Casimir PhD candidate at Lorentz Institute for theoretical physics (Leiden Unviersity)
Applied Quantum Algorithms group (Lorentz institute & LIACS).
Intern at Google Quantum AI.
Work in progres...
Selected publications:
- Optimizing the information extracted by a single qubit measurement. Stefano Polla, Gian-Luca R. Anselmetti, and Thomas E. O'Brien. arXiv:2207.09479
- Purification-based quantum error mitigation of pair-correlated electron simulations. Thomas E. O'Brien et al. arXiv:2210.10799
- Error Mitigation via Verified Phase Estimation. Thomas E. O’Brien, Stefano Polla, Nicholas C. Rubin, William J. Huggins, Sam McArdle, Sergio Boixo, Jarrod R. McClean, and Ryan Babbush. PRX Quantum 2, 020317
- Quantum Digital Cooling. S. Polla, Y. Gerasimenko, T.E. O'Brien. arXiv:1909.10538 Phys. Rev. A 104, 012414
Previous experience:
- MSc thesis @ Lorentz Institute for Theoretical physics Applied Quantum Algorithms/Theoretical Nanophysics group (Leiden).
- MSc project @ QuTech Vandersypen Lab (Delft).
- MSc project @ Leiden university Quantum dot cavity-QED group (Leiden).
- BSc thesis @ INO-CNR Extreme Light Group (Firenze) / UNIMI Applied Quantum Mechanics group (Milano).
Scientific interests:
Quantum Information, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computational Chemistry, Quantum Optics, Superconducting qubits, Spin Qubits, Foundations of Quantum Theory, Information Theory, Physics of Complex Systems, Condensed Matter.