Lava Optimization 0.2.0

The lava-optim library version 0.2.0 provides a new quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) solver executing on CPU. Loihi 2 support via the Loihi extension for Lava is coming soon.

Features and Improvements

• Added new quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) solver to Lava-Optim (PR #38).
• Added a Maximum Independent Set tutorial to demonstrate the use of QUBO solver on CPU. Execution on Loihi 2 will enabled in a few days from initial release.

Bug Fixes and Other Changes

• No Bug Fixes in this release.

Breaking Changes

• No breaking changes in this release.

Known Issues

• No known issues at this point

What's Changed

• Create ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md & PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md by @mgkwill in #24
• Update to use poetry, latest lava by @mgkwill in #34
• Doc/auto api by @weidel-p in #36
• Add framework for defining arbitrary optimization problems via variables, cost and constraints. by @GaboFGuerra in #27
• Update README.md by @mgkwill in #35
• Update lava-optimization dependencies by @mgkwill in #37
• Add OptimizationSolver with support for QUBO problems. by @GaboFGuerra in #50
• Version 0.2.0 by @mgkwill in #39

New Contributors

• @weidel-p made their first contribution in #36

Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.2.0