Research Associate

3 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**U07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum**

**College of Science and Engineering / School of Informatics**

**Fixed term (22 months)**

**Full time, 35 hours per week**

**Two Positions Available**

**The Opportunity**:
The objective of this project is to develop techniques to rigorously benchmark the quality of the solution of quantum computers to problems of interest, ranging from optimization to quantum simulation. By the end of the project, we aim to have built a unified framework that would allow for the design of problem-tailored benchmarking tests that are easy to implement, scalable, and require little quantum computing expertise for their use, making them ideal for its adoption among end-user with little quantum-awareness. It builds on previous work “Limitations of optimization algorithms on noisy quantum devices” published in Nature Physics in 2021.

**Knowledge, skills and experience**

Essential knowledge, skills and experience are:

- PhD (or near completion) in Theoretical Physics, Mathematics or Computer Science or a related field
- Background on quantum information or quantum computation
- Evidence of high-quality research
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing.
- Experience with the theoretical analysis of near-term quantum algorithms.
- Experience with quantum information theory.
- Experience with randomized algorithm, particularly Markov chains and the analysis of their mixing times, sampling from Gibbs distributions and computation of partition functions.
- Experience with the mathematical aspects of optimization problems, with specially focus on optimization problems with constraints.
- Experience with quantum algorithm to simulate quantum systems.

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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