[Job-offers-cs] Call for Postdoctoral Fellows in the Foundations of Quantum Computing & Cryptography at SFU

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: 	[DMANET] Call for Postdoctoral Fellows in the Foundations of 
Quantum Computing & Cryptography at SFU
Date: 	Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:09:54 +0000
From: 	Subramanian, Sathya via dmanet <dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Reply-To: 	Subramanian, Sathya <Sathya.Subramanian at warwick.ac.uk>
To: 	dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de <dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de>



Location: Simon Fraser University (SFU), Department of Mathematics
Project lead: Nadish de Silva

At SFU, we seek to fill a postdoctoral position. The selected candidate 
will work on foundational questions of quantum computation such as: 
precisely how, and for which class of problems, is quantum advantage 
achieved? The position is open to a researcher in quantum computation 
with strong mathematical abilities or to a mathematical researcher 
interested in quantum computation.

Our team is an interdisciplinary and international consortium that seeks 
to make foundational advances in the understanding and development of 
quantum computing. Our view is that the future success of quantum 
computing critically depends on advances at the most fundamental level, 
and that large-scale investments in quantum implementations will only 
pay off if they can draw on additional foundational insights and ideas. 
While several powerful quantum algorithms are known, the basic 
techniques they employ are few and far between. Largely, it still 
remains to be discovered how to systematically harness the quantum for 
computation.

Within quantum computation, the topics covered will include 
fault-tolerant quantum computation, classical simulation algorithms of 
quantum circuits, and nonlocality/contextuality. Mathematical techniques 
will potentially be drawn from abstract algebra, functional analysis, 
representation theory, number theory, and logic. (Experience in all 
these topics is not a prerequisite for applying.

Fellows will benefit from integration into a team of Canada-wide and 
international scientists. The position offers a highly competitive 
salary and travel budget. We strive to promote equity, diversity, and 
inclusion in all our activities.

Target start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 years, renewable yearly
Applications are considered on a continuous basis until the position is 
filled. Apply ASAP.

Please see the following link for further information and instructions 
for applications: https://www.sfu.ca/~ndesilva/postdoc/>
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