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Langley, Brayden Ware, Brett Buchea, Brian Ballard, Brian Burkett, Brian J. Lester, Brooks Foxen, Bryan Cochrane, Bryan W. K. Woo, Bryce Kobrin, Cameron Maxfield, Can M. Knaut, Catherine Erickson, Catherine Vollgraff Heidweiller, Chaitali Joshi, Charles Neill, Cheng Xing, Chia-Hung Ni, Chris Quintana, Christopher Garrick, Christopher Hudspeth, Christopher J. Wood, Cody Jones, Daniel Lundahl, Daniel Riley, Dar Gilboa, Dario Rosenstock, Dave Bacon, David A. Browne, David A. Rower, David A. Sobel, David Enriquez, David Landhuis, David M. Rhodes, David Peterson, Dietrich Graumann, Dmitri Maslov, Dmitry Abanin, Dogan Timucin, Douglas Thor, Dripto M. Debroy, Dvir Kafri, Dylan Bowers, Ebrahim Forati, Edward C. Gonzales, Eifu Tomita, Elias Portoles, \\'Elie Genois, Eliott Rosenberg, Elizabeth Rossi, Elliot Young, Emma Ropes, Emma Rosenfeld, Eric Mascot, Erik Lucero, Evan Jeffrey, Fedor Kostritsa, Felix Borjans, Francisco J. H Heras, Frank Arute, Gabrielle Roberts, Ganesh Ramachandran, Georg Aigeldinger, George Sterling, Gonzalo Garcia, Grayson Young, Guifre Vidal, Hao Tran, Harold Cook, Hartmut Neven, Hector Bates, Helge Gehring, Henry F. Schurkus, Hsin-Yuan Huang, Hui Kang, Hung-Shen Chang, Ilya Drozdov, Jamal Busnaina, James D. Watson, James E. Goeders, James S. Spencer, Jarrod R. McClean, Jeanne Hartshorn, Jenna Bovaird, Jeremiah Ford, Jeremy Hilton, Joel Grebel, Johannes Bausch, John Mark Kreikebaum, Jonathan A. Gross, Jonathan Waltz, Jordan Suchard, Jose Guerrero, Joseph C. Bardin, Josh Cogan, Jothi Priyanka Thiruraman, Joy Lee, Juan Atalaya, Juan Campero, Juhwan Yoo, Julian Kelly, Justin Ledford, Justin Vargas, Kannan Sankaragomathi, Kenny Lee, Kevin C. Miao, Kevin J. Satzinger, Kim-Ming Lau, Kiseo Kang, Kostyantyn Kechedzhi, Kristi Wong, Kristoffer Ottosson, Kunal Arya, Laleh Aghababaie Beni, Laura De Lorenzo, Leigh S. Martin, Lenny Fuste, Leon Brill, Leslie Flores Burgos, Liang-Ying Chih, Lily Li, Lior Ella, Logan Oas, Lo\\\"ick Le Guevel, Lucia B. De Rose, Maddy Woodson, Madeline Taylor, Mahmoud Elzouka, Majid Bigdeli Karimi, Marcos Flores, Markus Ansmann, Martin Damyanov, Masaya Fukami, Matt Cockrell, Matthew J. Reagor, Matthew Neeley, Matthew P. Harrigan, Matthew T. Lloyd, Matt McEwen, Max Schaefer, Meghan Voorhees, Melvin Mathews, Michael Broughton, Michael C. Hamilton, Michael J. Shearn, Michael Newman, Michael Qian, Michel Devoret, Mike Hucka, Ming Li, M. Mert Torunbalci, Monica Hansen, Mostafa Khezri, Murat Can Sarihan, Murphy Yuezhen Niu, Murray Nguyen, Nathan Lacroix, Nicholas Bushnell, Nicholas Zobrist, Nikita Astrakhantsev, Ningfeng Zhu, Noah Shutty, Noureldin Yosri, Orion Martin, Orion Pritchard, Oscar Higgott, Paula Heu, Paul Conner, Paul Donohoe, Paul Masih Das, Paul V. Klimov, Pavel Laptev, Pavol Juhas, Pedram Roushan, Peter Brooks, Ping Yeh, Rachel Resnick, Raja Gosula, Rajeev Acharya, Ran Zhang, Raymond Orosco, Rebecca Potter, Reno Hiltermann, Reza Molavi, Robert Gasca, Robert Geiger, Roberto Collins, Roberto Rodriguez, Robert Salazar, Rodrigo G. Corti\\~nas, Ross Alcaraz, Ryan Babbush, Ryan Kaufman, Ryuho Kudo, Salvatore Mandr\\`a, Sayan Das, Sayra Alcaraz, Sean Demura, Sean D. Harrington, Sebastian Molina, Sebastian Schroeder, Seneca Meeks, Seon Kim, Sergey Vdovichev, Sergio Boixo, Shannon X. Wang, Shaun Jevons, Sherman Peek, Shirin Montazeri, Sid Madhuk, Silas Chen, Simon Bilodeau, Sofia Springer, Spencer Small, Stephen Heslin, Steve Habegger, Steven Waltman, Stijn J. de Graaf, Suhas Ganjam, Tan Ha, Tanner Hadick, Tanuj Khattar, Theodore White, Thomas Edlich, Tiano Lange-Dei, Tim Burger, Travis Weidel, Trond I. Andersen, Vadim Smelyanskiy, Valerie Ehimhen, Vinicius S. Ferreira, Vitali Kutsko, Vladimir Shvarts, Vladislav D. Kurilovich, Volodymyr Sivak, Walt Askew, W. Clarke Smith, Wendy Leung, William Courtney, William D. Oliver, William Giang, William J. Huggins, William P. Livingston, Wing Yan Li, Xiaoxuan Jin, Yaxing Zhang, Yonghua Wei, Yu Chen, Zhang Jiang, Zhenjie Zou, Zijun Chen, Z. Jamie Yao, Zlatko K. Minev","submitted_at":"2025-11-11T17:32:25Z","abstract_excerpt":"Quantum error correction (QEC) is the primary strategy for protecting a quantum computer from the environment. Its prerequisite is that errors must remain sufficiently rare, which requires perpetually adapting the computer's control parameters to the drifting environment conditions. The current solution to this problem is to terminate the entire quantum computation for recalibration, but it is incompatible with the long runtimes of future quantum algorithms. We address this challenge by unifying calibration with computation. 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