Aws Albarghouthi
@awsto.bsky.social
Computer science professor University of Wisconsin–Madison https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~aws/
🚀 Announcing QECLean, our effort to formalize quantum error correction and fault-tolerance in Lean. The effort is led by PhD student, Stavan Jain. We have a full formalization of the Toric Code and a proof of its distance, [[2L^2, 2, L]]! And more to come...
LSU is using this in their quantum computing course: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.02844 "Students begin with ... QWLA, a lightweight simulation framework that supports intuitive engagement with core quantum ideas without requiring prior knowledge of matrix algebra."
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Aws Albarghouthi@awsto.bsky.social · last yr.Here's a paper describing quantum computing using standard programming constructs, w/o the linear algebra! The hope is that this will demystify quantum computing and serve as a formal foundation for reasoning about quantum programs. paper eprint.iacr.org/2025/1091.pdf code github.com/qqq-wisc/qwla
The work winning this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is science-fiction-like-materials-wizardry, but this insight about people from one of the winners (also a UCB alumnus!) is particularly profound: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...
In this episode of Current Continuation, Adrian Sampson and I talk to Prof. Sarah E. Chasins of UC Berkeley. Sarah does awesome work at the intersection of PL, HCI, and social science! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPI...
E3: Sarah Chasins (UC Berkeley)
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Here's a paper describing quantum computing using standard programming constructs, w/o the linear algebra! The hope is that this will demystify quantum computing and serve as a formal foundation for reasoning about quantum programs. paper eprint.iacr.org/2025/1091.pdf code github.com/qqq-wisc/qwla
We’ve started a podcast! @awsto.bsky.social and @samps.phd host “Current Continuation,” a little interview series with PL researchers. The first two episodes are with @ranjitjhala.bsky.social and @satnam6502.bsky.social. sigplan.org/cc/
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In this episode of current continuation, Adrian (@samps.phd) and I talk to the incredible Dr. Satnam Singh (@satnam6502.bsky.social) from Groq. A far-ranging conversation—from SAT to Haskell to chip design to HDLs to Scotch to castles to HR :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g5f...
E2: Satnam Singh (Groq)
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Advice from Ranjit Jhala for young researchers includes "As you get older your interests shrink to just a few topics. Resist this urge for as long as possible and try to be interested in as many things as possible for as long as possible."
Aws Albarghouthi@awsto.bsky.social · last yr.As part of SIGPLAN blog, @samps.phd (Cornell) and I started an interview series where we talk to luminaries in the field of Programming Languages. Our first one is a super fun conversation with Ranjit Jhala (UCSD). 1h26m of goodness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUZ...
As part of SIGPLAN blog, @samps.phd (Cornell) and I started an interview series where we talk to luminaries in the field of Programming Languages. Our first one is a super fun conversation with Ranjit Jhala (UCSD). 1h26m of goodness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUZ...
E1: Ranjit Jhala (UCSD)
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I'm joining Wisconsin CS as an assistant professor in fall 2026!! There, I'll continue working on language models, computational social science, & responsible AI. 🌲🧀🚣🏻♀️ Apply to be my PhD student! Before then, I'll postdoc for a year in the NLP group at another UW 🏔️ in the Pacific Northwest
One of the main reasons quantum computing can be scary for many CS students is the notation. E.g., what's the probability of measuring 0 for the ith qubit? The standard construction is horrendous, but it's really just a simple filter/map/reduce:
Why are soccer parents always in sports clothing? Like you’re just here to bring snacks and tie shoe laces.
US politics right now is like that episode of Oprah where she gave away all the cars, but instead she kept giving cars and taking cars away and setting cars on fire and making people beg for cars and also didn't understand what cars actually were
my group is giving two talks at the APS Global Physics Summit this week: Amanda Xu | Optimizing Quantum Circuits, Fast and Slow lnkd.in/gqGny85V Abtin Molavi | Dependency-Aware Compilation for Surface Code Quantum Architectures lnkd.in/g6AcM3wD
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you've heard about the recent breakthroughs in building quantum computers...how do you compile programs for such computers? At OOPSLA, Abtin Molavi will present new algorithms and insights for compiling quantum circuits to fault-tolerant architectures. arxiv.org/pdf/2311.18042
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We’re excited to release wisq, a state-of-the-art compiler for quantum circuits that consolidates our research on the topic. Excitingly, a good chunk of wisq is automatically synthesized and verified. code: github.com/qqq-wisc/wisq pip install wisq
GitHub - qqq-wisc/wisq
Contribute to qqq-wisc/wisq development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Enjoyed working on this project & am super excited to share it at #chi25 ! Thankful to Yea-Seul for the HCI mentorship and @lorisdanto.bsky.social & @awsto.bsky.social for supporting me in trying something different
Loris D'Antoni@lorisdanto.bsky.social · 2y agoHow do people feel when different “equally good” machine learning models disagree on whether an individual should get a loan or job? Anna Meyer (co-advised with @awsto.bsky.social) answers this question in her CHI25 paper. Great collab with Yea-Seul Kim arxiv.org/abs/2409.12332
Great capstone project for soon to be Prof Anna’s thesis.
Loris D'Antoni@lorisdanto.bsky.social · 2y agoHow do people feel when different “equally good” machine learning models disagree on whether an individual should get a loan or job? Anna Meyer (co-advised with @awsto.bsky.social) answers this question in her CHI25 paper. Great collab with Yea-Seul Kim arxiv.org/abs/2409.12332
Congratulations to the new #ACM Fellows of 2024, including Satish Chandra, Marsha Chechik, Derek Dreyer, Tim Menzies, Mira Mezini, Bashar Nuseibeh, Abhik Roychoudhury @abhikrc.bsky.social, and Ben Zorn. What a great year this is!
There’s a quirky bar in Madison where people often spotted David Lynch. It’s only open 3 days a week and my theory is he owned it. RIP
What role should Student Research Competitions play in mentoring new researchers? @notypes.bsky.social and @avh.bsky.social argue for a renewed focus on feedback and visibility for SRCs. blog.sigplan.org/2025/01/13/t...
The Missing Mentoring Pillar
The Missing Mentoring Pillar The programming languages (PL) community has developed a whole host of mentoring pillars to help new research become a part of our community The Programming Languages M…
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Mentoring is incredibly important to students and young researchers. @notypes.bsky.social and @avh.bsky.social talk about the "missing mentoring pillar" in our latest PL Perspectives blog post blog.sigplan.org/2025/01/13/t...
The Missing Mentoring Pillar
The Missing Mentoring Pillar The programming languages (PL) community has developed a whole host of mentoring pillars to help new research become a part of our community The Programming Languages M…
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NYPD: Italian, UPenn CS alum Me: Sir, I know exactly who you’re looking for.
