Samuel Jaques
Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo
Canada
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Top SchoolSamuel Jaques is an assistant professor in Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo with eight years of experience bridging theoretical math, cryptography, and quantum computing. His work spans rigorous academic research—from a PhD at Oxford and a Master’s in combinatorics to early results on multiplicative domains of quantum channels—to applied internships at Microsoft and Fujitsu. He focuses on privacy and anonymity in cryptography and explores quantum information and computational approaches, often bringing algebraic and representation-theoretic perspectives to practical problems. Beyond academia, Samuel has a track record of translating theory into tools and analyses, from modeling ICU queues numerically to building databases and probabilistic models during earlier roles. This combination of deep theory, hands-on modeling, and industry research experience gives him a distinctive ability to connect abstract ideas to real-world systems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science at University of OxfordBachelor of Science, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science, Biology, General at University of ReginaMaster's of Mathematics, Combinatorics and Optimization, Master's of Mathematics, Combinatorics and Optimization at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (51)
kotlin10
qdk9
elliptic-curve9
retention9
anki9
srs9
android9
secp256k19
curve9
byte9
ecdh8
ecdsa8
elliptic-curve-cryptography8
des8
javacard8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sam-jaques/offline-quantum-period-finding
Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
microsoft/QuantumEllipticCurves
Sep 2020 - May 2022
Quantum implementation of elliptic curve primitives
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 8 months
bytequantum-computingecdhecdsaelliptic
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