Jacky Jiang
Doctoral Student at University of Sydney
Vancouver, British Columbia, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJacky Jiang is a doctoral student specializing in fault-tolerant quantum computing with eight years of experience bridging hardware engineering, startup leadership, and quantum software research. He progressed from ASIC and hardware roles at Intel and Delta-Q to co-founding Verdi and participating in Alchemist Accelerator, demonstrating an ability to translate deep technical ideas into product-focused ventures. His master's work at UBC tackled quantum compilation for lattice gauge theory simulations, reflecting a rare combination of applied electrical engineering and theoretical physics. Jacky has also worked in industry research positions, including a short-term role at softwareQ, indicating comfort moving between academia and commercial R&D. Based in Vancouver but enrolled at the University of Sydney for his PhD, he brings an international perspective to collaborative, cross-disciplinary problems. Beyond conventional research interests, he enjoys learning new tools and practical problem solving, a thread that connects his academic projects and entrepreneurial endeavors.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical engineering, Physics minor, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical engineering, Physics minor at UBC Electrical and Computer EngineeringThe University of Sydney
English
Github Skills (20)
automatic-differentiation10
qml10
optimization10
quantum-chemistry9
quantum-algorithms9
pytorch9
python9
machine-learning9
qiskit9
deep-learning9
quantum-computing9
differentiable-programming8
tensorflow8
cirq8
autodiff8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Verdi-Agriculture/Seed_Production_Jig
Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:150 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 1 month
jackyruth/jackyruth.github.io
Dec 2019 - Mar 2021
Personal portfolio and writings
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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