and raise exception if instruction does not support `c_if` by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1868
* Add test case to serialize result of simulation by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1869
* Support `Expr` that Terra 0.24 newly introduced by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1915
* Add test for unreleased Qiskit by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1950
* support transpilation of switch_case by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1962
* Support BackendV2 by hitomitak in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1875

Fixed
* Fix how to reference to config.cuStateVec_enable by derwind in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1749
* Ensure QuantumCircuit.metadata is always a dict by ihincks in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1761
* Fix 1764 (variance type in Estimator) by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1767
* Fix wrong set of parameters in circuits with barriers by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1775
* Resolve regression from introduction of AER::Config by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1747
* Fix setting MPI processes and ranks by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1808
* Fix library path to cuQuantum and cuTENSOR by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1801
* Fix cuQuantum static linking by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1812
* Updated docstrings of depolarizing_error function in standard_errors.py by deji725 in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1799
* Add implicit cast of argument types by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1770
* Fix handling of None in noise model construction from BackendV2 by itoko in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1818
* Avoid kernel crash from blas call errors by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1791
* fix fail of qobj run without run_options by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1792
* Check parameter_binds arguments for parameterized circuits by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1817
* Set the number of qubits with the coupling map by hitomitak in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1825
* Use transpile and run instead of execute in docstring by dakk in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1830
* Fix Renew example codes in README 1806: qiskit.providers.ibmq is deprecated; ibmq_athens is not available by davidlearn in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1831
* Warn if approximation=False and shots=None in Estimator by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1823
* Fix the grouping index bug in Estimator by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1839
* validate parameters of each gate in a circuit by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1834
* Fix MPI build break by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1842
* Fix a bug in `aer_apply_measure` in libaer and enable libaer build in Mac by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1860
* Fix param positions for circuits with conditionals by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1851
* Fix dynamic link in GPU binary distribution by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1877
* Fix OpenMP nested parallel by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1880
* Fix required_memory_mb by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1881
* Fix an issue in `aer_state_initialize()` of C API by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1885
* Fix link to Qiskit's bib-file by Cryoris in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1887
* correct bit ordering in measure of state_controller by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1898
* Fix noise model construction for a backend with no T2 value for a qubit by itoko in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1912
* Make vector allocation aligned to 64-bytes by sfantao in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1909
* Fix for https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1925 (Aer runtime… by aromanro in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1926
* Fix measure in stabilizer method by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1895
* Fix for https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1918 by aromanro in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1922
* Fix required_memory_mb for MPS and extended stabilizer by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1933
* Fix incorrect excited state population when building noise model from BackendV2 by itoko in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1939
* Fix the order bug in Estimator by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1936
* Fix nested parallel performance by doichanj in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1949
* Fix templates documentation by arnaucasau in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1961

Deprecated
* Deprecate approximation option in Estimator by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1963

Removed
* Remove redundant wheel dep from pyproject.toml by thesamesam in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1741
* Remove a release note in an invalid location by derwind in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1750
* Remove REQUIRED to find PythonLibs in FindPybind11 by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1786
* Remove Sampler.close, assert DeprecationWarning of opflow, and update dependency by ikkoham in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1804
* Remove `AerCircuit` from result of `backend.run()` by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1845
* Remove Python 3.7 from Github actions by tungbq in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1819
* Remove `PulseSimulator` by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1884
* remove deploy documentation to /documentation/aer by 1ucian0 in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1891

Changed
* use `omp_set_max_active_levels` instead of `omp_set_nested` by hhorii in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1752
* Upgrade to qiskit_sphinx_theme 1.12 by Eric-Arellano in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1822
* move travis file to gha in the README by 1ucian0 in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1943
* Update usage of ``QuantumCircuit.id`` by Cryoris in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1945
* Move methods into class pages for docs by arnaucasau in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1958
* Update Sphinx theme by arnaucasau in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1946

New Contributors
* thesamesam made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1741
* ihincks made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1761
* SquidDev made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1760
* Eric-Arellano made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1802
* deji725 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1799
* Innanov made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1827
* dakk made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1830
* TerraVenil made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1833
* davidlearn made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1831
* tungbq made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1819
* ibm-wakizaka made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1876
* Cryoris made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1887
* MarcMaussner made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1892
* sfantao made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1903
* aromanro made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1907
* arnaucasau made their first contribution in https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1958

