Jack Baker
Senior Quantum Research Scientist at LG Electronics
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Baker is a Senior Quantum Research Scientist with nine years of experience bridging large-scale classical simulations and near-term quantum computing. He holds a PhD in Computational and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and has led algorithmic work on quantum chemistry, materials simulation, and quantum machine learning at organizations including Agnostiq, Xanadu, and LG Electronics. His current focus is adapting and deploying quantum algorithms for noisy intermediate-scale devices with a notable emphasis on financial applications such as portfolio optimization, diversification, and anomaly detection in time series. Jack combines deep domain knowledge in condensed matter with practical HPC and early fault-tolerant simulation expertise, enabling realistic roadmaps from theory to quantum hardware. Beyond research, he has taught advanced physics and computer science topics and built instrumentation and embedded systems in past roles, reflecting a hands-on experimental and engineering mindset. Based in Toronto, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and production-oriented algorithm development to the emerging quantum industry.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Physics with Nanotechnology, Distinction, Master's degree, Physics with Nanotechnology, Distinction at University of LeicesterUniversity College London
Github Skills (63)
pytorch10
parallelization10
photonics10
pythonic10
automatic-differentiation10
hpc-applications10
qml10
quantum-computing10
quantum-chemistry9
dft9
quantum-algorithms9
python9
machine-learning9
watson9
tensorflow9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AgnostiqHQ/Quantum-Variational-Rewinding
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Covalent demonstration of the QVR algorithm using a cryptocurrency time series use case
Contributions:20 commits, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 months
quantum-computinganomaly-detectionmachine-learningcryptocurrencyquantum
jackbaker1001/jackbaker1001.github.io
Apr 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:151 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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