{"id":628,"date":"2019-02-26T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/qspeak\/?p=628"},"modified":"2019-02-26T14:12:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:12:20","slug":"postdoc-or-research-assistant-position-at-national-university-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/qspeak\/2019\/02\/26\/postdoc-or-research-assistant-position-at-national-university-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Postdoc or Research Assistant Position at National University of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Research Assistant or Post-Doctorate Researcher with the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. <b>Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 pm, Monday 18<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The goal of this project is a theoretical investigation of Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) Computers (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22331\/q-2018-08-06-79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22331\/q-2018-08-06-79&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1551276628837000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSyfS3YwP43dEAlli_2-DLTM36GA\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22331\/q-2018-08-06-79<\/a>).\u00a0 The successful candidate will, depending on the strengths and preferences of the applicant, contribute to some, or all, of the duties below.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duties:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Developing theoretical techniques for simulation of quantum circuits using, for example, stabilizer-based simulators or tensor-network based simulators.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Writing a high-performance software implementation (e.g. in Python) of simulation, compilation and\/or optimization techniques.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Designing and implementing\/simulating error-correction, fault-tolerance and compilation schemes that incorporate information about real-world devices viz. connectivity and noise types\/rates.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contribute to research outputs of the group (publications, software)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please see the full advert at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityvacancies.com\/national-university-ireland-galway\/nuig-041-19-research-assistant-post-doctorate-researcher-quantum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.universityvacancies.com\/national-university-ireland-galway\/nuig-041-19-research-assistant-post-doctorate-researcher-quantum&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1551276628837000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLwkVdByRZci22ASb_laly5N2p6g\">https:\/\/www.universityvacancies.com\/national-university-ireland-galway\/nuig-041-19-research-assistant-post-doctorate-researcher-quantum<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Informal enquires to <a href=\"mailto:mark@markhoward.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mark@markhoward.info<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Research Assistant or Post-Doctorate Researcher with the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. 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