Shin Nishio
Research Associate
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolShin Nishio is a quantum information researcher and software practitioner with eight years of experience bridging academic research and practical quantum computing development. Currently a Research Associate at UCL and holding concurrent research roles in Japan, he focuses on quantum error-correcting codes, fault-tolerant and distributed quantum computation, and system-level software for quantum machines. His background spans PhD-level informatics training, teaching and fellowship roles at OIST, and hands-on quantum software work including leadership in Qiskit tutorials, IBM Quantum Challenge judging, and award-winning hackathon projects. He has a track record of translating experiments on noisy, mid-scale devices into error-aware compilation and tooling improvements, and has led applied projects on quantum machine learning under Japan’s MITOU program. Based in London with deep ties to Japanese research institutions, he combines rigorous theory with practical pipeline-building for emerging quantum systems. An understated strength is his experience operating across cultures and ecosystems to push quantum software from prototype to reproducible research.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
特別研究生, Quantum Information Science and Technology Unit, 特別研究生, Quantum Information Science and Technology Unit at 沖縄科学技術大学院大学（OIST）研究生, 理工学研究科, 研究生, 理工学研究科 at 慶應義塾大学Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics, the Inose Outstanding Student Award, 1st, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics, the Inose Outstanding Student Award, 1st at 総合研究大学院大学
Github Skills (11)
sdk10
qiskit9
python9
sfc9
quantum-computing9
source-sdk8
aqua8
quantum-programming-language8
quantum-algorithms4
terra2
hardware1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
parton-quark/parton-quark.github.io
Dec 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:78 pushes, 2 branches, 2 issues in 6 years 4 months
parton-quark/widecamp2019f
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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