Marc Davis
Researcher PhD Student at Marc Davis iPhone Apps
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMarc Davis is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at MIT researching software and algorithms for quantum computing, with a focus on quantum circuit synthesis. He developed Qsearch, an open-source Python package (with some Rust acceleration) implementing a search-based topology-aware synthesis algorithm that earned a Best Paper Award at IEEE Quantum Week 2020. With a background in Physics and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and industry experience at NVIDIA and Apple, he blends deep theoretical work with practical engineering for high-performance simulation and tooling. An experienced independent iOS developer since 2010, he has shipped nine apps with over 40,000 downloads, reflecting a long-standing habit of shipping polished products. Marc’s work sits at the intersection of numerical optimization, systems acceleration, and compiler-style synthesis for near-term quantum hardware.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAcalanes High School
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
3,318reputation
383kreached
134answers
18questions
ios
top-5%
Github Skills (71)
optimization10
nvidia10
atlas9
quantum-computing9
synthesis9
qiskit9
numerical-optimization9
ios9
automatic-differentiation9
moonlight9
reddit8
catalog8
driver8
tvos8
loopback7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
BQSKit/qsearch
Feb 2019 - Oct 2022
A compiler for quantum computers based on A* and numerical optimization.
Contributions:2 releases, 401 commits, 16 PRs in 3 years 9 months
qoptimization-algorithmsquantum-computingautomatic-differentiationoptimization
iQuHACK/2021_CalHacks
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Contributions:16 commits in 1 day
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