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/compare/0.12.0...0.13.0

Changelog

Fixed
- Remove `AerCircuit` from result of `backend.run()` (1845)
- Fix the grouping index bug in Estimator (1839)
- Fix param positions for circuits with conditionals (1851)
- Support save_statevector for QuantumCircuit from QASM3 string (1846)
- New GPU binaries with cuQuantum support (1854)

Changelog
Fixed
- Fix the grouping index bug in Estimator (1839)
- Fix handling of None in noise model construction from BackendV2 (1818)
- Support initialize with int (1841)
- Do not use circuit metadata to internally manage simulation results (1772)
- Validate parameters of each gate in a circuit (1834)
- Warn if approximation=False and shots=None in Estimator (1823)
- Upgrade to qiskit_sphinx_theme 1.12 (1822)
- Fix Renew example codes in README 1806: qiskit.providers.ibmq is deprecated; ibmq_athens is not available (1831)
- Fix typos in aer_simulator, qasm_simulator docs (1833)
- Use transpile and run instead of execute in docstring (1830)
- Fixing some typos (1827)
- Set the number of qubits with the coupling map (1825)
- check parameter_binds arguments for parameterized circuits (1817)
- Support parameterized global phase (1814)
- fix fail of qobj run without run_options (1792)
- avoid kernel crash from blas call errors (1791)
- Add Getting Started page (1780)
- Add implicit cast of argument types (1770)
- Update standard_errors.py (1799)
- fix cuQuantum static linking (1812)
- Support `SwitchCaseOp` that will be released in qiskit-terra 0.24.0 (1778)
- Activate jQuery in docs (1802)
- Fix library path to cuQuantum and cuTENSOR (1801)
- Fix setting MPI processes and ranks (1808)
- Remove Sampler.close, assert DeprecationWarning of opflow, and update dependency (1804)
- Resolve regression from introduction of AER::Config (1747)
- Add API docs for QuantumCircuit methods (1753)
- Fix wrong set of parameters in circuits with barriers (1775)
- Defer gathering backends until they are needed (1760)
- Add Tutorials to Documentation Page (1768)
- Correct a type of variance from complex to real (1767)
- use `omp_set_max_active_levels` instead of `omp_set_nested` (1752)
- Fix how to reference to config.cuStateVec_enable (1749)
- Remove a release note in an invalid location (1750)
- add code-formatting with black for python and with clang-format for c++ (1630)

Changelog
Deprecated
- Deprecate PulseSimulator backend (1728)
- Deprecate Python 3.7 support in Qiskit Aer (1671)

Added
- Simulate `QuantumCircuit` without QObj (1717)
- Add NoiseModel.from_backend_properties (1474)
- Add support for Python 3.11 (1642)

Changed
- Remove setup_requires and forced pip installs in setup.py (1693)

Removed
- Remove qobj argument, deprecated in 0.8.0 (1635)

Fixed
- Fix `Sampler` with multiple classical registers (1680)
- Fix BackendV2 support in AerSimulator.from_backend() (1678)
- Specify package_data explicitly (1677)
- Set different seed for each sampling in AerStatevector (1663)
- Fix incorrect computation of excited state population (1672)
- Fix device noise model from BackendV2 not to have excessive quantum errors on measures/resets (1649)
- Fix data-flow analysis in control-flow jump/mark (1666)
- Remove verbose warnings on parameter truncations when creating noise model from backend (1639)
- Fix handling of instructions with clbits in LocalNoisePass (1625)

Changelog
Added
- Add support for Python 3.11 (1642)

Fixed
- Fix BackendV2 support in AerSimulator.from_backend() (1678)
- Specify package_data explicitly (1677)
- Set different seed for each sampling in AerStatevector (1663)
- Fix incorrect computation of excited state population (1672)
- Fix device noise model from BackendV2 not to have excessive quantum errors on measures/resets (1649)
- Fix data-flow analysis in control-flow jump/mark (1666)
- Remove verbose warnings on parameter truncations when creating noise model from backend (1639)

Changelog
Fixed
- Fix CMakeList.txt to support cmake 3.18 or later (1613)
- Primitives support run method in Terra 0.22 (1598)
- Fix handling of instructions with clbits in LocalNoisePass (1625)
- Sampler caches transpiled circuits (1618)