Ryan Shaffer

Quantum computing scientist at @AWS. Previously: @Microsoft, @Facebook, @SandiaLabs, @BerkeleyPhysics, @MITSDM. Diehard @CleGuardians fan. All views are my own.

[Quantum @quantumjournal]

Newly published in Quantum: Sample-efficient verification of continuously-parameterized quantum gates for small quantum processors by Ryan Shaffer, Hang Ren, Emiliia Dyrenkova, Christopher G. Yale, Daniel S. Lobser, Ashlyn D. Burch, Matthew ... https://t.co/o2o3vI4NGX

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

And last but not least, the arXiv link: https://t.co/rk7tiARJTk

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

New in @PhysRevA: a surrogate-based optimization (SBO) technique for VQAs. The goal is to minimize an expectation value over a multi-parameter landscape. Work with Lucas Kocia and @mohansarovar. https://t.co/28uMxngK8u

Why is SBO relevant? 👇

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

Python code for the SBO optimizer is available at https://t.co/F8rhcF0shu

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

@kenbrownquantum @GradDivision the humanity we have lost by moving to electronic signatures

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

let’s be honest, the lollipop is the only reason I went to grad school.

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

@kenbrownquantum @GradDivision did you eat yours? I was considering framing it with my diploma

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

@GuenP @GradDivision thanks but no need for congrats, I haven’t eaten it yet

[Katie Hyatt @kslimes]

Excited to announce Braket.jl, an experimental #julialang SDK for Amazon Braket, where you can build, test, and run #quantum computing experiments in Julia, using quantum computers and simulators on Amazon Braket. Check it our full blog post at https://t.co/5NnehQd5bk!

[Cleveland Guardians @CleGuardians]

PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.

#ForTheLand | #GuardiWWins

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

this is a really tough question. any advice, twitter? (from APS March abstract submission page)

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

some of the qualifications and responsibilities:

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so many people making fun of this “quantum research” internship listing that showed up on the TikTok careers page.

I get it, it’s fun to mock TikTok. but it really shouldn’t be surprising that the parent company ByteDance is interested in quantum. many big tech companies are.

[Ryan Shaffer @ryanmshaffer]

the internship posting in question:

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@Liv_Lanes @dabacon or just have an indefinite one, and then you can never die