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David Wierichs

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Quantum Scientist - Software

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I like to think about representations and compilation of quantum programs, and I enjoy coding up research ideas and useful features for anyone to use in PennyLane.


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I am a scientist & software developer at Xanadu, working on quantum compilation. I greatly enjoy software pushing research pushing software pushing research pushi.. you get the idea.

Previously, I did my PhD in physics at the university of Cologne, Germany (See my thesis on gradient estimation and gradient-based optimization of parametrized quantum circuits) and studied physics in Bielefeld, Aachen, and Munich (all in Germany).

dwierichs joined the PennyLane Community on 2023/09/25.

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