PhD Position in Quantum Compilation at Amsterdam

Are you fascinated by the promise of quantum computers and eager to take an active part in realising their full potential? Do you enjoy working in a team of young and motivated researchers? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for a PhD student to join our team and contribute to cutting-edge research in quantum computing, with a focus on quantum compilation. You will join the Theory of Computer Science group (TCS) at the Informatics Institute and will be working together with researchers from QuSoft.

This PhD project aims to push the state-of-the-art in quantum compilation, verification and/or classical simulation. The exact project will be determined in collaboration with you based on your strengths and interests, but could for instance involve developing new techniques for efficiently optimizing quantum computations, both in the near-term and in the fault-tolerant setting, developing new protocols in quantum error correction, finding more efficient ways to classically simulate quantum computations, or prove new foundational properties on the structures underlying quantum computations. A main component of the project will be using the ZX-calculus, a graphical language for reasoning more intuitively about quantum processes.

As PhD student you will be expected to take an active role in QuSoft by attending seminars and presenting your work. Part of your responsibilities will be to TA a small number of courses over the course of your PhD, and potentially to supervise BSc or MSc students.

The PhD candidate will greatly benefit from the active and growing community of quantum computing researchers in Amsterdam. There will be plenty opportunities for collaboration with others and learning about a wide variety of topics in quantum computing and quantum information theory.