William Maxwell
Quantum Scientist - Software at Xanadu
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Maxwell is a quantum software scientist with 11 years of engineering and research experience, currently contributing to Xanadu's quantum software platform from Fredericksburg, VA. He combines a PhD in Computer Science with an MS in Mathematics to tackle algorithmic and systems-level problems at the intersection of quantum computing, algorithms, and software engineering. His background includes postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories and applied science roles at Naval Surface Warfare Center, where he translated advanced theory into practical implementations for defense and research contexts. He has taught graduate and undergraduate algorithms and databases, evidencing strong technical communication and mentorship skills. Early industry experience at Intel and startups gave him a practical software engineering foundation that complements his research pedigree. Colleagues describe him as a bridge between deep theory and production-ready code, comfortable shipping complex algorithms into real systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Mathematics, Master of Science (MS), Mathematics at Portland State UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Wichita State University
Github Skills (37)
autodiff10
pytorch10
quantum-chemistry10
graph-algorithms10
quantum-algorithms10
python10
network-analysis10
machine-learning10
graph-analysis10
cross-platform10
cirq10
automatic-differentiation10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
graph-visualization10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
willjmax/pennylane
May 2024 - Sep 2024
PennyLane is a cross-platform Python library for quantum computing, quantum machine learning, and quantum chemistry. Train a quantum computer the same way as a neural network.
Contributions:2 PRs, 215 pushes, 16 branches in 3 months
zahl-/HTML5-Graph-Theory
Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:26 commits in 1 month
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