Samo Novák
Doctoral Student at Inria
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolSamo Novák is a PhD student at Inria Paris working on homological quantum error correction and fault tolerance for rotor-based systems, a generalization of qubits and qudits aimed at making quantum computers practical. With a decade of experience spanning quantum research, classical simulation of Boson Sampling, and backend software development, he blends rigorous theory with hands-on coding—his contributions include classical algorithms for shallow Boson Sampling and backend improvements to the popular Baystation12 SS13 project. He has investigated classical complexity bounds for loop-based optical devices at ORCA Computing and co-authored work assessing quantum advantage in realistic hardware. Comfortable teaching and mentoring from his time at Edinburgh, Samo also brings a pragmatic taste for engineering trade-offs when turning abstract constructions into verifiable experiments. Notably, he prefers to be called Samo (occasionally appearing as Samuel) and combines strong mathematical training from Oxford with practical CS and physics foundations.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons), Computer Science and Physics, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons), Computer Science and Physics, First Class Honours at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science - MSc, Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science, Master of Science - MSc, Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science at University of OxfordGeneral Secondary Education, General, General Secondary Education, General at Gymnázium Jána Adama Raymana
Slovak, English, French, Czech
Github Skills (5)
ss10
space10
st10
game-development10
dm10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Baystation12/Baystation12
Sep 2015 - Aug 2017
Baystation's flavor of Space Station 13
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 7 PRs, 40 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Samo primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Baystation 12 SS13 game. Their work involved fixing bugs related to player actions, such as stopping resting when a pAI chassis collapses, and enhancing interactions like ghosts examining cables. They also refactored and optimized code related to DNA manipulation in changeling powers, adding the synchronization of organ DNA. Furthermore, they introduced changes to the game's telecom and surgery modules.
space-stationbs12gamess13space-station-13
SamuelNovak/GJAR_IoT
Jul 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:70 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 10 months
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