I am a Senior Research Scientist at Quantinuum, interested primarily in software driven techniques for extracting power from near term quantum devices.
Academic Interests
I am interested in benchmarking quantum devices, mitigating errors arising in quantum processing units, classical simulation of quantum computing, secure and distributed quantum computation, the theoretical foundation of the potential for near term quantum computers to outperform classical devices, and the use of software to optimally extract computational power from such devices.
You can find details about my experience by following the links below:
- A collection of my presentations and publications
- My Google Scholar and arXiv profiles.
- My work experience can be found in my curriculum vitae or in my LinkedIn profile
I have also contributed to the design and development of several open source software packages, including Qermit and pytket-dqc.
Doctoral Studies
I completed my PhD in the Pervasive Parallelism centre for doctoral training at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics under the supervision of professor Elham Kashefi, and as part of the quantum informatics group. I give a brief introduction to my work below.
My thesis was titled Benchmarking, Verifying and Utilising Near Term Quantum Technology.
Other Interests
I have a keen interest in science communication and journalism, having hosted my own science themed radio show on Freshair, Edinburgh’s student radio station, and having been head of news there.
I’m also a keen maker and have worked in the University of Edinburgh’s community makerspace as a technician and marketing manager.
I, along with Brian Coyle, organised QuHackEd, the first quantum computing hackathon in Scotland.
I also enjoy a selection of sports, in particular cycling, swimming, football, climbing and squash. I’m happy to give you a game of pretty much anything though!
Contact
If you would like to be in touch feel free to email me at daniel.mills - at - quantinuum.com.