Qiskit Aer 0.13.0

Change Log

Added

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

Fixed

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

Deprecated

• Deprecate approximation option in Estimator by @ikkoham in #1963

Removed

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

Changed

• use omp_set_max_active_levels instead of omp_set_nested by @hhorii in #1752
• Upgrade to qiskit_sphinx_theme 1.12 by @Eric-Arellano in #1822
• move travis file to gha in the README by @1ucian0 in #1943
• Update usage of QuantumCircuit.id by @Cryoris in #1945
• Move methods into class pages for docs by @arnaucasau in #1958
• Update Sphinx theme by @arnaucasau in #1946

New Contributors

• @thesamesam made their first contribution in #1741
• @ihincks made their first contribution in #1761
• @SquidDev made their first contribution in #1760
• @Eric-Arellano made their first contribution in #1802
• @deji725 made their first contribution in #1799
• @Innanov made their first contribution in #1827
• @dakk made their first contribution in #1830
• @TerraVenil made their first contribution in #1833
• @davidlearn made their first contribution in #1831
• @tungbq made their first contribution in #1819
• @ibm-wakizaka made their first contribution in #1876
• @Cryoris made their first contribution in #1887
• @MarcMaussner made their first contribution in #1892
• @sfantao made their first contribution in #1903
• @aromanro made their first contribution in #1907
• @arnaucasau made their first contribution in #1958

Full Changelog: 0.12.0...0.13.0