Hello Quantum Formalists,
This is the final newsletter update for 2022! It has been such a fantastic year for the QF community, with new people enthusiastic about learning abstract mathematical topics relevant to quantum computing joining us.
On a personal note, it has been a great honour to be in your company throughout the crash course on group theory & representations. I hope you enjoyed and, most importantly, acquired the baseline knowledge you need for the next course on Lie Groups & Representations. For those who complete the minimum requirement of the course ( the sections on Matrix Groups & Group Representations) via the YouTube playlist and would like to receive the certification of completion, please fill out the following form https://forms.gle/B8gVSQE7DXQEFbrB9.
I congratulate everyone in the QF community for their enthusiasm to learn abstract mathematical topics and for encouraging others to do the same. I also want to send a special thank you to George Zipperlen, Bob Miller and Dimitri Papaioannou for all their time, patience & effort in helping others.
Measure Theory & Functional Analysis (update)
Apologies, I meant to release lecture nine last week! It is now available on the YouTube playlist of the course. I'll release lecture ten next week to mark the midpoint of the course. After this, we'll have a break until around mid-January to give those behind the opportunity to catch up!
For those just joining the community recently, we're currently running a course on Measure Theory & Functional Analysis (aka MTFA), emphasising infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces. The mathematical topics covered will be helpful to those interested in 'Continuous Variable Quantum Information' and Machine Learning.
The lecturer for the MTFA course is James Heffers. James is a Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan who specialises in Several Complex Variables / Pluripotential Theory.
MTFA GitHub: Containing problem sheets and solutions is accessible via https://github.com/quantumformalism/math-lectures/tree/master/measure-theory-and-functional-analysis.
MTFA Discord: Dedicated discord channel for the course where you can interact with James and other community members taking the course is accessible via https://discord.com/channels/859568584304754698/1001870511724306442.
QF LinkedIn: For updates about all the courses and upcoming activities https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/quantum-formalism/.
QF Opensource Microgrants (Invite Only)
In parallel with the QF mathematical mentorship program, we plan to run an open source quantum computing proof of concept (PoC) microgrant (circa $5K - $10K) trial scheme next year. It is inspired by what the excellent team at Unitary Fund have been doing, but with a narrow focus on specific areas of intellectual curiosity to myself & colleagues at my company. We're particularly keen to see the application of advanced mathematical topics, where possible! Some areas of interest include; classical-to-quantum data encoding, distributed federated learning on NISQ devices (i.e. Federated QML on NISQ devices) and quantum error mitigation.
We'll provide both the grant (circa $5K -$10K) and PhD-level mathematicians to work with the grant recipients. Ideally, PoC projects should take around 3 - 6 months to complete, and we'll be flexible to give additional grants to the most promising projects! Also, we welcome joint applications, however a maximum of three people will be allowed per application.
If you would like to learn more and be invited to apply, please fill out the following form https://forms.gle/1T5Gs6JAeaGjmfG6A. Likewise, if you know anyone who could be interested, please share!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Bambordé