Michał Stęchły

Scientific software engineer who loves to empower others. Quantum Software Engineer @PsiQuantum, previously @ZapataComputing. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

Have you ever been looking for a job? Have you ever written a CV?
Do you think you'll need to do this at some point in future?
I got you covered!
Here's my new blogpost on the topic of writing CVs, with the focus on QC jobs:
https://t.co/cyFV4voEBt

[PsiQuantum @PsiQuantum]

We’re excited to introduce Construct, the first purpose-built software platform for fault-tolerant quantum computing.​​
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Designing, developing, and optimizing fault-tolerant quantum algorithms.  ​

https://t.co/1cSV8xHFpk

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

Together with my friend Konrad, we're launching a newsletter about quantum software engineering.
Every week we'll send a snippet of knowledge about writing software for quantum computing, learned the hard way.
Both for researchers and software devs.
https://t.co/Ub2CbwXE0m

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

@staskulesh @levelsio I'd love it, but a quick search shows it doesn't seem to be true.

[Will Zeng @wjzeng]

Announcing Unitary Foundation
Unitary Fund got started in June 2018 with a blogpost, $6k, and a microgrant program. At the time, the quantum industry was just emerging. I wrote:

"Quantum computing also remains a place where small teams and open research projects can make a big difference… My thesis for what’s happening here is that we are codifying, in open source software, the mathematics of quantum computing that have been developed over the last few decades. This makes the field more accessible and interactive. It allows us to progress faster, together. It is much more effective to stand on the shoulders of giants when you can import them as an API."

I still believe this. And I believe it even more for what has happened in quantum technology as a whole sector over the last 6.5 years.

The Unitary Fund experiment has supported the truth of this statement and itself has grown so much. We gave our 100th microgrant last year! I am grateful and encouraged by the many of you who have made this happen so successfully: our supporters, team, advisors, microgrants, community and many others..

With this help, we have expanded beyond our core microgrant program. We now:

- staff an in-house technical team working on public goods in quantum tech
- develop mitiq: the main cross-platform open source error-mitigating compiler
- run metriq: an open source platform for quantum tech benchmarks
- run unitaryHack bounty programs, a community discord, and the major global quantum developer survey
- publish research on quantum compilation, benchmarking, and foundations
We are now more than a micro-grant fund. All of these programs accelerate our drive to build the open foundation for the quantum technology ecosystem.

To better represent our growth, we are re-branding as Unitary Foundation (@unitaryfdn). Though we have a new name, our mission remains the same:

Unitary Foundation: creating a quantum technology ecosystem that benefits the most people.

Want to join us on this mission? Email us at: [email protected]

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

My thoughts after the IEEE Quantum Week 2024
https://t.co/rIKMCwgC9X
TL;DR:
- Conference was great
- We need better abstraction hierarchy (see our paper: https://t.co/fIloUT0KoO)
- We need some standardization
- Results of DARPA's QB program are visible
- QRE workshop summary

[qosf @qosfoundation]

We’re back with cohort 10 of our Quantum Computing #Mentorship Program! Through the program, QOSF connects quantum enthusiasts with mentors from academia and industry.

Learn more about the program: https://t.co/Cwd4Ajrka8

Application for Mentors - https://t.co/aAz67qOaee

[Unitary Foundation @unitaryfdn]

Contribute to the 2024 Quantum Open Source Software Survey until the end of October. Share your demographics, community involvement, research, and tech tools to shape the quantum computing world. Results will be made public later this year.
Survey link: https://t.co/GoluS6YspS.

[laura @laurgao]

always wanted to write something about tks, tech culture, and disillusionment. shit's complicated, man. this is such a common experience but it's not represented in online discourse?

[qosf @qosfoundation]

🚀 Our #monthlychallenges are back with an exciting twist! We've teamed up with @ClassiqTech for a special collaboration.

Join our community: https://t.co/FPR7PSomp9

Classiq Community Slack: https://t.co/KhoDQi73AK

[qosf @qosfoundation]

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 Join us at the IEEE QCE24 in Montréal on Sept 20, 2024, for a workshop on "Academic and Professional Training in Quantum Computing: The Importance of Open-source." Learn from industry leaders and expand your network! #QuantumComputing #OpenSource #QCE24 #IEEE

[mickbremner @mickbremner]

It's an active day on the arXiv for the QSI team! Two papers emerging from the DARPA Quantum Benchmarking program (https://t.co/JajF9eBR9h and https://t.co/Q1PNeip6b7) and another (https://t.co/oOgMCAg0tZ) by @Ithilia_V a fellow at Macquarie and long-term visitor to our Centre.

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

This Thursday (June 13th) Brian Goldsmith will be giving a talk titled: "A Survey of Quantum Resource Estimation Tools".

It's part of the preparations for QRE Challenge (details: https://t.co/UQStwcc133) .

Register (and more details) here:
https://t.co/tfepH6ur79

[PsiQuantum @PsiQuantum]

We’ve just announced our Quantum Resource Estimation Format (QREF) and the beta-release of Bartiq, a Quantum Resource Estimator. These open-source resources automate the complex and inefficient tasks in developing fault-tolerant algorithms.

https://t.co/7RRok2Zhfm

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

@laurgao You have bad qualities?

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

@amarchenkova I recommend having separate venvs for each task. Managing it with pyenv is super easy and since I started doing it a couple of years ago, I never had to nuke my setup :)

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

@Liv_Lanes I enjoy listening to him a lot, but boy, this one was wrong on so many levels😆

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

I have transcribed my blogpost series about VQAs into a single cohesive PDF and posted in arXiv!

I thought that this form might be more useful for people to use as a reference with everything in one place.
The link is here: https://t.co/Ieexr1EkkR

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

@quantum_graeme @scinawa Yes. It’s US company (incorporated in US and with HQ in US) founded by people who used to work in academia in UK.
Also, why would we sell the testbed?

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

Hey everyone! QRE community is back again with another presentation & panel discussion, this time learning from Amara Katarwala & the Zapata team on their results on Early FTQC: https://t.co/nCH1YJKoXn
Thursday February 1st, at 9am PST/12pm EST. Sign up: https://t.co/1o6pJOeD1i

[Michał Stęchły @mstechly]

I've (finally) written the summary of QRE workshops that I co-organized in Seattle in September 2023. We had amazing speakers and a great event! If the topics of QRE, QEC, or FTQC algos interest you, then I think it will be an interesting read!
https://t.co/zsCN93p5TU