Will Simmons
Research Software Developer at Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Greater Cambridge Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Simmons is a research software developer with a decade of experience building tools to improve the usability and performance of quantum computers, currently applied at Quantinuum. He combines deep theoretical CS foundations—PhD and MSc from Oxford and a CS degree from Cambridge—with hands-on quantum software development and tutoring at Churchill College. His interests span quantum computation, type systems, and complexity theory, and he aims to grow as both a researcher and educator. Based in the Greater Cambridge area, he brings uncommon strength in formal reasoning to practical engineering problems, bridging rigorous theory and production-ready tooling for emerging quantum architectures.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of OxfordBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of CambridgeHigh School, High School at The Harvey Grammar School
Github Skills (39)
quantum-algorithms10
python10
user-manual10
user-guide10
sdk10
quantum-computing10
python-bindings10
jupyter-notebook10
documentation10
euler9
qiskit9
sphinx-extension9
compiler9
quantum-programming-language8
jupyterlab-extension8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CQCL/tket_benchmarking
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Scripts and circuits for benchmarking tket
Contributions:8 commits, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 2 months
benchmarkcircuitsbenchmarking
willsimmons1465/jupyter-sphinx
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
Sphinx extension for rendering of Jupyter interactive widgets.
Contributions:1 PR, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
pythonjupyterlab-extensionjupyter-notebooksphinx-extensionjupyterlab
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