Eddie Schoute
Quantum Circuit Synthesis And Compilation Research Scientist
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolEddie Schoute is a research scientist specializing in quantum circuit synthesis and compilation, currently at IBM in Cambridge with nine years of experience across academia and industry. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has published five papers, mentored teams to further publications, and holds three patents pending on marketable quantum computing applications. Eddie combines deep theory with practical systems work—contributing backend improvements to the widely used Qiskit SDK and implementing a Julia proof-of-concept delivering a 5x speed-up for surface-code compilation. Fluent in Python, Julia, Scala, C/C++, and Rust, he blends software engineering rigor with quantum algorithm design to evaluate fault-tolerant architectures and real-world routing strategies. Known for clear communication to both specialists and non-specialists, he repeatedly translates complex research into shipped code and demonstrable performance gains.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Cum Laude, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Cum Laude at Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
quantum-computing10
qiskit10
python10
data-structure9
algorithm9
data-structures9
algorithms9
networkx8
circuit8
pandas6
seaborn6
tatsu6
matplotlib6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Qiskit/qiskit
Mar 2018 - Feb 2020
Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of extended quantum circuits, operators, and primitives.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 5 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Eddie primarily contributed to the back-end logic and internal workings of the Qiskit project. They focused on refining the DAGCircuit class, including optimizing the layers and serial_layers functions by using generators. Additionally, the user made changes to the mapper module, specifically modifying how layouts are handled and incorporating token swapping algorithms for general routing. Their work included improvements to the get_named_nodes function and adapting the code to use relative imports.
pythonquantum-circuitsquantum-computingcircuitsquantum-circuit
eddieschoute/cv-template
Sep 2020 - Oct 2022
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Contributions:4 reviews, 99 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 1 month
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