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Ross Duncan

@rossquantum.bsky.social

Quantum computing lifer. ZX-calculus co-inventor. Quantum compiler compiler and quantum programmer programmer. String diagrammer. Category theoriser. Senior Fellow @ Quantinuum (I cannot read DMs on Bluesky)

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Ross Duncan@rossquantum.bsky.social · 7d ago

Yet another job ad! We're looking for a software engineer to work on our open source Tierkreis workflow system (focussing on quantum-HPC hybrid integration). The job is based in Singapore. #quantumcomputing #jobad jobs.eu.lever.co/quantinuum/8...

Quantinuum - Advanced Software Engineer – Hybrid Quantum-HPC Orchestration - 860

We are seeking a talented and innovative Software Engineer/Developer to design and develop a hybrid workflow orchestrator between Quantinuum quantum processors and classical supercomputing resources i...

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Caroline Ball@heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · last wk.

Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...

Ross Duncan@rossquantum.bsky.social · 3w ago

We want to hire an Offering Manager for our Developer Platform. This means working out what developers need for doing quantum computing, and then making that happen. Experience in writing (quantum) software will help a lot. jobs.eu.lever.co/quantinuum/9... #jobad #quantum #quantumcomputing

Quantinuum - Sr. Director, Offering Management – Quantum Developer Platform - 836

We are seeking a Sr. Director, Offering Management to join our team in the London or Cambridge, UK offices. Lead the strategy and execution of a cloud-based quantum developer platform that enables dev...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last mo.

At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM

Restructuring research funding as a choice between discovery and application gets the economics wrong, the evidence wrong and the people wrong. A premise is gaining traction in science policy on both sides of the Atlantic: that fundamental and applied research are competing claims on the same budget, and that the balance must shift towards application. In the USA, the current administration has proposed cuts of billions of dollars to the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. In the UK, the national funding agency UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is restructuring its portfolio around government growth priorities, with curiosity-driven research nominally protected but the grant lines that actually fund investigators under severe pressure. The language varies — ‘doing fewer things better’, ‘aligning research with industrial strategy’ — but the underlying logic is the same. Fundamental science, the argument goes, is a luxury that becomes dispensable when budgets are tight. This premise is wrong, and the consequences of acting on it are already visible.
Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research. Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".

Stars of physics outside the Houses of Parliament.
Bob Coecke@coecke.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's Relational Intelligence. rel-int.ai Why? Current LLMs are unexplainable, no path to efficiency, no path to scalability... How? The same structure governs quantum mechanics and natural language, and cognition more generally. We use this to build AI whose reasoning you can trust. When? Now!

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Coleen Murphy@ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Kartik@k4rtik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lightning talk submissions are open for the Quantum Software 2.6 workshop at IEEE Quantum Week in Toronto. Working on quantum software? We'd love to hear from you. Workshop: sites.google.com/view/quantum... Submit: forms.gle/fnSPSmERLSPq...

Quantum Software 2.6 Workshop

Quantum Software 2.6: current challenges and headways in quantum software IEEE Quantum Week 2026 conference, Sept 13th - Sept 18th Metro Toronto Convention Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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María Gragera Garcés@grageragarces.github.io · 2mo ago

It would be very nice if quantum circuit benchmarking suites like MQTBench came with expected results for the circuits in 0 noise environments so that we can test against them. It's easy enough for things like W or GHZ generators but I have no clue what your Grover implementation was converging on

Dulwich Quantum Computing@dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Apparently German real estate company Quantum has successfully sued the Dutch national quantum computing initiative Quantum Delta NL for trademark infringement on their use of "quantum". blog.galalaw.com/post/102mp68... www.boek9.nl/system/files...

Use of ‘House of Quantum’ and ‘Quantum Delta NL’ infringes Quantum trademark (via Passle)

Quantum is a real estate specialist that develops and manages real estate projects and provides asset management services. Quantum carries out these act...

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John C. Baez@johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Now, for Chrome users: a 4 gigabyte LLM sneaks onto your computer whether you ask for it or not! It's possible to remove it, but hard to keep it out. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...

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Sharon Howard@sharonhoward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).

IrishPhilosophy@irishphilosophy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Does anyone know what's happened to the Irish Legislation Database? When I go to www.qub.ac.uk/ild/ I get a not found message and a search isn't yielding anything. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Panicking just a little here...