Salary range: £33,309 - £40,927
FTE: 1.0
Term: Fixed Term (24 months)
Closing date: 10/01/2022
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research
associate based at the University of Strathclyde to work on both the UK
Quantum Technologies Quantum Computing and Simulation (QCS) Hub on quantum architectures, and the EPSRC funded ExCALIBUR project on Quantum Enhanced and Verified Exascale Quantum
Computing (QEVEC). The projects are
complementary, requiring theoretical and computational modelling and
evaluation of practical quantum computing, especially for quantum annealing,
and noisy, intermediate-scale quantum hardware. You will be one of four PDRAS in the QEVEC
team, each with different expertise, working together to develop quantum
computing for the main ExCALIBUR use cases (fluids simulations and materials
simulations), and methods to validate the hybrid quantum-classical
algorithms.
We are seeking a
theoretical/computational researcher with a PhD (or equivalent relevant
experience) and expertise in quantum computing who is keen to collaborate
across discipline boundaries to learn new skills and expertise. You need to be a good team worker and
communicator to work closely with computational scientists on how a quantum
computer could enhance their existing fluids and materials algorithms.
The successful applicant will be based in the
Department of Physics under the supervision of Prof. Viv Kendon, within the Computational Nonlinear and Quantum Optics group at
Strathclyde, collaborating with QEVEC team members based at Durham, UCL, and
Warwick, and with relevant members of the QCS Hub. You will have a PhD (or be close to
completion) in a topic related to theoretical or computational quantum computing,
with quantum annealing knowledge an advantage.
An ability to prepare scientific publications and present research
outcomes at local, national and international research meetings is expected.
The
post is available now, with a start date negotiable up to 31st
March 2022.
Informal enquiries about the post
can be directed to Prof. Viv Kendon (viv.kendon@strath.ac.uk).
Formal interviews for this post will be held in January.
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