William Kirby
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I am a physicist specializing in quantum information and quantum computation. I am currently a research scientist at IBM Quantum.

Highlighted work:

  • Exact and efficient Lanczos method on a quantum computer: non-variational algorithm for approximating ground state energies using block encoding.

    • Quantum 7, 1018 (2023)

    • Blog post about this work and quantum Krylov algorithms more generally

    • Slides about this work and quantum Krylov algorithms more generally (seminar @ LBNL HEP-QIS group)

  • Contextual Subspace Variational Quantum Eigensolver: a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for quantum simulation, based on contextuality.