POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in Quantum Computing Middleware and Applications

The University of Helsinki ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en ), founded in 1640, is one of the world’s leading universities for multidisciplinary research. The university has an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. The Department of Chemistry ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-science/faculty/chemistry ) at the Faculty of Science ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-science ) carries out research on chemistry and its applications at an international level and provides academic teaching based on high quality research. The Department of Computer Science is a leading unit in Finland in its area and responsible for the teaching and research in computer science at the University of Helsinki. The main research fields at the department are artificial intelligence, big data frameworks, bioinformatics, data analysis, data science, discrete and machine learning algorithms, distributed, intelligent, and interactive systems, networks, security, and software and database systems. The department has extensive international collaboration with companies and universities. Within teaching, the department’s professors and staff are in charge of the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Programmes in Computer Science, as well as the separate Master’s Programme in Data Science, in which other departments also participate. The Department of Computer Sciences invites applications for a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in  Quantum Computing Middleware and Applications . The quantum software group at the University of Helsinki consists of close to ten researchers looking at quantum computing from the computer science perspective with an empirical research methodology.  The position is fixed-term for 2 years with a possible extension of 2,5 years. Position description The work is part of a new UnloQ project, which aims to bridge the gap between early-stage quantum technology and industrial use. This requires cooperation of all layers in the quantum stack. We are particularly interested in a mix of three aspects: circuit optimization, evolving error correction techniques, and applications. We use locally hosted quantum computers based on superconducting technology in our experiments as well as the resources of our national supercomputing center. The work involves developing ideas and techniques, implementing experiments in code and running them on 50 (and upcoming 300) qubit quantum computers, analyzing the results and documenting them in scientific papers. Collaboration with other team members and supervision of MSc and PhD students are part of the work. The position has a trial period of 6 months. Requirements The ideal candidate has a PhD in quantum computing or in computer science with a quantum perspective  (the degree requirement must be met by the beginning of the employment). Skills to implement quantum programs in QisKit, Qrisp, or other major quantum programming environments are essential. Teamworking and…