Michael Vasmer
Starting Faculty Position at Institute for Quantum Computing
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Vasmer is a quantum computing researcher and early-career faculty member with a decade of experience specializing in quantum error correction and fault-tolerant architectures. Currently starting a faculty position at Inria in Paris and holding visiting and associate roles at the Perimeter Institute and Institute for Quantum Computing, he blends academic rigor from a UCL PhD with industry-facing work at Xanadu. His trajectory spans postdoctoral research to applied quantum architecture, reflecting both theoretical depth and hands-on system design for real devices. Known for translating error-correction theory into practical strategies, he frequently collaborates across institutions to bridge foundational research and near-term quantum hardware.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MSci, Physics and Computer Science, First Class Honours, MSci, Physics and Computer Science, First Class Honours at Durham UniversityUniversity College London
English, Welsh, German, French
Github Skills (23)
error-correction10
yaml-format9
zoo9
color-codes9
quantum-computing9
yaml8
belief-propagation8
decoding8
post-processing8
propagation7
theory7
ordered7
julia7
statistics6
matching4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MikeVasmer/Sweep-Decoder-Boundaries
Aug 2018 - Feb 2021
Contributions:66 commits, 10 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months
MikeVasmer/qudit-single-shot
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 1 month
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