# Directed execution: same performance, more control

DevFeed: [Directed execution: same performance, more control](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/directed-execution-same-performance-more-control-65078.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.ibm.com/blog/directed-execution>)

Author: Jessie Yu; Tushar Mittal; Robert Davis

Published: 2026-10-05T16:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [IBM Research](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ibm-research.md>)

Topics: [High-Performance Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/high-performance-computing.md>), [Distributed Systems & Parallel Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems-parallel-computing.md>), [return](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/return.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [ai-coding-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-assistant.md>), [deep-dive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-dive.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ibm.md>), [quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum.md>), [quantum-error-correction-mitigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-error-correction-mitigation.md>), [quantum-hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-hardware.md>), [quantum-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-software.md>)

## AI overview

IBM describes directed execution for Qiskit workloads, a model that exposes circuit transformations, randomization and error mitigation through client-side tools and the Executor primitive. The article explains how Sampler and Estimator use this framework, outlines workflows for combining mitigation methods, and discusses its use in quantum error-correction research on IBM hardware. It also describes an AI-assisted tool for migrating existing Qiskit Runtime code to the new client-side primitives.

## Source excerpt

See, customize, and extend how your circuits use the error mitigation and correction methods researchers are exploring today on IBM quantum hardware