Post-doc position on the performance of quantum programs at IITiS PAN
We offer a 2-years post-doctoral position in the area of quantum computing, quantum pro-gramming, and the analysis of quantum algorithms in the Quantum Systems of Informatics Group at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice, Poland. The position is founded in the scope of Polish National Science Centre pro-ject Impact of input data alteration and modification of the algorithm parameters on the effi-ciency of quantum programs. The involved researcher is expected to hold PhD in computer science, physics or related field and is expected to participate in the activities of the group, in-cluding the supervision of young researchers, as well as pursuing their own research pro-gramme. The position does not include any teaching obligations. Preferred starting date is the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021. Interested candidates are requested to contact the project leader, Dr Jaroslaw Miszczak, jmiszczak@iitis.pl, for further information and clarifications concerning the position.
About the project
While the excitement in the area of quantum computing is fully justified by the new theoret-ical developments, year by year scientists have discovered new limitations of quantum com-puting devices. In particular, unitary operation decomposition provides a number of problems including the applications to hardware with fixed topology. Moreover, quantum algorithms have been proved to be sensitive to noise, which may impact the results of the computation. The main goal of the project is to develop theoretical methods suitable for analysing the im-pact of quantum program alternation – input data modification or imprecise implementation of the algorithm – on the efficiency of quantum algorithms. Quantum program is a sequence of quantum operations and the quantum representation of input data which are sent to the quantum processor. In some ceases we can consider quantum program alternation as a action of a malicious party and in this scenario we can understand it as an attack on quantum pro-cessor or quantum program.
More information about the project can be found at https://miszczak.eu/grants/qprogmods/ .
About the host institution
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, is ranked among the best (rank A) research institutes in Poland in the area of information and commu-nication technologies. The institute hosts several groups working in the diverse areas of com-puter science and information technologies, including machine learning, multimedia systems, computer vision, telecommunication and networking, and quantum computing. The institute is located in Gliwice, one of the historic cities of the Upper Silesia region of Poland.
For more information visit https://iitis.pl/en and https://gliwice.eu/en.
