PhD Scholarship: Design of fault-tolerant protocols with PsiQuantum and the University of Sydney (Future Leaders in Quantum Computing Program).
This PhD Scholarship offers a generous stipend of A$41,753 per year (2025 rate) for up to 4 years. Open to domestic and international students.
This PhD project will cover different aspects of fault tolerant protocols in FBQC, including making use of a new generation of quantum error-correcting codes. Quantum error-correcting codes are static objects from which fault tolerant protocols can be derived. The implementation of a fault tolerant protocol depends on numerous factors, the most important being the physical architecture that will be used. Fusion-based quantum computing (FBQC) with a photonic physical architecture provides a large degree of flexibility in designing fault tolerant protocols.
This PhD project would suit: A student with an interest in mathematical and analytical problems, and a background in physics, mathematics, or related areas. Some experience with numerical methods would also be beneficial.
This scholarship is funded and delivered by the ARC Training Centre for Future Leaders in Quantum Computing, in partnership with Sydney Quantum Academy.
This project is delivered in partnership with PsiQuantum and the University of Sydney.
About PsiQuantum
PsiQuantum has one mission: To build and deploy the first useful quantum computers. In 2016, PsiQuantum founders uncovered a viable path to build large-scale, fault-tolerant systems by taking a photonics approach and leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry and other existing infrastructure. Nearly nine years later, PsiQuantum is building thousands of wafers of quantum chips, testing production cryogenic cabinets and developing fault-tolerant algorithms to deploy on our first systems.
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About Sydney Quantum Academy
Sydney Quantum Academy is a unique partnership between four world-leading universities – Macquarie University, UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney. We are generously supported by the NSW Government.
Our vision is a quantum-ready Australia. We are building a diverse workforce, raising awareness, promoting cross-sector collaboration, and developing future specialists, entrepreneurs, and leaders in quantum technologies.
