Christopher Culver
Software Engineer at Maxeler Technologies
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Culver is a software engineer and physicist with 11 years’ experience applying high-performance computing, quantum algorithms, and machine learning to particle physics. He completed a PhD-level research trajectory at The George Washington University and the University of Liverpool, publishing in top journals and routinely presenting at international conferences. Technically fluent in C++/CUDA, Python, and Mathematica, he has developed and run large-scale simulations on supercomputers and implemented VQE and variational neural-network approaches for quantum systems. His work spans both foundational research—mapping physical degrees of freedom onto qubits—and production-style engineering, now informing software development at Maxeler Technologies. Known for translating complex theoretical problems into practical, automated workflows, he brings a rare combination of experimental rigor and hands-on coding to quantum-informed software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at The George Washington UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at University of Scranton
Github Skills (42)
sdk10
multi-gpu10
lattice9
python9
qiskit9
cuda9
quantum-computing9
python-bindings8
opencl8
science8
quantum-programming-language8
gdnative8
hip8
gpu8
gdextension8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chrisculver/WickContractions
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:55 commits, 70 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
chrisculver/CorrelationMatrixManager
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 88 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 2 months
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