Justin Yirka
Quantum Computing Consultant at Blanqet
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Yirka is a quantum computing consultant and researcher with over a decade of experience bridging theoretical complexity and practical NISQ experiments, currently advising Blanqet while based in Philadelphia. He holds a PhD from UT Austin and a strong dual-BA background in computer science and mathematics from VCU, and has published multiple papers in top venues (Quantum, QIP, ITCS) on Hamiltonian complexity and entanglement spectroscopy. Justin has a track record of translating hard theory into implementable algorithms and experiments—designing qubit-efficient protocols run on ion-trap hardware and new fault-tolerant search variants—while securing and running funded seminar programs. He is comfortable leading large-scale teaching and course design for online masters programs and has repeatedly taken independent ownership of research projects from idea to publication. Notably, he combines a rigorous complexity-theory lens with hands-on coding and simulation experience (Qiskit, Python, git), making him effective at both foundational research and applied quantum engineering.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinDiploma Programme, Diploma Programme at International BaccalaureateBachelor's degree, Computer Science, GPA 3.98 / 4, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, GPA 3.98 / 4 at Virginia Commonwealth University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (17)
theory9
combinatorics9
sage9
invariants9
category-theory8
graph8
graph-theory7
noise6
simulator6
quantum-computing4
gpu3
qiskit3
quantum-algorithms2
high-performance2
css1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
VCU-CS-Capstone/senior-project-317
Nov 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:29 pushes in 5 months
yirkajk/Afterschool-Bus-Manager-2014
Feb 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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