[quantum-info] FW: Postdoc in quantum error correction theory at Sheffield

[Daniel Gottesman]

*From:* Earl Campbell [mailto:earltcampbell at gmail.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, June 7, 2018 7:23 AM
*To:* Daniel Gottesman <dgottesman at perimeterinstitute.ca>
*Subject:* Postdoc in quantum error correction theory at Sheffield



Dear Dan,



It would be greatly appreciated if you could advert the following job
advert for a QEC postdoc position.  I was told you had the most
comprehensive mailing list for quantum people in Waterloo.



Regards,

Earl



*****





We have reopened for applications to a theory postdoctoral position at the
University of Sheffield working with Dr Earl Campbell (
https://earltcampbell.com/).  The applicant should have a research interest
in developing new architectures for quantum computation using topological
codes (e.g. surface and colour codes) and other LDPC codes (e.g. hypergraph
and homological product codes).

Topics of interest include:
- Design of new LDPC and topological error correction codes.
- Single shot error correction.
- Code-switching and gauge fixing.
- Fault-tolerant computation in QEC codes: including the study of
transversal gates, lattice surgery and code deformation.
- Decoder software and numerical simulation of thresholds and resource
overheads.
- The realistic implementation of QEC codes in distributed architectures.
- Magic state distillation.

The candidate should have a PhD and research experience in quantum
computing theory. Prior research experience in quantum error correction is
desirable but not essential.

The position is part of the QCDA consortium (http://www.qcda.eu/) and
interaction with other consortium partners will be encouraged.  The
consortium includes nodes in London (Browne), Paris (Leverrier & Tillich),
Delft (Terhal) and Munich (König).

Closing date: 3rd July
Provisional date for interviews: 17th July
Duration: Start as soon as possible with current funding until February 2021

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact me directly at
e.campbell at sheffield.ac.uk

Further information is available here https://bit.ly/2xPDkgj
Formal job application must be submitted by clicking “apply” on the above
webpage.




-- 

Earl Campbell

EPSRC quantum technology fellow and proleptic lecturer
University of Sheffield

My website:   earltcampbell.com

My preprints: http://arxiv.org/a/campbell_e_2.html



Recently published in nature, our review of universality in fault-tolerant
quantum computers:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23460
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