Elliott Ball

Mathematician lost in Physics. PhD student @ Lancaster, interested in Quantum security, Q. Info, and Q. Foundations. Music lover & caffeine absorber.

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@markwilde Many thanks Mark, hope you’ve been keeping well!

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Delighted to share that, after a long old four years, I successfully defended my thesis last Friday! The time in Lancaster continues (for now at least), cracking on with work on PUFs, but feels good to close a chapter* on the PhD.

*got corrections to do ofc

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@qZoeHolmes I thought ‘quack’ was good naming work, and now there’s ‘quiffs’. Amazing

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

I took part remotely in the 2021 school, & would recommend this opportunity to any student with an interest in quantum tech. Informative lectures and a great platform for interdisciplinary research in the field. I’ll just be jealous of all those who get to attend in person 😢

[Lukasz Cincio @LCincio]

Applications are now open for the 2023 Los Alamos Quantum Computing Summer School! Our school focuses on theory, applications, and programming of quantum computers. Apply here: https://t.co/Jg0O29Bf2S

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Incredible example of how just chucking machine learning at something doesn’t automatically mean good research. A tool that considers calling a politician a liar a form of toxic abuse, but lacks the capacity to label clearly racist language as such, is not a well thought out tool

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Excited to have this pre-print up! Mixed state compilation, allowing for the learning of an unknown mixed state and it’s principal components, either at full scale, or for (lower-rank) compressed approximations. Click through for Nic’s great summary, and ofc, the paper itself.

[Nic Ezzell @naezzell]

Myself, @AcademiBall @AlizaSi61960382 @markwilde @sornborg @ColesQuantum @qZoeHolmes have developed a new NISQ friendly algorithm to compile a potentially unknown quantum state into a parameterized quantum circuit.

arXiv: https://t.co/MnSCHwzNmT [1/9]

[The Schrodinger cat's Post @Schrod_cat_Post]

How to learn a variational #quantum algorithm to prepare mixed states?
New article by @naezzell @AcademiBall @markwilde @sornborg @ColesQuantum and @qZoeHolmes in arxiv (before peer review)

https://t.co/btDi0BFROs

#quantum #QuantumComputing

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@MarkelaZeneli Gl mate smash it!

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@MarkelaZeneli but there’s no clear indication that this is actually true. This is ofc not to mention that there are obviously areas of our knowledge that aren’t easily compatible with others.

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@MarkelaZeneli Maybe simplifying things by my interests, but my take is that it boils down to ontology vs epistemology. That so much of what we observe follows the rules we’ve found (seems to have) lead them to believe it means these laws describe the true reality of the universe,

[Daniel Bultrini @DanielBultrini]

So, after a fantastic summer in virtual @LosAlamosNatLab at their quantum bonanza, alongside @MaxHunterGordon, @czarnik_piotr, @AndrewArrasmit2, @Colesquantum and @LCincio
we have finished a paper blending virtual distillation with data based techniques! https://t.co/qh2YBaTa30

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

End of an era as my last ever @URY1350 show is done. Thanks to all who listened, and thanks to all who shared music, glad we got to listen to the most beautiful songs in the world together.

[Mad Men Quotes @MadMenQts]

Once a week #virtualmeetings

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Also had some of our work at Lancaster published recently! Looking at long-term use of #QuantumDots as physical unclonable functions via fingerprint extraction! https://t.co/BzQOQzGg5G #QuantumSecurity

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Started a new placement today! Now a Summer Research Intern (remotely) at @LosAlamosNatLab ‘s Quantum Computing Summer School. Hyped to get stuck in!

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

*sees Directed Acyclic Graphs*
Ah yes, so Czech has caused Hindi.

[Priyamvada Gopal © @PriyamvadaGopal]

The issue is really the failure to adopt institutional mechanisms, flexibility and resources to nurture a generation of young black scholars who can make it up to the professoriate. You raise the matter, & you'll get an earful about 'colour-blind' 'merit'.

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@MarkelaZeneli I hope so too. Most likely just a case of throwing it all together last minute and not editing properly. Can’t see why any areas in which SHA-2 or 3 is already in use would revert to SHA-1 just because of this, so hopefully it won’t practically make any difference. Still stupid.

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

Hey! I interviewed the incredibly interesting @AlastairShuttl1 of the absolutely astounding @licebristol for this magazine. I promise the interview isn’t full of such awful alliteration as this tweet.

[Still Listening Magazine @MagazineStill]

If you can't afford our second issue in print but still want to check it out and support us you can read it online for just £1.99. Link below:

https://t.co/vzOyMV3C2Z

@licebristol @lauramarling @tennisinc @thecoolgreenhouse @teenyah @slowpulpband @aerialeast @annabsavage

[Elliott Ball @AcademiBall]

@PhDVoice Always varies with field, department, country, but generally... it’s fine. Idk many people who were published before applying for PhD courses. And I know people who graduate with very few, if any, publications.